Reginald Johnson photographs of Amos and Johnson families in Burragorang Valley

PXA 7736

fonds

probably 1920s

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9677620

7 photographic prints - 22 x 17 cm and smaller

Reginald G. Johnson was an Australian photographer active from at least the 1920s. He had a studio at 24 Bond Street, Sydney, was reported in several newspapers in 1931 for motoring into the Burragorang and Kowlining Valleys in New South Wales, and travelled to Europe and the United States researching photographic methods. During the 1950s, he was the Director of Scientific Photography at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.

Sources:
The Sun, 4 May 1936. Accessed 14 February 2024. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231308666

The Daily Telegraph, 4 August 1954. Accessed 14 February 2024. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248915803

Collection inherited by donor by familial descent.

6 photographic prints taken by Reginald Johnson of the Amos and Johnson families holidaying in Burragorang Valley, New South Wales, prior to its redevelopment for the construction of Warragamba Dam. Photos depict horse-riding, camping, cooking, listening to music on a gramophone and driving through creeks. 1 photographic print taken by John William Amos of a family picnic in Austinmer including Olympic racewalker Ernie Austen and his wife.

1. Amos family in car driven into creek. From left to right: Daisy Amos; Howard Amos; John Amos; Owen Amos; Alice Johnson.

2. Amos family in car driven into creek. Owen Amos visible on right.

3. Amos and Johnson family picnic in Burragorang Valley. From left to right: Alice Johnson; John Amos; Howard Amos; Daisy Amos; Owen Amos.

4. Amos family on porch using gramophone. Standing: Daisy Amos; Owen Amos; unidentified; John Amos. Sitting: Alice Johnson; Howard Amos.

5. Amos family camping. Owen Amos; Howard Amos; Daisy Amos.

6. Howard Amos (left) and Owen Amos (right) horseback riding in the Burragorang Valley.

7. Amos family picnicking at Austinmer with Ernie Austen. Sitting: Ernie Austen; Daisy Amos; Jane Webb (Austen's second wife). On car: Owen Amos; Howard Amos.

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

Photographs 1, 2 and 3 published in Open Road magazine, November 2020, pages 32-34

Dates based on fashion depicted in photographs and the annotation on verso of photograph 7 which reads "Olympic walker & wife". Ernie Austen competed at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games.