Edward Walker Jeayes collection of photographs of construction projects in Sydney

PXA 7792

fonds

1958-21 March 1973

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9681960

55 photographic prints - 26 x 21 cm or smaller

Edward Walker Jeayes, known as Ted, was born on 15 April 1923 in Auburn, New South Wales. His family later moved to Warsaw Street, Homebush, where Ted got an apprenticeship as a carpenter and joiner with A.W. Edwards. In 1941, he joined the Royal Australian Navy to serve in World War 2. Following the war, he returned to A.W. Edwards and then worked for Alf Decker and Sons in Sutherland. On 28 August 1945, he married Joan Scott (1921-1996). They lived in Caringbah, Gosford and Harbord (now Freshwater). Ted then got a job with Alf Hunt building the Housing Commission flats in Maroubra in 1958. From November 1959 to April 1961, Ted was foreman on the construction of an apartment building for the City of Sydney Housing Project at Pyrmont Bridge Road, Camperdown, for Morgan and Pope. Following this job, Ted worked for Thiess Bros. from June 1961 to September 1963. He then worked for Kelly & Rigby Pty. Ltd. until 1973, when he and Joan moved to Mooloolaba, Queensland. In 1983, they moved to Woodgate where Ted continued to work, building houses there and in Hervey Bay until his retirement. He died on 14 December 2003 in Brisbane.

References:
Library acquisition file.

Ryerson Index. "Edward Walker Jeayes". Accessed 26 July 2024. https://ryersonindex.org/search.php

By descent, the donor is the daughter of Edward Jeayes

55 photographic prints of construction projects in Sydney between 1958 and 1973 compiled by Edward Jeayes

4 prints of the "Maroubra housing commission flats, 1958", designed by architect R. Lindsay Little of Pitt Street, Sydney, on the corner of Yorktown Parade and Malabar Road, Maroubra.

9 prints of the construction of the Royal Doulton Factory, showing "Building Foreman/Supervisor - Edward (Ted) Walker Jeayes", stamped on verso "Glenn A. Keep Photography, Studio Cnr. Help & Anderson Sts. Chatswood", possibly 1959

10 prints of the "Camperdown Housing Scheme, Lyons Rd. + Pyrmont Bridge Rd, 1960", Johanna O'Dea Court

5 prints from construction at Rankin Springs, and 2 prints of the Royal Hotel in Weethalle at which the workers stayed, about 1965

24 prints of works at the Jewish War Memorial and Museum at 287 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, 1965

1 print "Darling Point ; 21 March 1973" stamped on verso "Industrial Illustration Pty. Ltd. 229 Castlereagh St., Sydney. ; Photo: Ken Redshaw"

Arranged in approximate chronological order

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Library acquisition file