Exhibition - The Promenade, Balmoral: picture perfect || History Week 2024 - Marking Time

Exhibition - The Promenade, Balmoral: picture perfect

This digital exhibition looks at the changes in the landscape and the impact the Promenade and recreational buildings had on the evolution of Balmoral as it is known today.

Sydney's finest beach changed forever on 29 May 1922 when a tram left Spit Junction bound for a new destination, ‘Balmoral'. A few weeks later the beach attracted a huge crowd on the King's holiday with the ' Evening News' reporting 'a new Balmoral came into existence yesterday.'

Mosman Council responded by implementing a policy of land resumption to create The Promenade. With the beach on one side and Moreton Bay figs on the other it was picture perfect, a popular place for a Sunday afternoon promenade.

https://events.mosman.nsw.gov.au/events/promenade-balmoral-picture-perfect

Ticket Cost: Free

Event Contact: Donna Braye at Mosman Library Services, d.braye@mosman.nsw.gov.au

Mosman Library online: https://www.facebook.com/mosmanlibrary/; https://twitter.com/mosmanlibrary

Image credit:Walking the Promenade at the Hunters Bay end of Balmoral Beach, from Mosman Library collection, supplied.

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History Week is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.