ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collections
HMSS 0394 Margaret Hearne Photographs
Scope and Content Notes
Call Number | HMSS 0394 |
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Collection | Margaret Hearne Photographs |
Date Range | 1966 |
Quantity | 0.01m (1 file) |
Access Conditions | open |
File Number | with attribution |
Related Collections |
Margaret Ruth Hearne (18 May 1935 – 12 December 2007) was born in Cootamundra to Lila and Jack Hearne. She was educated at Coomundra Primary and High Schools and then worked at the Cootamundra telephone exchange. She moved to Canberra in the early 1960s to work on the telephone switchboard at the Departments of Immigration and Foreign Affairs and Trade, until her retirement in 1996.
She was a fine cook, winning prizes at agricultural shows for her cakes, and an accomplished pianist. In retirement she took up pottery, calligraphy and lavender arrangement. Earlier, Margaret joined the VADs (Volunteer Aid Detachment), assisting service personnel on their return from overseas conflicts. She was involved in the Scout movement for many years, and in 1993 received the 15-year Long Service medal for her service as a Scout leader. She also joined several community support groups, including the Spiral Club, an organisation for the elderly.
This collection consists of 34 black and white photographs of Canberra buildings, taken by Margaret about 1966.
Box List
IMAGE |
DESCRIPTION |
1, 2 |
Embassy of Japan, residence |
3, 4 |
Unidentified embassy |
5 |
Royal Netherlands Embassy |
6 |
Unidentified embassy |
7, 8 |
United States Embassy |
9 |
Embassy of Germany |
10 |
Unidentified embassy |
11 |
British High Commission |
12 |
Office of the Royal Belgian Embassy |
13 |
Royal Belgian Embassy |
14 |
Embassy of Sweden |
15 |
Embassy of the Philippines |
16 |
Canberra Mosque, Yarralumla |
17 |
Civic Square and fountains, looking north towards the Monaro Mall |
18 |
Hobart Place, Canberra City, with ES&A Bank at right rear |
19 |
Canberra High School (later the ANU School of Art) |
20 |
MLC building, Canberra City |
21 |
ES&A Bank building, Hobart Place, Canberra City |
22 |
T&G building, Canberra City |
23 |
Red Cross House, Hobart Place, Canberra City |
24 |
Canberra Club, Alinga Street entrance |
25 |
AMP building, Hobart Place, Canberra City |
26 |
Lend Lease House, corner London Circuit and Hobart Place, Canberra City |
27 |
Commemorative plaque in the city end of the median strip between London Circuit and Vernon Circle: “E II R / Here on 13th February 1954, the citizens of Canberra greeted Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the first reigning British monarch to visit Australia.” |
28 |
Commemorative plaque with Vernon Circle in the distance |
29 |
Flower beds in the median strip between London Circuit and Vernon Circuit, with City Hill and flagpole in the background |
30 |
Civic Centre from City Hill, looking down the median strip and along Northbourne Avenue |
31 |
Looking from a high building in Civic across London Circuit to the Olympic Pool, and the YMCA building at right |
32 |
Looking from a high building in Civic across London Circuit and along Constitution Avenue to Russell Offices and the Australian American Memorial; Olympic Pool building is at middle right |
33 |
View from City Hill looking southeast across Mulwala House towards the Administration Building and Parliament House |
34 |
View across Lake Burley Griffin from below parliament House; Russell Offices and Australian American Memorial at right, Blundells Cottage centre on lake shore, Anzac Offices East at left |