ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collection
HMSS 0151 Maurice Quinton Photographs
Scope and content notes
| Call Number |
HMSS 0151 |
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| Collection |
Maurice Quinton Photographs |
| Date Range |
ca. 1938 |
| Quantity |
0.01 m (1 file) |
| Access Conditions | open |
| Copying Conditions | with attribution |
| Related Collections | - |
This collection reflects the interest of an ordinary Australian, Maurice Quinton, of North Shore, Sydney in the establishment and development of Canberra as the national capital. His daughter, Yvonne Crocombe, donated it on 16 August 2003 after his death. The collection consists of newspapers commemorating Canberra’s establishment and one album containing 49 photographs.
Box List
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Image No. |
Description |
Date |
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1 |
Sheep on the track to Duntroon, near the Molonglo River |
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2 |
Willow tree on the Molonglo River |
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3 |
General Bridges’ grave, Duntroon |
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4 |
Ducks on the Molonglo River near Duntroon |
18 May 1937 |
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5 |
Ducks on the Molonglo River near Duntroon |
18 May 1937 |
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6 |
Prophetic tombstone, St John’s churchyard |
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7 |
Lychgate at St John’s Anglican Church, Reid |
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8 |
Reflections on the Molonglo River near the Power House, Kingston |
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9 |
Front of Duntroon House, formerly home of the Campbell family, now Administrative Offices of the Royal Military College, Duntroon |
18 May 1937 |
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10 |
Brigadier Miles chatting to a Major outside Duntroon House |
18 May 1937 |
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11 |
Porch, Hotel Kurrajong (annotated “Hotel here 5/4/35 to 18/5/35”) |
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12 |
Swimming pool, Manuka |
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13 |
Canberra Railway Station |
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14 |
Albert Hall, Canberra, front portico and northern facade, from Commonwealth Avenue |
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15 |
Lawns near the Albert Hall, Canberra |
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16 |
Commonwealth Offices, East Block, known as Secretariat No. 1 |
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17 |
J. B. Young’s and other shops at Kingston; J. B. Young’s was on the first land leased by a private citizen from the Government, at auction |
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18 |
Burns Memorial, Forrest |
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19 |
St Andrew’s Presbyterian Cathedral, Forrest |
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20 |
Parliament House, Canberra, looking west from the back |
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21 |
Parliament House, Canberra, east side |
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22 |
Parliament House, Canberra, front, showing a drinking fountain in the foreground, and Union Jacks flying from the House for Coronation Day |
12 May 1937 |
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23 |
Senate Rose Gardens, Parliament House, with Secretariat No. 2 (West Block) in the background |
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24 |
Australian War Memorial under construction |
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25 |
Big Bertha, a German railway gun captured during World War 1 and destined for the War Memorial |
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26 |
Forestry School, Yarralumla |
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27 |
First official building in Canberra (Surveyors’ Hut), used for storing plans when the city was being surveyed |
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28 |
Council of Industrial and Scientific Research (CSIR, later CSIRO) |
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29 |
General Post Office, Canberra, in the front of Secretariat No. 1 (East Block) |
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30 |
National Library, Kings Avenue, Barton, the first and only portion completed |
21 May 1937 |
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31 |
National Library, Kings Avenue, Barton, under construction |
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32 |
Parliament House, Canberra, from the front, with Union Jack and Australian flags flying for Coronation Day (photograph taken by Raena) |
12 May 1937 |
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33 |
Parliament House, Canberra, from the front, with Union Jack and Australian flags flying for Coronation Day |
12 May 1937 |
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34 |
Prime Minister’s Lodge |
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35 |
Government House, Yarralumla, from the lawn; the original Campbell extension is at the right of the main building |
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36 |
Civic Centre, Canberra |
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37 |
Commonwealth Offices (West Block) known as Secretariat No. 2 |
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38 |
Capitol Theatre, Manuka, the only picture theatre in Canberra |
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39 |
Spillway, Cotter Dam, Canberra’s water supply |
12 May 1937 |
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40 |
Spillway, Cotter Dam (photograph taken by Raena) |
12 May 1937 |
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41 |
View through the works at Cotter Dam |
12 May 1937 |
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42 |
Maurice Quinton standing on top of the Cotter Dam looking upstream |
10 May 1937 |
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43 |
Meeting of the Murrumbidgee River, left, and the Cotter River, taken from the bridge over the Murrumbidgee (photograph taken by Raena) |
10 May 1937 |
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44 |
View of the spillway of the Cotter Dam from the track leading to the top of the dam wall (photograph taken by Raena) |
12 May 1937 |
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45 |
Pumps at the Cotter River dam |
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46 |
Institute of Anatomy, Acton |
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47 |
Department of the Interior, Acton, front view |
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48 |
Bus stop at the back of Parliament House, a good example of bus shelters in Canberra |