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825986
  • Title
    Aerial photographs of Sydney and surrounding suburbs, 1934-1938
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXA 1158
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1934-1938
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    825986
  • Physical Description
    1 spiral bound album (109 photographic prints) - gelatin silver - 18.2 x 31.5 cm
  • Scope and Content
    1. South Head, Lady Bay, Camp Cove, Watson's Bay, Parsley Bay & Vaucluse Bay
    2. North Head, Manly, North Harbour, Dobroyd, & Grotto Pt.
    3-4. Views of Kangaroo Valley. Moss Vale - Nowra. N.S.W.
    5. Watson's Bay & The Gap
    6. Vaucluse Bay
    7. Deep gorge west of Nowra, N.S.W.
    8. H.M.A.S. Australia in Jervis Bay, N.S.W.
    9. Parsley & Vaucluse Bays. Wentworth's residence - Vaucluse House
    10. Bottle & Glass, Neilsen Park, Steele Pt., Rose Bay, Shark Is.
    11. Naval College, Jervis Bay
    12. River look-out, Shoalhaven River, N.S.W.
    13. Rose Bay. Lyne Park. Golf Links.
    14. Rose Bay & Pt. Piper
    15. Cliffs at Pt. Perpendicular, South Coast, N.S.W.
    16. Oak trees & river flats, Burrill, Shoalhaven River
    17. Double Bay & Darling Pt.
    18. Darling Pt., Double Bay, Pt. Piper, Rose Bay
    19. Farm lands, Burrill, Shoalhaven River
    20. The Bluff, near Berry, South Coast, N.S.W.
    21. Rushcutter's Bay
    22. Elizabeth Bay. Centennial Pk. on distance
    23. The Waterfall lookout, Berry. Coolangatta Mt. in distance
    24. Coolangatta Mt., South Coast, & cabbage tree palms
    25. Woolloomoolloo Bay & looking north, to South Head
    26. Botanical Gardens, Government House, Fort Macquarie, Farm Cove & Circular Quay
    27. [Unidentified tree]
    28. Circular Quay & City, looking south
    29. City, looking east & down the Harbour
    30. Circular Quay & southern bridge approach
    31. City, looking south-east, Domain & Hyde Park in centre
    32. Sydney Harbour Bridge & Circular Quay
    33. Hyde Park, northend, from St. Mary's Cathedral to Park St.
    34. Hyde Park, southend, from Park St. to Liverpool St. Anzac Memorial in centre
    35. Harbour Bridge, Walsh Bay & Millers Pt.
    36. Darling Harbour, interstate wharves, & city
    37. Pyrmont Bridge & head of Darling Harbour
    38. Portion of Port of Sydney from 5000 ft.
    39. Upper reaches of Harbour from 5000ft.
    40. Looking up Lane Cove River. Woolwich, Longueville, confluence of Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers
    41. Parramatta River. Drummoyne, Five Dock Bay
    42. Parramatta River. Drummoyne, Wrights Pt. in foreground
    43. Parramatta River. Gladesville Bridge, Drummoyne, Five Dock & Bay
    44. Parramatta River. Huntley Pt., & Tarban Ck.
    45. Parramatta River. Huntley Pt., & Tarban Ck.
    46. Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers
    47. Lane Cove River. Northwood
    48. Lane Cover River. Riverview College & St. Joseph's College
    49. Lane Cove River. Fig Tree Bridge & St. Joseph's College
    50. Lane Cove River. Fig Tree Bridge, Hunter's Hill, St. Joseph's College
    51. Confluence of Lane Cove & Parramatta Rivers. Woolwich in foreground, Greenwich, Gore Bay, Berry Island, Ball's Head Bay, Ball's Head, Berry Bay, Blues Pt., Lavender Bay
    52. Kirribilli Pt. Admiralty House, Neutral Bay, Kurraba Pt., Shell Cove, & Cremorne
    53. Cremorne (Robertson Pt.), Mosman Bay, Mosman, Curraghbeena Pt., Little Sirius Cove, Taronga Park, Middle Harbour & Manly in background
    54. Mosman Bay & Mosman Heights. Cremorne in foreground
    55. Portion of Taronga Zoological Pk. Uppergate
    56. Mosman Bay, Cremorne, Garden Island
    57. Clifton Gardens (Chowder Bay), Taylor Bay, Bradley's Head, Othol Bight
    58. Balmoral & Balmoral Beach, Rocky Pt. & Edward's Beach
    59. Shell Cove on right. Spit Bridge
    60. Middle Harbour. The Spit, Pearl Bay, Beauty Pt., Long Bay & North Bridge
    61. Middle Harbour. Beauty Pt., & Mosman
    62. Beauty Pt., Middle Head, & South Head in background
    63. Middle Harbour. Long Bay, Folly Pt., Cammeray Pk., Northbridge
    64. Manly Cove. South Steyne Beach in background, Fairy Bower at right
    65. Manly Pt., & Little Manly Cove. St. Patrick's College
    66. Tuggerah Beach & Lake entrance in foreground
    67-68. Tuggerah Lakes Entrance
    69. Terrigal Haven & Terrigal
    70. Gosford & head of Brisbane Water
    71. Woy Woy & Woy Woy Bay. Brisbane Water
    72. Brisbane Water. Ettalong & Booker Bay
    73. Mooney Mooney Pt., Hawkesbury River and Mooney Mooney Ck.
    74. Peat's Ferry, Hawksbury River. Kangaroo Pt. in distance. Mooney Mooney Pt. in foreground
    75. Peat's Ferry, Hawksbury River. Kangaroo Pt. and Mooney Mooney Pt.
    76. Bobbin Head & Cowan Creek
    77. Hawkesbury River. Long Island, Brooklyn, Dangar Island, Mullet Ck. top left
    78. Hawkesbury River. Railway Bridge, Dangar island, Croppy Drive., Juno Pt., Broken Bay & Barrenjoey in distance
    79. Brooklyn, Hawkesbury River Rly. Stn., Porto Bay
    80. Brooklyn and Hawksbury River
    81. Patonga & Patonga Ck. Hawksbury River
    82. Barrenjoey, Broken Bay & mouths of Hawksbury River and Brisbane Water
    83. Palm Beach, Barrenjoey & Lion Island. Entrance to Hawksbury River
    84. Barrenjoey, Palm Beach, & Pittwater
    85. [Unidentified coastline]
    86. Bungan Head (From distance)
    87. Bungan Head and The Castle
    88. Headlands looking south. Hole in the Wall, Avalon Beach, Bilgola Head, & Beach, Newport Beach, Bungan Head, Mona Vale Beach, Turimetta Head, and Narrabeen Beach
    89. Narrabeen & Lakes
    90. Collaroy Beach & Long Reef at top
    91. Manly Beach & Sydney Heads
    92. Bondi Beach
    93. Bronte Beach
    94. Coogee Beach
    95. Maroubra Beach
    96. Stanwell Park Beach, & Bald hill. South Coast
    97. Deep gorges, Shoalhaven River, South Coast
    98. Trees. South Coast N.S.W.
    99. Sussex Inlet. N.S.W.
    100. Tall trees & Good Dog Mountain. Nowra.
    101. Three Kings, Shoalhaven River, Nowra.
    102. Suspension bridge over Kangaroo River. Kangaroo Valley, Moss Vale to Nowra
    103. Berry, South Coast, N.S.W.
    104. Lake Conjola entrance, South Coast
    105. Lake Conjola, South Coast
    106. Pt Perpendicular & Lighthouse. South coast
    107. Cambewarra Mountain, Nowra
    108. Shoalhaven River and Nowra
    109. Nowra, South Coast, N.S.W.
  • General note

    Images titled from notes in album margins
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Copyright photograph by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sydney Mail -- stamped on reverse of some images
    "Collected by - L.G. (Graham) Laing b. 13.4.1915 Enfield NSW / d. 15.3.1995 Adelaide SA / Donated to NSW State Library" -- typed label (p. 2)
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