Photographs of Watsons Bay and Garden Island, Brisbane, Perth and Fremantle, Canberra, Goulburn, Melbourne, Adelaide and Townsville along with sketches and etchings mostly of scenes around Sydney and Melbourne by Austin Platt, 1856-1976

PXE 1233

fonds

1856-1976

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Drawings, Prints, Photographs, Ephemera

908787

500 photographic prints - 20.5 x 25.5 cm. or smaller
4 drawings - pencil - 28.5 x 25.5 cm. or smaller
11 prints - etchings, other - 18.5 x 32.5 cm. or smaller
6 sheets of textual material - typescript
3 items of ephemera - postcards - 10 x 14 cm.

a. 26 photographic prints of significant landmarks and scenes at Watsons Bay, 1973, and Garden Island, 1975.
Includes pictures of Macquarie Lighthouse; Sydney Game Fishing Weighing Station; St. Peter's Church; Hornby Lighthouse; The Lodge, Neilsen Park; Gibsons Beach; Our Lady Star of the Sea Church; Vaucluse House; Dunbar House; Phillip Monument at Camp Cove; Robert Watson Memorial; Watsons Bay obelisk 'VIII Miles from Sydney'

b. 72 photographic prints of significant landmarks of Brisbane taken by the Queensland Government Tourist Bureau, 1973 and 1975.
Includes pictures of the Normanby Hotel; Prince Consort Hotel; The Regatta Hotel; Government House; Treasury Building; Newstead House; King George Civic Square; Old Government House; Customs House; John Oxley Library; Brisbane Observatory; Anzac House; University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus; 'The Mansions'; Edward Street Ferry area; Naldham House; High Barbaree; Log Cabin in Early Street; Wolston House; Old Colonial Store [oldest building in Brisbane]; Jolly Bridge; State Library of Queensland; Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Clubhouse; Somerville House; Bulimba House; Queensland Club; various scenes of Early Street. Also includes 6 page document titled 'Notable Brisbane Houses of the Nineteenth Century' - compiled from material held by The John Oxley Library, for the Library Board of Queensland, 1975

c. 99 photographic prints of significant landmarks and scenes at Perth and Fremantle, with 2 related postcards, 1975-1976.
Includes pictures of Parakeet Bay; views of Perth CDB; Perth Technical College; London Court; Gordon House; St George's Cathedral; Fremantle Gaol; University of Perth; St George's Hall; Fremantle fishing fleet; Rottnest Island Gaol; The Old Mill, Perth; Lighthouse at Rottnest Island; Fremantle Signal Station; Salvation Army Building, Perth; Old Perth Observatory; Palace Hotel; Fremantle Town Hall; Chapel at Rottnest Island; beach at Rottnest Island; Barrack Street jetty; The Round House; Rottnest Island Hotel; Perth Luthern Church

d. 58 photographic prints of significant landmarks and scenes at Canberra, 1964-1975
Includes pictures of the Japanese Embassy; Church of St Andrew; Mount Stromlo Observatory; Government House; Hobart Place; All Saints Church; Canberra Theatre Centre; Australian War Memorial; Italian Embassy; Australian/American War Memorial; Civic Square; Thailand Embassy; Maltese Embassy; Israel Embassy; Australian Treasury; Lake Burley Griffen; St John's Church; The National Library of Australia; South African Embassy; Parliament House; Rowing race going beneath Kings Avenue Bridge; Commonwealth Avenue Bridge; Bureau of Mineral Resources; The Prime Minister's Lodge; Bruce Hall Foundation; Academy of Science; Blundell's Cottage; Unites States Embassy; Duntroon Homestead; Canadian Embassy; British High Commission

e. 36 photographic prints of significant landmarks and scenes at Goulburn, NSW, 1973-1975
Includes pictures of St Peter and Paul Cathedral; 'Landsdowne'; Market St archway; 'Springfield'; Goulburn Gaol; Stationmaster's cottage; St Patrick's College; 'Riversdale'; 'Kippilaw'; The old morgue; 'St Clair; Goulburn Town Hall; Kenmore; Goulburn Courthouse; Bandstand at Belmore Park; St Saviour's Cathedral; Southern Hotel; The Brewery; Goulburn Police Station; Goulburn Post Office

f. 33 photographic prints of significant landmarks and scenes at Melbourne, 1974
Includes pictures of Victorian Supreme Court; State Library of Victoria; Melbourne Magistrates Court; old shot factory; Tasma Terrace; Royal Melbourne Institute; Salvation Army Training College; Melbourne Club; Corner of Collins and Elizabeth Streets; Princess Theatre; Royal Mint; National Gallery; Princes Bridge; Shrine of Remembrance; Victorian Parliament House

g. 112 photographic prints of significant landmarks and scenes at Adelaide, 1975, along with a print of 'View in Adelaide' by H. Glover, 1856
Includes pictures of the Magistrates Court; St Peter's Cathedral; University of Adelaide; Photographs of models of the proposed Adelaide Festival Centre; Union Church; Adelaide Town Hall; St John Lutheran Church; The Feathers Hotel; Scots Church; Ayers House; Newland House; Glanville Hall; 'Harley': Old Legislative Council Building; Lion Brewery; Victoria Square Fountain; South Australian Parliament House; Grand Lodge 254; Old Mill Restaurant, Hahndorf; The Botanic Hotel; Unitarian Church in Wakefield Street, built 1857, now demolished; Gawler Post Office; Hotel Austral; Old Mill at Bregewater; Trinity Church; National Gallery; Government House; Adelaide Oval; Port Adelaide; scene of the construction of Festival Hall; Christ Church, North Adelaide; Adelaide Gaol; Yaldara; Stag Hotel

h. 64 photographic prints and 1 postcard of significant landmarks and scenes at Townsville, Qld, and surrounds, 1974-1975
Includes pictures of the Technical College; Burns Philp; Memorial Gardens; Town Hall; Ravenswood; Bishops Lodge; Queens Hotel; Lavarack Barracks; Magnetic House; National Bank; Townsville Post Office; Bank of NSW; Sacred Heart Cathedral; Old Court House; Picnic Bay Jetty, Magnetic Island; Coral Gardens; The Strand; Travelodge; Townsville Port; Ross Creek

i .10 prints (etchings) by Austin Platt, no date
Images include Melbourne Grammar School; Geelong Grammar School and old Sydney Boys High School

4 drawings (sketches) by Austin Platt, ca. 1945 of scenes in Sydney

Copyright status:: In copyright (apart from H. Glover's work)
Copyright holder:: Australian Information Service, Colin Ballantyne, Douglass Baglin Pty Ltd, New South Wales Department of Tourism, Austin Platt, Queensland Government Tourist Bureau
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy copyright holder

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Most of the pictures are titled and dated on their reverse side