This image showing Ashfield Town Hall was taken c. 1884-1917and shows the Town Hall with several groups of people gathered at the front of the building including men on bicycles, horse and carriages and a group of women wearing large hats, although slightly blurry. There is also a telegraph pole with an enormous amount of wires on it.
According to Ashfield Municipal Council the area started to change from a village after the railway station was introduced in 1855. In 1871 it changed to a Municipality titled “Borough of Ashfield” with the first Council meeting held on February 15 1872.
We have just loaded a few images from the Tyrrell photographic collection to the Commons project on Flickr from the Ashfield area and you can see these in our Ashfield set.
Photography by Kerry and Co, Sydney, Australia, c. 1884-1917.
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