The Boulevarde street trees 1913

An edition of the Sydney Mail in 1913 featured a photograph of The Boulevarde Strathfield, featuring its avenue of street trees.

In 1889 Strathfield Council received a government grant of over 800 pounds towards the cost of tree planting from the NSW Government. Ratepayers were notified that if they met one third of the cost the Council would plant trees in front of their property. The Boulevarde is likely to be among the first streets with street trees planted in Strathfield.

The street trees on The Boulevarde are also distinctive as they are double planted on both sides of the footpath. Most early street trees were Lophostemon confertus (Brush Box) in species.  By 1890, eight kilometres of streets had been planted at a cost of about 5,000 pounds. 

The Sydney Mail article stated in 1913 “One of the features of this popular western suburb (Strathfield) is its fine avenues of trees. It is satisfactory to note that all round Sydney tree-planting in the streets is now receiving more attention than formerly”