Edward Searle and Allan Searle collection of photographs, 1911-1979

PXE 1484
PXA 1705
ON 522
SLIDES 254
SSV/125
SV/272
SV/273
V/278

fonds

1911-1979

51291

13 albums (380 photographs) - 35 x 36 cm and smaller
Approx. 3000 loose photographs - 15.5 x 59.5 cm and smaller
Approx. 160 negatives - glass - 12 x 16.3 cm and smaller
45 slides - lantern - 8 x 8 cm
1 print - etching
Approx. 2500 negatives - film - various sizes

Edward Searle was a professional photographer who worked for J. W. Beattie in Hobart from 1911-1915. From 1928-1938 he was employed by the photographic studio of Hall & Co., Sydney. In the late 1920s he began taking aerial photographs and became a pioneeer of aerial surveying in Australia. In 1932 he was appointed official aerial photographer for the opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge. During World War II he opened his Portrait and Commercial Studios in Broadway, Sydney.

Allan Searle, also a professional photographer, was Edward Searle's son.

EDWARD SEARLE ALBUMS:

PXE 1484/Box 1
1. Early Tasmania, 1839-1912.
2. Antarctic Exploration. Amundsen and Mawson, 1911-1912
3. Sydney Harbour in the 1930s.
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4. Mascot Aerodrome, Sydney, 1920-1939. Includes arrival of Charles Kingsford-Smith in the Southern Cross, June 1928.
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5. University of Sydney, 1949.
6. Aerial Surveying and Aerial Photography, 1930s and early 1940s (includes text).

LANDSCAPES AND COUNTRY SCENES
PXE 1484/Box 4
Include: Barrenjoey, 1939 & Broken Bay, 1950s (aerial photographs); Mosman Bay (1930s and M. Gilder, 1886); Hawkesbury River at Sackville Reach; Coonabarabran; Hobart; Cattle Droving; Timber-getters' Hut; The Three Sisters; Berry's Bay; Mustering Sheep; Grose Valley; Wool Team; Droving Sheep; "Spring", 1925.

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Family photographs:
Portraits of Searle's wife & children - Hobart & Port Arthur, 1911-1913.
Portraits of Searle's wife and children, 1914.
"Historic Photographs:
Include Roald Amundsen & Antarctica; Sir Ross Smith leaving Richmond Aerodrome on his way to Melbourne, 1920.
Postcards:
Newcastle, mid 1930s.

Aerial photographs:
SV/272
Manly Beach, 1930s.
SV/273
Bondi Beach, 1930s.

EDWARD SEARLE GLASS NEGATIVES:

ON 522/Box 1
Family photographs including portraits of Searle's wife and children, 1912, 1914; Ethel Searle in Sulky, 1910. Also includes Ourimbah; Ploughing scene, Adelaide Hills, 1917; Parliament House, Canberra, 1927; Tasmanian scene (Hobart?), 1912.

ON 522/Box 2
Wreck of the Greycliffe in Sydney Harbour, 1927.
Family photographs - Hobart, 1912-1914. (10)
Family photographs - Adelaide, 1917-1918 & Sydney, 1920s.
Family photographs - Hobart & Adelaide, 1915-1918.
World War I.

ON 522/Box 3
Sydney Harbour, 1930s.
Sydney Harbour & Ships, 1930s
Sydney Harbour Bridge and Circular Quay, 1930s.
Sydney Statues, 1930s.

ON 522/Box 4
Taronga Zoo, 1930s. (15)
Calley's Boatshed, Mosman Bay, 1930s.
Sydney Surf Boats, 1930s.

ON 522/Box 5
Aeroplanes at Mascot Aerodrome, late 1920s-early 1930s including:
VH UGK (Eaglerock), 1940; Edward Searle beside plane; Shell tanker refuelling Canberra, 1929; Canberra VH UHW; Hangar of Adastra Airways and PK AFC taking to the air.

ON 522/Box 6
Aeroplanes at Mascot Aerodrome, late 1920s-early 1930s including:
VH UFO; Red Rose - England to Australia, 1928; De Havilland Hawk Moth; Royal Air Mail - Southern Sky; De Havilland Puss Moth; Royal Air Mail - Southern Star (VH UMG); Royal Air Mail - Southern Cloud (VH UMF) - lost 1931; Royal Air Mail - Southern Moon (later Ulm's Faith in Australia); Royal Air Mail - Southern Sun; Westland Widgeon-Fleetwing; Junkers Junior-Wendouree; Australian National Airways (VH UIC); City of Sydney G AUIZ; Arrival of Southern Cross, 1928.
ON 522/Box 7
Aeroplanes at Mascot Aerodrome, late 1920s-early 1930s including:
Royal Dutch Airline plane Uiver; Southern Cross; VH UQW; VH UIZ; VH UPJ; VH ULH.

EDWARD SEARLE LANTERN SLIDES:

SLIDES 254/Box 1
Tasmanian scenes from J. Beattie Studios, Hobart.
Aerial views of Sydney, 1930s-1940s.
Aerial Views of Sydney & Broken Bay, 1930s.

SLIDES 254/Box 2
NSW Country Scenes, 1920s.
Aerial views of the Blue Mountains, 1930s.
Storm at Sea.

EDWARD SEARLE NEGATIVES (film)

ON 522/Box 8
Group including Woodcutters' Hut & Wheel at Woodcutters' Hut, Ourimbah, 1930s; Mosman Bay & Musgrave Street Wharf, 1930s.
Sydney Harbour & Bridge construction, 1930s.
Surf Lifesavers.
Mosman Bay, 1930s.
Blue Mountains & Sydney, 1930s-1940s?.

SSV/125
Sydney Harbour Bridge under Construction, 1930s, etching, artist unknown

ALLAN SEARLE ALBUMS:

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1. Gliding in New South Wales, 1931-1932.
2. Gliding in Sydney, 1931-1932.

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3. Sydney Technical College Gliding Club, 1932.
4. White Cliffs and its Opal Mines, 1948.
5. The Royal Visit to Sydney, 1954.

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6. Views of Sydney (including Mosman Bay, Manly, Cremorne Wharf, Middle Harbour, The Spit & La Perouse), Newcastle and Condobolin, 1930s.
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7. Historic Sights - Blue Mountains, 1950s.

Photographs used in Local Illustrated Histories by Allan Searle:
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Penrith - Windsor - Glenbrook - Blaxland; Springwood; Woodford - Linden;
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Faulconbridge; Katoomba - Bathurst; Hartley; "Sundry".

PXE 1484/Box 10
Agriculture Department, Sydney photographs with accompanying
text.
Sydney photographs:
Include Central Railway Station, Bridge Street, Circular Quay, Customs House, Queen Victoria Building, Early Work on Harbour Bridge Site.
Veteran Car Rally, 1950s.

PXE 1484/Box 11
Historic Buildings:
Include Joadja ruins, Winbourne Lodge, Galston Gorge Bridge, Woodford Academy, Armidale, Hartley cottages, Fleurs Barn at St Marys, Ebeneezer Chapel, Schoolhouse at Wilberforce, St Thomas's Church at Mulgoa, Burrado Station, Rock Lily Hotel, Hawkesbury River Bridge, 'The Barn' at Mosman Bay, Wahroonga Station, Fort Denison.

PXA 1705/Box 3
"Historical Photographs":
Aboriginal Sites, Adelaide, Audley, Baradine, Blaxland, Bathurst, Berrima, Bowenfels, Broken Hill, Campbelltown, Canberra, Castlereagh, Cobbity, Condobolin, Cudgegong, Ebeneezer, Emu Plains, Faulconbridge, Flinders Ranges, Glenbrook, Greendale, Hargraves, Hartley, Hawkesbury & Nepean Rivers, Hill End, Ingleburn, Kanangra Walls, Katoomba, Kelso, Kings Tableland, Lake Cargellico, Lapstone, Linden, Lithgow, Lucasville, Mildura, Mount Victoria, Mount York, Mulgoa, Murray River, O'Connell, Penrith, Regentsville, Rossmore, Sallys Flat, Springwood, Sydney, Sofala, Tasmania, Tree studies, Trial Bay, Valley Heights, Warrumbungle National Park, Wattle Flat, Wentworth Falls, Windsor, Woodford.

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Landscapes (mostly untitled).
Postcards: Including Sydney, Blue Mountains, Bathurst, Newcastle, Terrigal, Wagga, Mount Cambewarra, Zeehan (W.A.) Yanchep (W.A.).

V/278
Panorama of Sydney taken from the Chief Secretary's Office looking south west over the Lands Department with The Hotel Metropole on the left, 1892-1900 / Charles Kerry (15.5 x 59.5)

ALLAN SEARLE GLASS NEGATIVES:

ON 522/Box 9
Gliders in Action - 1931 Gliding Clubs Camp

ON 522/Box 10
Gliders - Sydney & Sydney Technical College Glider and its Crash, 1931-32.

ALLAN SEARLE NEGATIVES (film)

ON 522/Box 11-ON 522/Box 13
"Historical Negatives", 1950s-1970s. Contents List filed with the negatives in separate folder.

ON 522/Box 14
Tree Planting Ceremony in Botanic Gardens, 10 March 1954; Gliders; "Historical Sights of Parramatta, 1960; Steam Train at Richmond Station, 1950s; Views of Newcastle and Condobolin, 1930s; Yanco Experimental Farm, 1958-59?; Jenolan caves, 1959?; Cattai Creek; Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury River; Coxs River;; Katoomba;, Building Constructions, Sydney; Hawkesbury Lookout, Springwood; Mt Kosciusko;; H.A.C. Swimming Pool Opening;; Bents Basin; Royal easter Show Opening, 1960? (100)

This collection includes manuscript material at MLMSS 8890.

Access via appointment - Applies to ON 522 and SLIDES 254

Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs taken before 1955 are out of copyright; photographs taken after 1955 are in copyright for life of creator plus 70 years
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