In October 1886 the State Government resumed 14 acres of the former Bronte estate for a public park.

Around 1904 the first swimming club building was erected on the cliff above the baths.

The famous Bogey hole at Bronte beach. Bogey or Bogie was a word used by the Sydney Aboriginal people meaning bathe. This view is from in-front of the dressing sheds.

The first major council built structures were baths and adjoining women's dressing sheds, which were completed in mid-1887. these are loosely visible across the sand from the path in the foreground.

The first Bronte Surf Life Saving Club house was built in 1910. This current version was erected in 1974.

In 1911 the tram line was extended to Bronte Beach from it's previous terminus near Waverley Cemetery - because of the steepness and the curve of the road, a cutting was made to accommodate the tram line in the sandstone cliff above the beach.

The bus shelter at Bronte is the original tram shelter built in 1912 - albeit after several renovations.

Picnic shelter sheds were first erected by Waverley Council between 1941 and 1961 as part of a beach improvement scheme.

Despite the boom in nineteenth century subdivisions and speculation, Bronte's population did not increase significantly until after World War 1, a period of intense suburbanisation.

The architecture of different periods of development is evident in the Bronte streetscape of today.

Flats and cafes at 481-3 Bronte Road.

Cafe culture at Bronte. Most of this drawing was done right there. The tonality and detail from a photograph.

Reflections of - to quote the artist - "the past slipping into the future" at the bogey hole Cafe.