Photographs and history notes of Grenfell and surrounding areas of Greenethorpe, Koorawatha, Caragabal, Stockinbingal and Quandialla, New South Wales, 1950-1954 / photographed by William A. Bayley

PXE 1636

fonds

1950-1954

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs

1184549

85 photographs, 16 reproductive prints, and textual material (1 box) - black & white - manuscript; typescript;

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PHOTOGRAPHS

GRENFELL

1. Methodist Church
2. Roman Catholic Church
3. Municipal and Shire Council Chambers
4. Bowling Green
5. Typical street lined with Pepper Trees (Weddin Street)
6. Boer and World War I memorials
7. Public school
8. Post Office (at left) with former post office in centre, framed with trees typical of Grenfell streets
9. Royal Theatre
10. Salvation Army Citadel at the corner of Forbes and George Streets
11. Banking centre in Main Street
12. Oddfellows’ Hall in George Street
13. Main street business centre
14. Main street business centre
15. District Hospital
16. District Hospital
17. Presbyterian Church
18. Church of England
19. Fire Station in Camp Street
20. Albion Hotel – one of earliest to be built in Main Street
21. Hill and Halls’ Historic Store on the corner of Main and Forbes Streets
22. Banking centre in Main Street
23. Pastoral, Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Association offices in Camp Street
24. J.J. Sullivan’s Mill at the railway
25. Girls’ and Boys’ Club building erected in 1952
26. Former Bank of N.S.W. Building on corner of George and Forbes Streets, later Ambulance Station
27. Wheat silos at the railway with the silo of the flour mill in the distance. The tents at the foot of the mill might well illustrate the transition from the early days of the miners to the age of the wheat farmers
28. Court House
29. Intermediate High School
30. Original Roman Catholic Church of brick
31. Camp Street and town panorama showing Church of England from top of flour mill
32. Western Stores in Main Street
33. School of Arts in Camp Street
34. Henry Lawson’s birthplace, obelisk on site
35. Main Street from the top of the flour mill
36. Country Women’s Association Rest Room
37. Goldfield site locking towards the Weddin Mountains. In the centre of the picture is the obelisk marking the site of the birthplace of the renowned poet, Henry Lawson
38. Post Office in Camp Street
39. St Joseph’s Roman Catholic School

GREENETHORPE

40. Anglican Church
41. Church of England
42. St Columba’s Roman Catholic Church
43. Business centre
44. Methodist Church beside the original church
45. Methodist Church (original)
46. War Memorial Hall
47. Public School
48. Bank of N.S.W.
49. Panorama from the north over the area of the village and beyond towards Mt. Oriel
50. Original school at Iandra before the name was changed to Greenethorpe

KOORAWATHA

51. Business centre (eastern side) with hotel at right (of railway line)
52. Business centre (western side of railway line)

CARAGABAL

53. Business centre (north side)
54. Roman Catholic Church
55. Village square
56. Public School
57. Public School
58. Public Hall
59. Church of England
60. Railway station
61. Business centre (southside) note old oil lamp

STOCKINBINGAL

62. Bank of N.S.W. 1954
63. Post Office 1954
64. Town centre opposite railway station 1954
65. Commercial Hotel in the main street 1954
66. Street scene around corner at eastern end of the main street 1954

QUANDIALLA

67. Second Street looking north. In the foreground is the co-operative store
68. Second Street looking south from Bland Hotel
69. Bland Hotel in Second Street
70. Second Street
71. Railway station
72. Bowling Green and clubhouse
73. Roman Catholic Church in Glasson Street
74. Roman Catholic School in Glasson Street
75. Original Public Hall with World War II Memorial Obelisk as commencement of new layout
76. Second Street with C.W.A. Rest Room at left
77. Central School
78. Show Pavilion
79. Church of England in Third Street
80. Methodist Church in Third Street
81. Relics of a former age. Old bullock wagon and blacksmith’s shop with Methodist Street in Third Street in background

GREENETHORPE

[82.] Golden Granary, original. Old home at Iandra, Mt Oriel
[83.] Greene’s old home at Mt Oriel
[84.] Church at Mr Oriel
[85.] Mt Oriel homestead water supply tower

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REPRODUCTIVE PRINTS

[86.] Grenfell Council Chambers built 1897
[87.] After the recent fire at Grenfell. 5 images in 1 from the Sydney Mail, 12 January 1889
[88.] Opening of the Koorawatha to Grenfell Railway. The Sydney Mail, Saturday November 2, 1901
[89.] Grenfell 9.11.1901
[90.] Public School Grenfell about 1910
[91.] Post and Telegraph Office about 1910
[92.] Main Street Grenfell about 1910
[93.] Grenfell, Farm Journal February 1918
[94.] Grenfell Main Street showing banking centre and Pioneers Obelisk. About 1930
[95.] Grenfell – Loyalty to the People, George V. No date.
[96.] Original Church of England, Grenfell. No date.
[97.] We Welcome Lord and Lady Chelmsford. No date.
[98.]The Royal Hotel stables and Hill and Hall’s stables completely demolished, Grenfell. No date.
[99.] Roof blown off the New Exchange Hotel stables, with part of brick work gone, and blacksmith’s shop (on right) wrecked. No date.
[100.] Grenfell looking North, George Street. No date.
[101.] Grenfell Hospital. No date.

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TEXTUAL MATERIAL

[102.] Typed contents list of photographs. Grenfell, Greenethorpe, Koorawatha, Caragabal, Stockinbingal, Quandialla. Photos taken by W.A. Bayley, 1954.

[103.] Typed list of Grenfell History - Photoprints. Comprises list of photos from the several newspapers and journals from 15.6.1867-31.7.1944.

[104.] Letter to Mr William Bayley from E. Gerard, 8 June 1953.

[105.] Letter to Mr Bayley from K.P. Russell, 23 April 1954.

[106.] Letter headed Greenethorpe from L. Bourne, no date.

[107.] Grenfell History Notes and Grenfell Record Index, 1953, by William A Bayley. Bound typescript printed book.

Original arrangement for the photographs were according to the typed contents list which is in geographical area with sub-headings of building type. It is filed with the collection at number 102.¶¶The new arrangement is in numerical order according to the verso of each photograph. This new arrangement of the photographs was undertaken at an unknown date.

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

The Library holds negatives for these photoprints at Call number ON 12.

Photographs 1-81 are taken by W.A. Bayley and have typed inscriptions and numbers on verso. Also the stamp of William A. Bayley, J.P. Fellow of the Royal Australian Historical Society. Dated Jan 1954. There is also the stamp W.A.B. 15-12-54.

Photographs [82-85] are taken by C.W. Mann and have typed inscriptions on verso with photographers name and date of 1950. Unnumbered.