Monday, September 28, 2009

Traffic Islands, Golf Links Estate, Camberwell

Golf Links Estate, Camberwell

The Golf Links Estate in Camberwell is a wonderful collection of interwar houses but when I visited a week or so ago I was taken by the these small traffic islands.

I saw two and as you can see they are triangular in shape with a round light on a concrete support in the middle of the island.

The streets in the estate are quite narrow by today's standards and it is good to see that the traffic islands have survived where surely there would have been pressure to shrink them to aid the flow of cars through the intersection.

Golf Links Estate, Camberwell

Golf Links Estate, Camberwell

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6 comments:

  1. BwcaBrownieNovember 26, 2009 at 6:48 PM

    Hi - I got here via search results from my interest in Barry Humphries, having just enjoyed his book 'My life as me' which discusses his growing up at 36 Christowel, on this 'estate' of houses his father built in 1939. Number 24 is for sale right now and very lovely.

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  2. David ThompsonNovember 26, 2009 at 7:57 PM

    Thanks for visiting. It is a great estate to walk around and explore made all the more interesting by the Humphries connection.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 10, 2010 at 11:33 PM

    Hi I bought 24 , only to find out this week that number 13 is being demolished and developed. What, Who, and where can i go to get help to make sure they dont ruin this beautiful street, We already have number one modern buillding that managed to get through. Really need some help. Seems as though its all going to go ahead.

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  4. David ThompsonMarch 11, 2010 at 1:53 PM

    The first step would be to contact the Planning Department at the local Council to see what has been proposed and see if there is still time to object.

    Also contact the Art Deco Society for advice.

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  5. NOEL SPURRFebruary 17, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    MY GRANDFATHER ARTHUR SPURR BUILT MANY OF THE HOMES IN THE GOLFLINKS ESTATE, INCLUDING CHRISTOWELL AVE AND LIVED IN FAIRMONT AVE.

    AT INE STAGE THE BUSINES WAS CALLED CROFT AND SPURR

    MANY OF THE ADVERTS AND AUCTION DETAILS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE VIA DIGITALISED ARGUS NEWSPAPER

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  6. David ThompsonFebruary 18, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Thank you for providing these details Noel. The Golflinks Estate is a wonderful microcosim of Interwar housing development.

    And you are right the digitised newspapers, photos and other publications on the National Library of Australia Trove website (http://trove.nla.gov.au/) are a great resource for this type of research.

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