Have Coffee with an Author
Come to an Asquith coffee shop and have a coffee with the author of 'A History of Asquith NSW', discover the history of this re-birthed suburb. Bring your copies for signing or purchase one of the last remaining copies of this two volume 530 page limited print run.
We have booked a table at the new Dining and Co coffee shop and will be selling the last remaining copies of ‘History of Asquith NSW”. The author Robert Green will be present and signing copies of the book and talking about his research. This is a book for new residents and old, the double volume 530 page book sells for $70.00 the set. It is highly illustrated with many coloured photographs and maps. It has a 7 page list of contents and end notes for each chapter. It traces the development of this small suburb from patches of fertile farm land and sandstone outcrops, through its development from the 1920s to the 1950s into a fringe suburb of small single story free standing “fibro” and weatherboard houses to its redevelopment into a mainstream 3 story modern unit suburb. Asquith is one of two suburbs in the shire where land for industrial development was set aside and allowed.