Leichhardt lies five kilometres to the west of Sydney city centre in New South Wales, Australia.
Named after Ludwig Leichhardt, the doomed explorer, it came into being as a municipality in 1871, but the tales this suburb and the suburbs that surround it have to tell go back way further.
Find out about the highway woman on Parramatta Road, the robbery gang who duped a delivery driver with a fake shopfront, the curious case of the murder at Ramsay's Bush, the bodies still buried beneath a surprising location, firebugs, larrikins and much, much more.
So please step in and immerse yourself in a world that lies underneath the everyday in the inner west of Sydney.
The author is a long-time Leichhardt resident and local history buff.
I have recently published a new book cutting through a broader true crime and dark history swathe of the Inner West - On The Edge: More Dark Tales of Sydney's Inner West. Buy it here.
Named after Ludwig Leichhardt, the doomed explorer, it came into being as a municipality in 1871, but the tales this suburb and the suburbs that surround it have to tell go back way further.
Find out about the highway woman on Parramatta Road, the robbery gang who duped a delivery driver with a fake shopfront, the curious case of the murder at Ramsay's Bush, the bodies still buried beneath a surprising location, firebugs, larrikins and much, much more.
So please step in and immerse yourself in a world that lies underneath the everyday in the inner west of Sydney.
The author is a long-time Leichhardt resident and local history buff.
I have recently published a new book cutting through a broader true crime and dark history swathe of the Inner West - On The Edge: More Dark Tales of Sydney's Inner West. Buy it here.
