Carrington Avenue Strathfield is located on the 1810 James Wilshire Crown Land grant. This land was subdivided into residential lots in 1867 by solicitor William Whaley Billyard and offered for sale as the Redmire Estate (deposited plan 35). Richard Wynne, a slate merchant and first Mayor of Burwood Council (1874) purchased Lot 36 of the Redmire Estate in 1867.
Wynne is best known for the Wynne Art Prize, established from a financial bequest after his death in 1895. Nearly twenty years after acquiring the land, Wynne subdivided Lot 36 into smaller residential lots which were marketed as Wynne’s Paddock (Deposited plan 1588) and offered for sale in 1886.
The subdivision created a street, Carrington Avenue, which was named after Lord Carrington, a former Governor of NSW.
Historic properties
’Glen Luna’ 2-4 Carrington Avenue Strathfield
’Tresta’ 6 Carrington Ave Strathfield
‘Royston’ 14 Carrington Ave Strathfield
‘Illemong’ 20 Carrington Ave Strathfield
