Val Mahoney remembers the thriving shops at Moore Street that provided groceries, meat, and medical services to the community. She recalls the names of shopkeepers and the how the suburb attracted weekend holiday makers to the beach and guesthouses.

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Austinmer – Oceana Parade – Kirton Road – Granny Fisher – Curly Top hairdressers – Marge Harris – Max and Dorothy Cooper – Squash Courts – Illawarra Meat – Red Cross Shop – RSL – Headlands Guesthouse – Keswick – Outlook – Glastonbury Gardens – Post Office – Tommy Hope – Bob Jones – Charlie Wrench – Jack Price’s Bus Company – Headlands Hotel Publicans

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Val’s Photo Album

P00547 – Headlands Hotel, Austinmer, 1994

P00897 – The Outlook Guesthouse, Oceana Parade, Austinmer – c.1920-1940

P00986 – Keswick guesthouse and tennis courts, Austinmer, c.1920-1940

Allen Park Railway Parade Austinmer

Former Red Cross shop – Moore Street, Austinmer.

Former Squash Courts – Moore Street, Austinmer.

Former Miss Price house – Austinmer Street, Austinmer.

Val Mahoney

P2197 – Austinmer Post Office, 1950s-1970s

P19418 – 46 Moore Street, Austinmer. Earlier Austinmer Post Office – Moore Street grocery store in the 1950s

P20065 – Moore Street, Austinmer – Previously doctor’s surgery