Newtown 1892-1922: A Social Sketch


Janette Beard’s fascinatingly detailed 1983 Sydney University thesis Newtown 1892-1922: A Social Sketch became a valuable roadmap for researching life in 1920s Newtown, where Lucy lives.

It was quite a fashionable place to live, and King Street became the first important shopping strip outside the city.

Newtown retail advertising in the 1920s