William Henry Clarke collection of photographs

PXA 7714

fonds

approximately 1880-1920

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera

9664806

1 album (24 photographic prints), 12 photographic prints, includes ephemera - silver gelatin, albumen, some mounted on board, typescript, manuscript copy - photographs 15 x 21 cm, and smaller

William Henry Clarke (born in Sydney 1871) was the editor of the New South Wales Agricultural Gazette from 1897-1905, and again in 1909-1910. He worked as an Immigration Officer at the High Commissioner's Office in London and also for the Prime Minister's Department. He was selected as Director of Agriculture for the Northern Territory and also founded the Batchelor Experimental Farm. Following his resignation from the Commonwealth Public Service in 1919, he moved to Victoria where he served as the General Manager of Carlton & United Breweries Ltd until his death in 1941.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

By descent, donor is grandson of William H. Clarke

Four photographs of William Henry Clarke, 1880-1894
1. Fort St High Cadets, between 1880-1883 (W.H. Clarke standing far left). On card mount
2. Portrait of William H. Clarke, approximately 1890 / Falk Studios. On card mount
3. Photograph of the Vice Versa Dramatic Club Picnic, 8 July 1894 / W.F. Hall Photo, 74 Hunter Street. On card mount
Pictured from left to right: Miss Hardy; Miss Whitman; Miss F. Smart; Mr J. Cull; Mr G.W. Whatmore; Miss Connie Hardy; Mr W.H. Clarke; Mr H.A. Earl; Miss Newtown; Mr H.H. Smart; Mrs Phil Lee; Miss Minnie Whatmore.
4. 'The Nematodes', approximately 1894 (W.H. Clarke sitting second from right)

Souvenir train timetable (1 folded sheet) for the tour of HRH The Duke of Cornwall and York, 24 & 25 May 1901

Photographs and ephemera relating to The Prince of Wales royal visit to Australia in 1920
1. Two small photographs: The Prince of Wales landing; and the Renown, the Prince of Wales ship
2. Set of six souvenir photographs showing decorated Sydney streets and boats on Sydney Harbour
3. Souvenir letter (1 large folded sheet) addressed to the girls and boys of Sydney from the Prince of Wales, 16 August 1920

Soft leatherbound photograph album containing 24 portrait photographs of employees of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture, approximately 1905.
Features full length portraits of:
Walter S. Campbell; N.A. Cobb; F.G. Chomley; F.W. Put[illegible]; Walter W. Froggett; George Valder; H.W. Potts; M.A. O'Callaghan; Michele Blunno; W.F. Allen; R.W. Peacock; Albert Cale; Adrien Despeisses; A.A. Dunnicliff; H.V. Jackson; J. Martin, Jr.; J.J. McCue; E.M. Grosse; E.H. Gurney; H.S. Burton; W.E. Chambers; H.A. Earl; A[illegible]; W. Andrews.

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

Some titles from inscriptions on photographic prints. Photographers unknown unless stated otherwise.

Some of the photographs in the album appear to be taken on the roof of the Chief Secretary's building at 121 Macquarie Street, sometimes showing the Department of Lands building's distinctive onion clock tower on Bridge Street in the background. The new Lands Department building, designed by James Barnet, was built in two stages, 1876-80 and 1888-93. The dome had been completed in 1891. After 1893 the building was shared by Lands and by Mines and Agriculture, but later reverted to Lands alone. The Department of Agriculture later occupied a building at the Southern end of the Department of Education building on Bent Street.

Fort St High cadets:
White labels on mount below photograph (added by donor?): WHC extreme left; Fort St High Cadets 1880
On verso in ink: Fort Street Boys High Cadets, approx 1883. WH Clarke front standing left
Photographers stamp in ink: L. Polak, Photographer, 4 Albert Street, Underwood Street, Paddington. Out-door photography in all its branches.

Inscription in ink on first page of album:
Familiar forms + faces presented to W.H. Clarke by, his most sincerely, E.M. Grosse, W.E. Chambers, H.S. Burton.

Date on photo of W. H. Clarke at Fort St High School is dated between 1880 and 1883 (annotated by donor). Clarke would have been aged between approximately 9 and 12. Latest date is based on visit to Australia by the Prince of Wales.