Elsie Myra Dowe photograph album relating to the Dowe family, Tamworth and New England areas of New South Wales, with loose photographs

PXA 7664

fonds

probably between 1860 and 1930

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Textual Records

9627658

1 album (150 photographic prints)
6 photographic prints

Elsie Myra Dowe (1883-1972) was born in Tamworth, New South Wales. Her father was Richard Andrew Dowe (1847-1915) a solicitor who was born in Windsor and married Mary Ann Bloomfield (1846-1930) in 1878. They had two sons and five daughters. Richard's father Dr. Joshua Isaac Dowe (1813-1875) was born in County Cork, Ireland and came to Australia in 1840. He married Sarah Loder (1828-1913) in 1842 and they lived in Windsor where he was coroner for 18 years. In 1860 after resigning, Dowe moved to Tamworth to the historical property Woolomol Station, and resumed his medical practice, he was the one of the earliest practitioners in New England. They had 10 children born between 1843 and 1861, two of them not surviving past infancy.

References:
Library correspondence file
FamilySearch. 'Elsie Myra Dowe' & 'Richard A Dowe'. Accessed 11 July 2023.
Ancestry Library. 'Richard A Dowe', Australia Death Index 1787-1985. Accessed 11 July 2023

By descent from Dr. Ted Dowe to his cousin the donors' father

This collection comprises one photograph album compiled by Elsie Myra Dowe. It includes studio portraits and candid photographs of multiple generations of the Dowe family, most are labelled with full names, as well as views of Tamworth and the New England area including streets, properties and nature views.

Also included are six loose photographs of house 'Old Wilga', Carthage St, Tamworth by G. Howlett Tamworth and portraits of Thomas Bloomfield (uncle) by Johnson Corner Pitt and Market Street Sydney, Reggie Dowe, Clarence Percy Dowe, Richard Andrew Dowe by G.E. Lees Brisbane Street Tamworth, Hilda Mary Dowe and [illegible] by Crown studios and printout of the Dowe family tree

Some portraits are taken in photographic studios including: Talma Sydney, A. Solomons Peel street Tamworth, G.E. Lees Brisbane street Tamworth, and G. Rickard Tamworth.

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

Title devised by cataloguer based on contents

Signed 'Elsie Dowe, Wilga, Tamwoth' inside album cover

Date earliest (1860) based on the date the Dowe family moved to Tamworth. Date latest (1930) based on contents.