Merewether family photographs and painting 1890-1963

PXE 1171
ON 470
R 1127

fonds

1890-1963

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera, Paintings

909986

55 photo negatives - 13 x 6 cm or smaller
4 melamine plates - painted - 17 cm in diameter
8 photographic prints and ephemera items (postcards) - black and white, colour - 10 x 15 cm or smaller
1 painting - oil on canvas board - 30 x 40 cm
270 photographs - gelatin silver, colour - 25 x 31 cm or smaller
2 transparencies - colour - 7 x 7 cm or smaller

Edward Robert Hickson Merewether, grandson of Edward Christopher Merewether, regarded as the founder of the Merewether Estate, and the great grand-nephew of David Scott Mitchell. Edward married Hope Docker with whom he had Edward John Merewether in 1924. In 1861 Edward's grandfather, E. C. Merewether, built on the Burwood Estate the landmark residence The Ridge, later known as Hillcrest. The Merewethers are known as the family for which the seaside suburb in Newcastle is named.

This pictorial material is part of the Merewether family papers at MLMSS 1187.

Family photographs from 1890s to the 1960s, once contained in letters to Mrs Merewether mainly from England, or in a box of loose photographs.

PXE 1171/Folder 1

18 black and white portrait photographs encased in card
Some captioned; Hope and John, March 1924 Mora 1912, Edward John Merewether, March 1924, Emma, Elwin and Heaton, John Hughes and Ora’s baby – Merry Hughes, Essex, England.

PXE 1171/Folder 2

11 black and white portrait photographs mounted on cardboard; 1 mounted photograph mounted on cardboard with calendar
Some captioned; Elwin McCarthy and Hope Docker, Edward John Merewether, Nov 1924,
6 Portraits of an unidentified English and Australian soldier.

PXE 1171/Folder 3

34 portrait photos on gold-rimmed cardboard 22 x 18 cm or smaller
Some captioned; Ted, Paddy and Tim Merewether, Bob Hickson, E.R.H. Merewether, E.A.M. Merewether, A.M.M. and G.S.F.M., Elsie Wallace, Edward R.H. Merewether, Henry A.H. Merewether, Hope’s uncles Selwyn Wallace and Donald Wallace, T.L. Docker and Elsie Wallace at Rohallion, Newcastle 1902.

PXE 1171/Folder 4

2 colour photographs, 2 transparencies of exterior scene – house backyard.

PXE 1171/Item 5

A collection of black and white photographs initially included with letters sent to and from England, Some captioned. Contents of each A4 sleeve listed;

13 photos – unidentified with negatives (ON 470-5); 25 photos – unidentified with negatives (ON 470-4)
14 photos – Tim and Carol etc. with negatives (ON 470-1); Air Letter from O.H. Hughes to E.R.H. Merewether with negatives (ON 470-6)
14 photos - Richard’s house with negatives (ON 470-2); 8 photos – outdoor scene with cats with negatives (ON 470-3); 17 photos – Richard’s place, London and Donald’s instrument; 4 photos – Richard’s friends, Tom’s house, Boxing Day, 1960;
Postcard addressed to Hope from Boyd Neil from Toronto; 14 Tim in Denmark, Sweden and Copenhagen, Sept 1961; 5 photos - snapshots from Richard, 1963 and postcard
43 photos – Unidentified (baby and small children)
28 photos – Boo, 2 years; E.C.M., 7 months, etc.
41 photos – ‘The Ridge’; John and Tempe’s marriage, 20 Nov 1958; child with grandfather
29 photos – Unidentified – John and Tempe Merewether with friends; at the beach
5 photos – Unidentified family; G.S.F.M., Bill Bourke and car
13 photos – John Merewether; Old English set – 1837; Photographs of Ted 1943-1952, poem on blue paper; Mrs Bourke
7 photos – Unidentified photo portraits; The Mackerras Family, Turramurra 1960
9 photos, 1 postcard – Unidentified (Australian soldier) ‘My parents: T.L. Docker, Armidale NSW; Murralah property, Jan 1958
5 photos – Joy and Barry marriage 15 Sep 1862; Jan and Murdoch Ashe marriage, 25 May 1959
10 photos – Brian Carter’s wedding to Patricia Thompson, 20 July 1960; John’s wedding
4 photos, 1 drawing, 6 photo postcards – Unidentified (elderly lady with company); drawing of ‘The Old Windmill, E.J.M., 29 July; Shore School Rugby 1st XV, 1908; Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1930s; George Hickson and son Bob; St. Pauls College; June and John
4 photo proof sheets – Merewether-Hellsham marriage at St Marks.

PXE 1171/Item 6

10 oversized photographs;
Photograph of sketch of Merewether old home, ‘Castlefield’, Wiltshire, by Elizabeth Merewether, 1841 (2 copies).
Sepia photoraph of young girl with caption – ‘To Hope, with love from Jan’.
Sepia photograph of The Ridge, Merewether, NSW., after 1860.
Mounted photograph of unidentified English soldier
Hand-coloured mounted photograph of two young children
4 x-ray negatives belonging to John Merewether, 6 June 1950.

PXE 1171/Item 7

1 Painting;
‘Storm Threatening Our Garden – Spring 1963’ by E.R.H. Merewether. Oil painting on canvas board, November, 1963.
Caption: ‘Ted was working on this just before his last illness – H.M.’ 37 Fairlawn Avenue, Turramurra, NSW.

ON 470/Item 8

Negatives relating to a selection of photographs (see above)

R 1127/Item 9

Realia;
4 melamine plates, originally made by British Plastics Pty Ltd. Melbourne, featuring orchid flowers painted with oil by Ted Merewether, 1914.

Access via appointment - Applies to ON 470 and R 1127

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Picc.Acc.3236 as part of the eRecords Project 2011-2012