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147049
  • Title
    Govett family pictorial material, ca. 1888-1964 / compiled by Clement N. Govett
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXE 1325
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1888-1964
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    147049
  • Physical Description
    14 photographs - black & white - 21.5 x 17 cm. or smaller
  • Scope and Content
    No. 1
    W.B. Govett at the wheel of one of his many motor cars. 24 Nov. 1909

    No. 2a
    Smaller version of above photograph. W.B. Govett was very interested in motor vehicles and was the first person to drive a car from Brisbane to Melbourne (caption).

    No. 2b
    Exhibition of cars sold by W.B. Govett agent for Belsize, Sizaie and Naudin cars ... Lupton and coy Albert Street, Brisbane, 1904-1914. (caption)

    No. 2c
    W.B. Govett and an interest in Howards. His son George drove one of the cars. The person standing on the car at rear is possibly George. (caption). Image shows Cadillac carrying passengers between Thallon and St. George.

    No. 3a and 3b
    Photographs of W.B. Govett; W.B. Govett with his wife Minnie.

    No. 3c
    Minnie and W.B. Govett with daughters ... Amy and Floss, Isobel on right. Isobel's daughter Gwen. (caption)

    No. 3d
    Mrs. W.B. Govett with daughters Floss and Amy. Tom Corkill, Amy's husband (right). Taken on Wynnum Road by George Govett on 11 Jan. 1923. (caption)

    No. 4 and No. 5
    W.B. Govett's kite ads. Brisbane in late 1920s.

    No. 6
    George Govett as a young man.

    No. 7 George Govett taken shortly before his death in 1888.

    No. 8
    The residence of Pastoria, Kyneton.

    No. 9
    Tablet placed on Govetts tombstone in Jan. 1964.

    Forms part of MLMSS 1633
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Created before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
    Copyright status:: In copyright - Created after 1995 - photographs
  • General note

    Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.4762 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
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