• Title
  Colour slides of the Waratah Festival and locations around Sydney, 1957-1959 / by Athol Samuel Miller
• Creator
  Athol Samuel Miller
• Call number
  SLIDES 329
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1957-1959
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  9585255
• Physical Description
  60 slides - Kodachrome, Agfacolor - 35mm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Athol Samuel Miller was originally from Bundaberg, Queensland. Came to CENEF (Church of England National Emergency Fund) Hostel, Castlereagh St in 1957 and worked at Snows Department Store. In April 1959 he married Evelyn from Lidcombe and at the end of that year, the couple reluctantly moved back to the warmer climes of Bundaberg for health reasons.
  
  Reference:
  Library correspondence file
• Collection history
  Athol Samuel Miller was the husband of Evelyn Miller
• Scope and Content
  Comprises 60 colour slides of views of the 1958 and 1959 Waratah Festival Parade along Elizabeth Street, and other locations and views around Sydney taken during Athol Samuel Miller's time living in Sydney.
  
  01. NSW Mounted Police, Waratah Festival, 1958
  02. Royal NSW Police Band, Waratah Festival, 1958
  03. Smoky Dawson, Waratah Festival, 1958
  04. Waratah Queen float, Waratah Festival, 1958
  05. Water Board float, Waratah Festival, 1958
  06. ABC float, Waratah Festival, 1958
  07. NSW Milk Board float, Waratah Festival, 1958
  08. Woolworths float, Alice in Wonderland, Waratah Festival, 1958
  09. Robinson Crusoe float, Waratah Festival, 1958
  10. Maritime Services Board float, Waratah Festival, 1958
  11. Scottish band, Waratah Festival, 1959
  12. Waverley Council float, Waratah Festival, 1959
  13. Water Board, Waratah Festival, 1959
  14. Princess, Waratah Festival, 1959
  15. City Markets, Waratah Festival, 1959
  16. Fresh Food & Ice Co. float, Waratah Festival, 1959
  17. Coles Stores float, Waratah Festival, 1959
  18. Brewing Industry float, Waratah Festival, 1959
  19. Manchester Unity float, Waratah Festival, 1959
  20. Bennett & Wood Ltd float, Waratah Festival, 1959
  21. Dairy Farmers float, Waratah Festival, 1959
  22. Road Safety float, Waratah Festival, 1959
  23. R.S.L. float, Waratah Festival, 1959
  24. Show Boat float, Waratah Festival, 1959
  25. Army Band parade, Waratah Festival, 1959
  26. Sunken garden, Hyde Park, [1957-1959]
  27. War Memorial, Hyde Park, [1957-1959]
  28. Poppies in sunken garden, Hyde Park, [1957-1959]
  29. Archibald Memorial Fountain, Hyde Park, [1957-1959]
  30. Southern Cross, Hyde Park, [1957]
  31. Botanical Garden, [1957-1959]
  32. Botanical Gardens, [1957-1959]
  33. Azalea walk, Botanical Gardens, [1957-1959]
  34. Domain on Sunday afternoon, [1957-1959]
  35. Centennial Park, [1957-1959]
  36. Art Gallery of New South Wales, [1957-1959]
  37. Australia Square, 1958
  38. Kings Cross fountain [El Alamein fountain, 1957-1959]
  39. Kings Cross, slums area, [1957-1959]
  40. Unilever House, Sydney Harbour, [1957-1959]
  41. View from CENEF roof, Castlereagh Street, [1957-1959]
  42. CENEF, Castlereagh Street, Sydney, [1957-1959]
  43. Harbour Bridge from Circular Quay, [1957-1959]
  44. Sydney Harbour, 'best', [1957-1959]
  45. Sydney Harbour from Taronga Park, 1959
  46. Taronga, [1957-1959]
  47. Taronga Park, 'keep good time', [1959]
  48. Taronga Park, circus of trained dogs doing rock 'n' roll, [1959]
  49. Manly Ferry, [1957-1959]
  50. Manly, 1958
  51. Manly, 1958
  52. Looking across Manly, taken from the top of the C/E [Church of England] Church, Manly, 1958
  53. Overlooking the ferry entrance to Manly Wharf, [1957-1959]
  54. Bald Hill lookout, Stanwell Park view, [1957-1959]
  55. The Hawkesbury River bridge, taken 5 o'clock in morning, [1957-1959]
  56. Looking back over the Hawkesbury from the train going to Sydney, 1958
  57. Sutherland National Park [Royal National Park], 1958
  58. National Park after fires, 1959
  59. Sydney, late 1950s
  60. Sydney, 1959
• Access Conditions
  
  This material is held in cold storage and requires 3 working days notice to retrieve. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of photographer plus 70 years
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Research & study copies allowed:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Titles and dates taken from inscriptions on slide mounts
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Slide mounts are inscribed with location details and some dates
• Name
  Waratah Spring Festival (1958 : Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Waratah Spring Festival (1959 : Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Dawson, Smoky, 1913-2008
  CENEF
  
• Subject
  City and town life--New South Wales--Sydney.
  Parade floats--New South Wales--Sydney.
  Parades--New South Wales--Sydney--Photographs.
  Festivals--New South Wales--Sydney.
  Archibald Memorial Fountain (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Place
  Sydney (N.S.W.)
  Elizabeth Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Hyde Park (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  War Memorial (Hyde Park, Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Royal Botanic Gardens (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Domain, The (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Centennial Park (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Kings Cross (N.S.W.)
  Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)
  Taronga Zoo (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Manly (N.S.W.)
  Hawkesbury River (N.S.W.)
  Stanwell Park (N.S.W.)
  Royal National Park (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19860223

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