Photograph album probably compiled by John Riverstone Faviell

PXA 7957

fonds

1922-1934

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings

9669071

1 album (528 photographic prints) - album 19 x 27 cm
1 clipping

Purchased by vendor from an unknown op shop. Reference Art Blart: art and cultural memory archive. https://artblart.com/2021/07/04/photo-album-john-jack-riverstone-faviell-1892-1960-1922-1933-part-1/ (accessed January 6, 2025)

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
Photograph album, ca. 1922-1933, comprising predominantly small photographs (approximately 5 x 7 cm) pasted in album

Blue Mountains, N.S.W., Jan. 1922
1a. Bridal Veil, Leura; 1b. Weeping Rock, Wentworth Falls; 1c. Leura Falls
2a. The Ritz, Leura; 2b. Weeping Rock; 2c. The Ritz, Leura; 2d. Leura Falls
3a. Path to foot of Wentworth Falls; 3b. Kanimbla Valley, from top of Wentworth Falls; 3c. [Waterfall]; 3d. Wentworth Falls

Tarana Picnic Races, Jan. 1922
4a. Tote house; 4b. [Horse racing]; 4c. Miss Campbell; 4d. Marjorie & Phillis Carver

Doona, Breeza, Oct. 1922
5a. Doona Wool Shed; 5b. Cyprus Pine; 5c. B.B. Capper & J. Pickering; 5d. Off shears; 5e. "Karua" - Pickerings house
6a. Pine Logs at Breeza; 6b. Old Diocesan Registry, Goulburn; 6c. Pickering's Bore, Breeza;

Avoca, Xmas 1922
6d. Dr Goldstein, at Avoca
7a. Looking toward Terrigal; 7b. Chas. Bell's putting attitude; 7c. From the balcony; 7d. Tennis Court & 9th Green; 7e. "The Airies"

Newcastle Races, New Year 1923
8a. "Final Extra", sfter winning; 8b. Official stand; 8c. [Horse]; 8d. B.B. Capper, owner of "Final Extra"

Belmont, New Year, 1923
9a. Basil; 9b. The Cottage at the Lake; 9c. At St. Peters, West Maitland. Mrs Capper & Miss Sadie Russell; 9d. Saddington's Ford

Belmont, 1923
10a. Evening at the Lake; 10b. "Now where's the Threepence?" (O.E. Friend and the Capper chicks); 10c. John reid at Toronto; 10d. Belmont Regatta, 1.1.23; 10e. O.E. Friend at "Wirian"

Fun at The Lake, 17/19 Feb. 1923
11a. "Good Luck, Bas!"; 11b. All the Basil Cappers, & O.E.F.; 11c. The Chick's Yacht; 11d. The "Chicks"; 11e. O.E.F. & B.B.C.

The Basil Cappers' departure for England, 9 March, 1923
12a. Over the side of the "Nestor"; 12b. B.B.C., H.H.C., & V.K.C.; 12c. [Group portrait on ship]; 12d. Streamers to the Steamer

[Untitled album page]
13a. The Hawkesbury from the train; 13b. Thelma Morran; 13c. Frenches Forest; 13d. Pan-American, 6666; 13e. Thelma Morran

"Foxlow", 3/5 March, 1923
14a. Foxlow Garden; 14b. Snapped unawares; 14c. [View of garden]; 14d. Miss Lucy Falkiner; 14e. Mrs Falkiner, O.E.F. & Miss Lucy Falkiner

"Foxlow", March 1923
15a. The Homestead; 15b. O.E. Friend; 15c. O.E.F. & F.B.S.F; 15d. From the Porch; 15e. Mrs Falkiner

"Foxlow", 3/5 March, 1923
16a. The new Wool Shed; 16b. Evening at Foxlow; 16c. The Poplars from the Swamp; 16d. [View possibly of swamp or dam]; 16e. Evening at Foxlow

Foxlow Station, Bungendore, 3/5 March, 1923
17a. [View of Foxlow]; 17b. Red Polls; 17c. F.B.S.F. & O.E.F.; 17d. [Red Polls]; 17e. F.B.S. Falkiner

"Foxlow", 3/5 March, 1923
18a. Mr Friend examining the old bell; 18b. Mr Friend; 18c. Miss Lucy Falkiner; 18d. Stables and Mens' quarters

Sydney
19a. National Art Gallery; 19b. South British Insurance Building; 19c. Mitchell Library; 19d. Customs House; 19e, Darlinghurst Court House

Upper Hunter Amateur Race Club Meeting, 15/16 May, 1923
20a. W.H. Mackay; 20b. Douglas Bell; 20c. W. Mackay & H.H. White; 20d. Douglas Bell; 20e. Helen Bell and Sam Ponder; 20f. [Unidentified man]; 20g. [Unidentified men]; 20h. Janet Cameron & Mr Taylor

Muswellbrook Picnic Races, May 1923 - 15/16 May, 1923
21a. Col. Richards, Joy Schute, Mrs badgery; 21b. Mrs Button, Archie Button, Mrs W.H. Mackay, Joy Schute, Mrs Badgery; 21c. On the Lawn; 21d. The Button's Essex; 21e. [Horse]; 21f. Grand Stand

Muswellbrook Picnic Races, 15/16 May, 1923
22a. [Horse]; 22b. Dennis Allen; 22c. Hon. J.C. White (starter); 22d. Dennis Allen; 22e. Mrs Button; 22f. Official Enclosure; 22g. "Pierce" & "Amcur"

Belmont, 23/25 June, 1923
23a. The old Clift house; 23b. "Koongoona"; 23c. The Belmont bus stuck up; 23d. [Group in front of Memorial hall]; 23e. Mrs reid, Jean Reid; 23f. "Weroona" Tennis Court; 23g. A bus passenger

"Weroona", Belmont, 23/25 June, 1923
24a. The Reid's water-front, Lake Macquarie; 24b. [Group portrait]; 24c. The Reid's water-front, Lake Macquarie; 24d. The Lake from Weroona; 24e. The Capper's water-front; 24f. Weroona from the Jetty; 24g. [View looking towards lake]

Maitland, 25 August, 1923
25a. Post Office, West Maitland; 25b. Dr. Kennedy's house, East Maitland; 25c. Bank of Australasia, West Maitland; 25d. Tarro Shire Office, East Maitland

Maitland Cup Meeting, Spring 1923
26a. New Stand; 26b. Horses coming in; 26c. Old Stand; 26d. Finish of The Cup; 26e. From the new stand

Breeza (Doona Cyprus Pine venture), 13th Sept. 1923
27a. "Karua" household; 27b. Thomas Wyburn, Sawmiller; 27c. J.E. Pickering; 27d. Pickering's youngsters; 27e. Ken. Wyburn & the Mill; 27f. J.E. Pickering

Breeza, 13th Sept. 1923
28a. Ready to start the day; 28b. The team in the bush; 28c. A load at the mill; 28d. Cutting logs to length; 28e. Finished for the day; 28f. The waste & saw-dust heap

Breeza, 13th Sept. 1923
29a. Pine at Major Shillington's place, Spring Ridge; 29b. Pickering's team; 29c. Srping Ridge; 29d. Cyprus Pine at Doona; 29e. Wyburn's Mill, "Karua"

Wiseman's Ferry, 25 Nov. 1923
30a. Hawkesbury River; 30b. The Ferry; 30c. Between Wiseman's & Sackville; 30d. The old hotel, Wiseman's; 30e. Old gatepost at the hotel; 30f. Fertile river flat

Moss Vale, 8/9 December 1923
31a. Mr Garraway's house; 31b. [Man and woman with children]; 31c. A.H. Garraway and "Rajah"; 31d. Sutton Forest Church; 31e. Sutton Forest Church

Frensham Pastoral Play, 8th December, 1923
32a. Audience; 32b-c. Scenes in "The Prince who was a Piper"; 32d. Frensham bathing pool; 32e. Scenes in "The Prince who was a Piper"

La Perouse (Historical Society Excursion), 17 November, 1923
33a. Capt. Watson pointing out the Rock Carvings; 33b. The Monument; 33c. Capt. Watson tells the story of La Perouse; 33d. Mr O.E. Friend
34a. Bees'nest in tombstone; 34b. "Close-up" of bees' nest; 34c. John Dunn, Executed, 19.3.1866; 34d. Mr Friend; 34e. Old Customs Watch Tower, La Perouse

The old Illawarra Road
35a. [Portrait of woman]; 35b. Woniora River; 35c. [View of bushland]; 35d. [Portrait of woman]; 35e. Windsor Church

[Untitled album page]
36. Vera Capper and the children

South Australian Railways
37a. Terowie to Pt. Augusta, 120 mi; 37b. S.A. Constable; 37c. Water-bags on car platforms, Terowie to Pt. Augusta; 37d. Seen at every station - wheat; 37e. Yarcowie, S.A.

Trans-Australian Railway (Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie, 1051 miles)
38a. At Karonie, W.A.; 38b. Wybring, S.A.; 38c. At Immarna, S.A.; 38d. Karonie, W.A.; 38e. Immarna

Aboriginal Types, along the Trans-Australian Railway
39a. At Ooldea, S.A.; 39b. At Barton, S.A.; 39c. [Group portrait of a man and Aboriginal Australian man holding a boomerang]; 39d. At Tarcoola, S.A.; 39e. [Portrait of Aboriginal Australian man]; 39f. [Portrait of Aboriginal Australian man at Ooldea]; 39g. [Portrait of Aboriginal Australian woman and child]; 39h. At Ooldea

Australian Desert Blacks
40a. Tarcoola; 40b: [Group portrait of Aboriginal Australian women and children]; 40c. My desert flower; 40d. [Portrait of Aboriginal Australian man]; 40e. [Group portrait of a man with Aboriginal Australian men]; 40f. [Group portrait of children]; 40g. [Group portrait of Aboriginal Australian women and children]; 40h. [Group portrait of Aboriginal Australian man and woman]; 40i. At barton

Kalgoorlie
41a. Post Office; 41b. Main Street; 41c. Where gold was first found, by Hannan. 15 Jan, 1893; 41d. Park; 41e. Miner's shanties; 41f. What water will do in our desert

Boulder City
42a. Perseverence Mine; 42b. [View of mine]; 42c. Perseverence Mine; 42d. Ivanhoe mine dump; 42e. Boulder Mine; 42f. Horseshoe dump

Fremantle
43a. Town Hall; 43b. Main Street; 43c. Old Gaol, Flagstaff Hill; 43d. Convict Gaol; 43e. [Convict Gaol]; 43f. Interior Courtyard, old Gaol

Geraldton, W.A.
44a. Post Office; 44b. Government Offices; 44c. St. Xavier's Cathedral; 44d. Terrace of dwellings; 44e. Oldest inhabitant (Henry Desmond); 44f. [Unidentified building]

Shark's Bay, W.A.
45a. Beach and Jetty; 45b. The Town from the Jetty; 45c. Sand and Spinifex, rear of town; 45d. The only street (entirely paved with Mother-of-Pearl); 45e. Hotel Denham (front); 45f. Hotel Denham (rear)

Shark's Bay
46a. Ripe dates on the Palms; 46b. White's Cemetery; 46c. Grave in the Nigger's Cemetery; 46d. Salt Bush; 46e. Spinifex; 46f. What makes Grazing possible
47a. A Nor'west Gin; 47b. Constable Jury draws in the net; 47c. Whiting; 47d. Nigs; 47e. Little Nigs; 47f. Big Nigger
48a. Fred Blood, Fred Adams & Clark; 48b. J.F. loading pearl shell; 48c. All Mother-of-Pearl; 48d. Mrs Adams and her daughters; 48e. Bringing in the team for work; 48f. Annoyed at the prospect!
49a. Going for a load of firewood; 49b. Ship of the desert; 49c. Got the hump; 49d. An Afghan's turnout; 49e. Loading shell
50a-e. Lloyd's camels. Bred on Dirk Hartog Island

A five-days cruise on the Cutter "Shark"
51a. The "Shark"; 51b. On board the "Shark"; 51c. Slope Island; 51d. Landing at an Island; 51e. Raking up Guano; 51f. Eagle's nest, on top of cliff

Amongst the Islands of Henri Freycinet Estuary
52a. Smith's Island; 52b. [View probably of island]; 52c. Typical Rock formation; 52d. Fred Adams; 52e. A flight of Cormorants

Fred Adams, Boss-Pearler, Sharks Bay, W.A.
53a. Mullet; 53b-c. Schnapper; 53d. Paddling the Dinghie ashore; 53e. "Natty" Black & Adams

Sharks Bay
54a. Clark at the tiller; 54b. J.F.; 54c. Boss-pealer [sic.] Henfrey, and his "missus", opening shell; 54d. The Bay Cargoe Lighter; 54e. J.F.

Tamala Station, Shark's Bay, W.A., 565.000 Acres, 38.000 head of sheep
55a. The old Malay meets us; 55b. Present homestead; 55c. The first Tamala homestead; 55d. Fred Blood, Manager; 55e. Wells and Mills

Tamala Station Hands
56a. Well Ziffed Stockman; 56b. [Group portrait of man and boy]; 56c. "General Foch"; 56d. Nellie and her litter; 56e. [Group portrait of children]

Western Australian
57a. Sheep on the "Gorgon" (Sharks Bay to Fremantle); 57b. The "Gorgon" at Fremantle; 57c. S.S. Zeypher on the Swan River (Perth to Fremantle); 57d. Subiaco, Perth; 57e. Waylen Road from W. Subiaco station; 57f. Mr Derry, A.M.P. Manager, Perth

Perth
58a. Perpetual Trustee Bldg.; 58b. Law Courts; 58c. T. & G. Building; 58d. Town Hall; 58e. St. George's Terrace; 58f. Hotel Esplanade; 58g. R.C. Episcopal Residence

Returning from the West
59a. On board the "Karoola"; 59b. Deck Games; 59c. Dredge on the Torrens, Adelaide; 59d. Adelaide Cop; 59e-f. At Mt. Lofty, Adelaide; 59g. W.A. "8" training on the Torrens

"Redbank", Scone, N.S.W.
60a. The homestead; 60b. Mr badgery cleaning the "Olsmobile"; 60c. Ken Badgery; 60d. Mr W.T. Badgery; 60e. [Portrait of unidentified woman]

Muswellbrook Picnic Races
61a. Miss Worrall, Mrs Mackay; 61b. Miss Ruth Worrall, Mrs W.H. Mackay; 61c. Miss Gwen Fuller; 61d. [Horse and man]; 61e. Arthur Patrick, Mr & Mrs Arthur, Ken Badgery, Mrs Badgery]; 61f. [Group portrait]

Polo, Scone v. Muswellbrook
62a. Douglas Bell; 62b-c W.H. Mackay; 62d. H.H. White; 62e. The match in progress; 62f. Douglas Bell

"Craigieburn", Bowral, N.S.W.
63a. Bryden Brown, Jack Whitehouse; 63b. [Portrait of group of men]; 63c. [View of building]; 63d. [Man playing golf]; 63e-f. [Group portrait in front of car]

The Dudley Cup at Kensington, 1924
64a-f. [Photographs of polo match]

C.G.S. Football, School v. Old Boys
65a. [Entrtance to Camden Grammar School]; 65b. Old Boys; 65c. School Team; 65d. [Football match]; 65e. Half-time; 65f. Junior boys

[Untitled album page]
66a. Lansdowne Bridge; 66b. Liverpool Church; 66c. Camden Memorial Gate; 66d. Along the road; 66e. Old Hotel at Crossroads (new building at rear nearing completion); 66f. [View probably of river]

Trip to Jenolan Caves - Oct. 1924
67a. Paddy McGarry's Hotel, Hartley; 67b. Audrey, Paddy, Mrs Pickburn; 67c. My Pan American; 67d. Caves Service Car; 67e. Buying a pup (Victoria Pass); 67f. Mrs Pickburn; 67g. Audrey Pickburn

Jenolan Caves, October 1924
68a. Approaching Grand Arch; 68b. Caves House; 68c. Oberon Hill; 68d. Outside Grand Arch; 68e. Audrey; 68f. [View probably from Caves House]

[Untitled album page]
69a-b. Avon Dam in course of construction; 69c. Sir Dudley de Chair after opening new Campersown factory - Elec. Meter Mfg. Co; 69d. [Group portrait of women]; 69e. Old Herald Office - Pitt St; 69f. Herald office from Hunter St.

Aboard the Orvieto, Sept. 1925
70a. Broadhurst; 70b. Warburton; 70c. [Group portrait of unidentified men]; 70d. Curtis; 70e. Orvieto, 22.9.25; 70f. Picnic - Rouse Hill; 70g. Camping, Cronulla, 26.12.25

Roseville
71a. Boundary St, roseville; 71b. Tennis, 20.6.26; 71c. Bill Higgins; 71d. Harry Russell's, Bowral; 71e. [Tennis]; 71f. Dell Gunning

Picnics - Whale Beach
72a. 6.2.27; 72b. Audrey, Phil McLachlan, Bob Metcalf, 6.2.27; 72c. Silley, Cecile Waley, Audrey, 13.2.27

Visit of the Duke & Duchess of York, 26 March 1927
72d. [Arch]; 72e-f. Macquarie St. procession passing Sydney Hospital; 72g. Warrigal Club

"A house is nearly built", 20 Yarranabbe Rd, Darling Point
73a. Buying thr land; 73b. Inspecting the land; 73c. View from the land; 73d. Dining room takes shape, 6.11.26; 73e. 20.11.26; 73f. Nearly finished
74a-c. Three harbour views taken from upstairs; 74d. Rockery; 74e. Front entrance; 74f. Centenniel [sic.] Park, 20-11-26

Trip to Canberra, 5/6 Nov. 1927
75a. Audrey, Mrs Pickburn, Mum; 75b. Lake George; 75c. Parliament House; 75d. Civic Centre; 75e. Hotel Canberra; 75f. Prime Minister's Residence
76a. Canberra old church and the "prophetic tombstone'; 76b. Mum at Hotel Canberra; 76c. Towards Sassifras Pass; 76d. Nerriga, 7.11.27; 76e. Braidwood, 7.11.27

Taken by Lady Dorothy Hope-Morley, Jenolan Caves trip, 10/12th July 1927
77a. On the five-mile Caves hill; 77b. [View of rock]; 77c. [Kookaburra perched on tree]
78a. Carlotta Arch; 78b. Near Mount Victoria; 78c. Grand Arch

[Untitled album page, probably Jenolan Caves trip, 1927]
79a. [View probably of Blue Mountains, N.S.W.]; 79b. [Picnic[; 79c. [View of rock arch]

[Untitled album pages]
80. Ellen's Isle, Loch Katrine, Scotland (Audrey & me in boat), 1925
81a. Peter Braddon's, Cronulla; 81b. On Peter's verandah; 81c. [View of house and water]; 81d. [Portrait of unidentified man and woman]; 81e. Audrey; 81f. The lower falls, Loddon
82a. Fred: Helen: me: Hope: Nancye: at McMahons Point; 82b. [View possibly of McMahons Point]; 82c. Palm Beach Golf Course & Barrnjoey; 82d. [Portrait of woman in front of car]; 82e. Picnic with Mother & Olive; 82f. [Man looking at view]

Sydney Harbour Bridge, as it grew
83a-e. [Photographs of construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge]

Bridge Opening, 20th March, 1932
84a. Showing anchor cables; 84b. [View of Sydney Harbour Bridge]; 84c. Official Stands; 84d-e. Federal and State Governors arriving; 84f. Navel [sic.] Guard

Pageantry at Official Opening of Harbour Bridge - 20th March, 1932
85a. Mounted Police; 85b. Aborigines; 85c. Cobb & Co. Coach; 85d. Old King Street Bus; 85e. An early Hupmobile car; 85f. First Auto-Gyro
86a. Wool Float; 86b. Surf girls drawing Float; 86c. The Southern Cross; 86d. Pioneers Float; 86e. [Float]; 86f. [Float]

[Untitled album pages]
87a. Olive: Nancye: Fred: Mum: at Killara; 87b. [Portrait of unidentified woman]; 87c. [Group portrait]; 87d-f. [Portraits of unidentified women]
88a. At Roslyn Gardens, 21.1.27; 88b-c. Chrysler 70, bought Nov. 1932; 88d. Nutty Gilder: Enid Manning: Joan Inglis; 88e. Olive: Bee White: Mum: Honor Scott, 23.10.32; 88f. Honor Scott

"Springfield", Byng, near Orange, October 1932
89a. "Springfield" Homestead, Built by "parson" Tom, 1847; 89b. Homestead buildings from Siberia; 89c. Ram paddock; 89d. George, Woodward, Nancye & Mary Pierce; 89e. Bill Rabone; 89f. [View of Springfield]
90a. Remains of first house built in Byng. It was built for Capt. White, manager of copper mines at Byng and Icely before the discovery of gold; 90b. Picnic at icely; 90c. Bevan's cow boy; 90d. Bevan's family; 90e. Dairyman Bevan & 9 children

At Springfield
91a. George, J.F.; 91b. Woodward & George; 91c. J.F., Woodward; 91d. Lunch on Bald Hill
92a. J.F. splitting posts; 92b. [Man with rabbit carcasses]; 92c. Bill Rabone snigging logs; 92d. Woodward rabbitting

Hawksbury [i.e. Hawkesbury] River
93a. Peter Braddon & Nutty Gilder at Bobbin Head, 16-10-32; 93b. May & Norman McGhee & Vira Allard, 16.10.32; 93c. Betty Broad, 16.10.32; 93d. Isabel Tooth & Eric Newman; 93e. Tranquillo Camp, Smith's Creek, 27/28.5.1933; 93f. [Boat 'Tranquillo']

Lucknow, near Orange, Nov. 1933
94a. Dams and boiler house; 94b. St. Aignan Gold Mine; 94c. St. Aignan Manager, Grainger; 94d. Mr Grainger, J.F., Commercial Hotel, Lucknow; 94e. 6666: George: Alec: Mr Pearce: Mullins Grainger; 94f. Washing for gold on Springfield

"Springfield", November 1933
95a. Old Bill on the binder; 95b. [Horse team]; 95c. Woodward: McColville; J.F., filling the ensilage pit; 95d. Woodward: Mac: George: Alec; 95e. Alec Mullins; 95f. Woodward: Nan: Clif. Colvin: Peg Millard

At "Millambri", Canowindra
96a. [Horses]; 96b. Nan, Lois Onslow & Wood - & "Bash" - Millambri homestead; 96c. Lois, Nan, Dick; 96d. Dick & Bob Macarthur-Onslow & Wood

Bathurst, November 1933
97a. Gaol Entrance; 97b. Park; 97c. Government Offices; 97d. Kelso Church (Mark Faviell buried there, Oct 1973); 97e. Civic Square & new Carillion

[Untitled album page]
98a. Myers, Melbourne, 30.11.33; 98b. A.H. Barraclough & J.W. Polito, at Ballarat, 29-11-33; 98c. Bourke St, Melbourne

NEWSPAPER CLIPPING
99. 'Personalities with the Prince', D.T. 8-9-34

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

Contents list devised from captions in photograph album. Titles in square brackets devised by cataloguer. Contents list numbers relate to album pages
Captions of some of the photographs reflect the creator's attitude or that of the period in which they were written, and is considered inappropriate in today's context.

Attribution of photograph album to John "Jack" Riverstone Faviell based on research undertaken by vendor. Some photographs in album captioned 'J.F' and album includes photographs of construction of a house in Yarranabbe Rd, Darling Point in 1926. J.R. Faviell is listed in Sands Sydney, Suburban and Country Commercial Directory of 1928 at 'Ilarranderrie', 10 Yarranabbe Rd, Darling Point.

References
Library correspondence file
Art Blart: art and cultural memory archive. https://artblart.com/2021/07/04/photo-album-john-jack-riverstone-faviell-1892-1960-1922-1933-part-1/ (accessed January 6, 2025)
Sands Sydney, Suburban and Country Commercial Directory (Sands Directory), 1928. City of Sydney Archives & History Resources. https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/ (accessed January 6, 2025)
1930 'WANTED MORE OUTINGS', Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), 22 June, p. 22. , viewed 06 Jan 2025, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169385606