Photographs, prints, postcards, fan, parasol and walking cane relating to the Matthew Whytlaw papers, ca. 1841-1901

LR 90
LR 91
LR 92
ML 1355
ML 1357
ML 1358
PXD 1179
V/255
XV/136

fonds

ca. 1841-1901

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Objects, Photographs, Prints, Clippings

908766

1 fan - raffia - 37.5 x 16.5 cm
1 photograph - ambrotype - 24.5 x 19.5 cm
2 photographs - albumen - each 42.3 x 83 cm
1 cane
2 prints - black & white - each 50 x 88.5 cm
1 parasol - cotton with lace trim - length 53 cm
5 items of textual material (newscuttings) - laminated and bound with raffia to backing boards - 24 x 28.5 cm
1 item of textual material (newscutting) - coloured - 28 x 38.5 cm
7 ephemera items (postcards) - colour, black & white - 20.5 x 9 cm or smaller
31 photographs - albumen, gelatin silver, platinotype - 24.5 x 29.3 cm or smaller
1 print - coloured - 12.8 x 78.5 cm

On 1st August 1839 a meeting was held in the Royal Hotel, Sydney and it was resolved The Hunter River Steam Navigation Company be formed for the purpose of building or purchasing steam vessels to ply the waters between Sydney and the Hunter River. Although the Prospectus was issued on 3rd August, the first Board of Directors was not formed until 29th January 1840, and this consisted of Messrs. John Eales, John Hosking, Edward Lord, William Drake, William Abercrombie, Thomas Steele, Daniel Cooper, Robert Scott and Ward Stephens. On 30th January, the first General Manager and Secretary, Mr. Matthew Whytlaw was appointed. His salary was £250 per annum until the ships arrived and increased to £500 per annum after they came into operation.

Reference:
The History of the A.U.S.N. Co. Ltd. and its Predecessors. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:213629/s18378366_1954_5_2_969.pdf (Accessed 21/8/12)

Collection presented to the Royal Australian Historical Society, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney by Mrs Ford. The Collection was formerly owned by Dr Scott-Orr, whose wife was a daughter of Reverend Noble.

LR 90
1 raffia fan

LR 91
Carved walking cane with elephant head handle

LR 92
1 cotton parasol with lace trim

ML 1355
1 photograph of Henry John Noble, son of Joseph and Maria Noble, born 4 February 1860 at George Street, Sydney, N.S.W., ca. 1865 [ambrotype]

ML 1357
Photograph of the Commonwealth Federation celebrations held at Centennial Park, 1901

ML 1358
Photograph of the landing of the Governor General, Lord Hopetoun, at Farm Cove, 1901

PXD 1179

Photographs include:

Cabinet card of Henry John Noble, Deputy Registrar General and Chief Clerk, 1896-1901

Tram from Fassifern to Toronto, 1900

Copy photoprint inscribed 'Australian Commonwealth Federation, 1pm, 1 January 1901. Signing of the official papers, Centennial Park, Waverley, N.S.W. Australia by Archbishop Saumarez Smith, First Premier Sir W. J. Lyne. State Premiers etc were present.The Kiosk was borrowed from Ashfield Park'

Lex Orr, Walter Orr and Jessie Orr, Bowral, June 1905

Photograph inscribed 'St Luke's Church, Liverpool, N.S.W., 1909 Reverend H. J. Noble, Rector 1908-1919'

The Hawkesbury Mining Syndicate Picnic, 1910

Sydney University Rifle Team, Winners Inter-Varsity Championship, R.K. May, M.L. Henley, R.E. Jefferis, F.P.M. Solling, K.B.Voss, L.S.Beckett, A.R.Scott-Orr, J.K. Murray, R.W. Richards, E.P. Dark, Adelaide 1914

Photograph inscribed 'A.R. Scott Orr. Med III. University St Andrew's College, 1914-1915'

Wedding at St James' Church, King Street, Sydney of Eric Lindsay Hall[?] to Phyllis Hope Noble, daughter of Reverend H. J. Noble, December 1923

2 photographs inscribed 'Alexander Robert Scott-Orr, aged 4 years' [platinotypes]

Henry John Noble, 1st Rector, St. Swithins, Church of England, Pymble, N.S.W.

Photograph inscribed 'Wallawong House, Hinton, N.S.W. - National Trust'

Cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards of unidentified portraits, undated

George Street looking south from Bathurst Street, Sydney, ca. 1850's

Hawkesbury River Bridge with newspaper clipping from the Sydney Sun Herald titled 'Trip Into The Past - Woman 'rail fan' at 82', pasted on reverse, dated 12 April 1959

Prints and newscuttings include:

Newscutting of a painting by John Allcott of the 'Founding of Queensland and Birth of Brisbane (then Edinglassie), January 1825. The busy camp on the Brisbane River about three weeks after the transfer from Redcliff, from which has grown the City of Brisbane and State of Queensland. Lieutenant H. Millar (40th Regiment) and Superintendent Peter Spices are depicted in charge of convicts engaged building temporary huts for the stores and soldiers. The present Queen's Wharf is below the soldiers' tents on the extreme left, and is the site of the first landing place. Victoria Bridge now spans the river below the hut on the left.'

5 newscuttings of the crests of N.S.W. schools and colleges [laminated and bound with raffia to backing boards], undated

British postcards of The Royal Family at Balmoral, dated 1 February 1953 and King Edward VIII. Australian postcards include views of the Darwin Post Office, the 65 year old Cobb and Co. Coach following one of its original routes during the 100th Anniversary trip in aid of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Mount Stromlo Observatory, The Olgas, Central Australia and an aerial view of Sydney.

V / 255
Print of the Great White Fleet. Fleet composition: Georgia, Maine, Indiana, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Virginia, Ohio, Louisiana, Alabama, Minnesota, Iowa, St. Louis, Connecticut, Illinois, Kearsage and the Missouri, 1908

XV/136
2 prints of the 'Mena Camp - The 1st Australian Division, Australian Imperial Force, Egypt, 1914-1915'. One print is of the encampment with the Pyramids in the background


This pictorial material is part of the Matthew Whytlaw papers, 1841-1974, at MLMSS 3292

Access via appointment - LR 90-LR 92, ML 1355, ML 1357, ML 1358

Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright.
Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years (Artistic Works)
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Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.3988 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13

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LR 91
Lower part of cane has broken off

LR 92
Handle of parasol has broken off

ML 1355
Ambrotype cracked into 2 pieces