Welcome to the Balmain Watch House
A police lockup built in 1854 to the design of Edmund Blacket.
A National Trust heritage building managed by the Balmain Association. A sandstone building requiring conservation work.
The Watch House is available for rent as a gallery exhibition space for Art, Sculpture, Pottery and Crafts.
31 Jul, 2010
Title : Exploring Leichhardt Heritage
Desc : Selected walks in the municipality
Price : $20.00 + $2.50 post View Image
Title : Down The Olive
Desc : A memory of Colgate-Palmolive, Balmain, NSW
Price : $20.00 incl postage View Image
Title : Balmain To Glebe
Desc : Pictorial History of Balmain, Rozelle, Pyrmont and Glebe.
By Joan Lawrence & Catherine Wayne
Price : $25.00 + post $7.50 View Image
Title : Balmain History Trail
Desc : List & map of 63 commemorative plaques in Balmain, Birchgrove & Rozelle.
Price : $4.00 + post $1.10
Title : William Balmain and John Gilchrist
Desc : The family and Property of William Balmain and John Gilchrist and their connection
Price : $25.00 + p&p $6.50 View Image
Title : Open Council: A New Era In Local Government
Desc : Author: Issy Wyner. Editor.: Hall Greenland.
Issy Wyner is probably the best placed person to write an account of Leichhardt Municipality's experience with Open Council, the pioneering experiment in public participation and open government that was initiated 37 years ago. Issy was one of the architects as an Alderman and Mayor of Leichhardt Council.
Published by the Balmain Association July 2008.
Price : $20.00 + post $2.50 View Image
Title : Streets, Lanes and Places
Desc : An index to the origins of the street names of Balmain, Birchgrove and Rozelle. Your street is included in our publication. The 2005 edition has added four streets.
Price : $13.00 + post $2.50 View Image
Title : Around Balmain
Desc : Featuring some historic houses of Balmain. New edition is now available
Price : $13.00 + post $2.50 View Image
Title : Gourlie's Corner
Desc : Growing up in Balmain in the 1930s.
Price : $10.00 + post $2.50 View Image
Title : Balmain Cemetery, Grave Concerns
Desc : The area now Pioneer Memorial Park, Leichhardt.
Price : $10.00 + post $2.50 View Image
Title : Called to the Bar
Desc : 150 years of Pubs in Balmain & Rozelle.
Price : $13.00 + post $2.50 View Image
Title : On The Pigeon Ground
Desc : Balmain Public School 1860-1965.
Price : $12.00 + post $2.50 View Image
Title : On Balmain Hill
Desc : 150 Years of the Catholic Church in Balmain, St Augustine.
Price : Out of print View Image
Title : Half A Thousand Acres
Desc : A history of the Balmain land grant, limited copies.
Price : $25.00 + p&p $7.50 View Image
Title : John Balmain
Desc : Schoolteacher and Goldseeker. 1810-1884.
Price : $25.00 + p&p $6.50 View Image
Title : Leichhardt Historical Journal (No. 1 - 24)
Desc : Contents cover Leichhardt, Annandale, Lilyfield, Glebe, Balmain, Birchgrove and Rozelle.
Price : $13.00 - $22.00 each
Title : Historical Leaflets
Desc : Gladstone Park, Mort's Dock, and Coal Mine.
Price : $2.00 each,post 55c
Title : Walks Leaflets
Desc : Walk 1: Old Balmain/Balmain East. Walk 2: Balmain West/Birchgrove.
Price : $2.00 each, post 55c
Title : Rozelle Walks
Desc : Three walks around Rozelle.
Price : $4.00 + post $1.10 View Image