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History and heritage

Walter Burley Griffin and Castlecrag

The suburb of Castlecrag incorporates Australia’s most significant and complete urban landscape designs and buildings by the architect Walter Burley Griffin.

Henry Lawson’s ‘Chatties Wood’

There is a popular belief that the name is derived from the wife of an early Chatswood identity – Richard Hayes Harnett Snr. Harnett’s second wife was called Charlotte (Chattie for short)

Indigenous History in Northbridge

Prior to European settlement, the Camaraigal people roamed the bushland and fished from the foreshore of the peninsula in Middle Harbour now known as Northbridge.

Chattie's Story reinterpreted by digital artist

Re-visit a temporary artwork by Alice Peacock for Vivid Sydney at Chatswood 2019. Alice created a digital artwork inspired by Charlotte 'Chattie' Hartnet. Find out more about this artwork and it's relationship to the history of Chatswood.

The History of Chatswood - Chattie's Wood

Take a trip down memory lane revisiting a temporary artwork that was in Chatswood during Vivid 2019. Watch the video which illustrates the history and evolution of Chatswood.

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