Photographs of Darwin, Hotel Kosciusko and the evacuation of non-combatants from Darwin, World War II, ca. 1937-1956 / photographed by Daily Telegraph

PXA 1322

fonds

ca. 1937-1956

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs, Prints

947999

48 photographic prints (2 copies) - gelatin silver - 20.5 x 25.6 cm or smaller
2 prints - 13.3 x 22.3 cm, 7.8 x 14.8 cm
1 textual record - letter, typescript - 1 p.

1. Darwin from Point Charles Lighthouse, 12 Mar 1937
2. [Vestey's meatworks], Darwin, 10-11 September 1940
3. [Street], Darwin, 10 September 1940
4-6. Darwin from the air under the tail plane of an RAAF Hudson bomber, 7 March 1942 / Women's weekly
7-15. [Asian businessmen and Australian servicemen court case ?], Darwin, ca. 1942
16-17. [Bank of NSW destroyed by bombing and temporary promises], Darwin, ca. 1942
18. Commonwealth Bank [and A.E. Jolly & Co.], Darwin, ca. 1942
19. Garrison barracks, 1939-1945
20. Gaol, 12 March 1937
21. Darwin Hotel, between 1939-1945
22. Victoria Hotel, between 1939-1945
23. Post Office, ca. 1955
24. Home of Mr Horsborough, Resident Commissioner at Darwin, Saturday 20 March 1937 / Women's weekly
25. Asian [primary] pupils break up for Christmas leave
26. Children at Darwin Public School, 1939-1945
27. [Hall set for dinner] - social life, 1937
28. [Women tend house, home shortage] - social life, 1939
29. [Asian woman pushes pram] - social life, ca. 1942
30-31. Smith Street, 1938
32-34. Smith Street, ca. 1942
35-37. Marella during strike, Darwin pier, 26 July 1937
38. Marella, Darwin pier, 9 August 1938
39. New Naval steps used to land Imperial flying boat passengers [and VH-ABC Coogee], 9 August 1938
40-41. [Hudson Fysh arriving on Challenger and the new flying base reception shed], before February 1939
42-43. [Photographs used to call for an upgrade of the flying boat base and harbour walls], 27 February 1939
44. Hotel Kosciusko, 5 June 1937
45. Hotel Kosciusko, [ca. 1910-1920]
46. Hotel Kosciusko courtyard, July 1939
47. [Infantryman bayonet training], 1939-1945
48-50. Evacuation of non-combatants [in goods wagons], Katherine, February 1942

The photographs are arranged alphabetically/chronologically by Pictures Source File

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Date of publication stamped on the reverse of some photographs

Listing compiled from Pictures Source File

Transferred from Small Pictures File, October 2011

Photographs chiefly identified on the reverse or a typecript label