- henry and sarah playford's family bible (1829)
     
    - view pages of the bible
     
     
  - the wreck of the juliana, the barque in which henry and sarah departed england
  The Experiences of Emigrants from Northiam, Sussex, in the barque Juliana, bound for Sydney, wrecked in Table Bay on Saturday, 19th January, 1839.

Compiled from Emigrants' letters kept in Northiam, Sussex, from newspaper files in the South African Library, Cape Town, and from records in the Cape Archives Depot, Cape Town.

Compiled 1957. Copy kindly provided by Margaret and Rosemary Playford.

  - Letter from H. C. Perigoe on board the Juliana at Gravesend to his family in Northiam, describing embarkation. October 19th, 1838.
     
    - Letter from the Colonial Office, Cape Town, to the Port Captain. 21st January, 1839 regarding the wreck.
     
    - Leading Article in SOUTH AFRICAN COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER,
Wednesday, January 23, 1839, regarding the wreck.
     
    - Article in DE WARE AFRIKAAN, Tuesday, January 24, 1839, regarding the wreck.
     
    - The Cape Town Police Office transcripts of the inquiry into the wreck.
     
     
     
  - the playford brothers' bricks of william and richard playford
     
    - pictures of the bricks made by william and richard
     
    - the brick pits at marrickville 1876-1882
     
     
     
  - the "rosemount" dairies of richard and lydia playford.
 
    - dairy one: c1885 - 1899 | Ebenezer Cottage, Windsor Rd, Petersham
     
    - dairy two: 1899 - 1907 | "Rosemount" in Prospect Rd, Summer Hill
     
    - dairy three: 1908 - 1911 | Queen St, Ashfield
     
    - dairy four: 1912 - 1940s | "Rosemount" in Northcote St, Cantebury