ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collection
HMSS 0177 Earl Ewers Photographic Collection
Scope and content notes
Call Number | HMSS 0177 |
|---|---|
Collection | Earl Ewers Photographic Collection |
Date Range | 1973-2004 |
Quantity | 0.9m (2 oversized boxes) |
Access Conditions | open |
Copying Conditions | with attribution |
Related Collections | - |
Earl Ewers is a keen amateur photographer with special interest in buses, trams and cars. Because of this shared interest, his friend Colin Robertson gave Earl his extensive collection of slides of buses and trams around Australia; Colin’s slides in this collection are just those relating to Canberra.
Earl worked in the Department of Territories, and took the opportunity to record the view from the top of the Nara Building which was the Department’s new home. He also recognised the importance of recording the older buildings of Canberra which were soon to be demolished, such as the Barton Offices.
Many of these photographs record the Bicentenary, the first Floriade, and the other events of 1988.
Box List
Box No. | Description | QTY | Date Range |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Australian Bicentennial Veteran and Vintage Castrol World Rally 212 colour photographs of Rally cars, mainly at the Canberra Showgrounds but also being driven around the city and suburbs Newscutting from the West Wyalong Advocate, 8 March 1988, describing the Rally and some of the more than 1150 cars | 1 album | 20 February – 20 March 1988 |
2 | Canberra Day Inaugural Balloon Festival Colour photographs taken by Earl Ewers Drinks coaster and photograph autographed by Howard Lacy, pilot of the Mazda “Spirit of Sutherland Shire” hot air balloon | 1 album | March 1988 |
2 | Canberra Buses Photographs taken by Colin Robertson and given to Earl Ewers:
| 1 file | October 1972 – December 1977; January 1981 |
2 | Federation Tram Line Colour photographs of the Federation Line, taken by Earl Ewers This was a temporary tramline that ran between the National Museum of Australia at Acton and the Olympic Pool at Reid. Besides being a Floriade attraction, it was designed to build public support for a public tram servicing the museums in inner Canberra. A mock-up of the tram was set up in the foyer of ScreenSound (National Film and Sound Archive). | 2 albums | 2003 |
2 | Photographs of Canberra from the Department of Territories, photographer unknown 1. Rear entrance of Parliament House, aerial view at night, with Anzac Parade and the Australian War Memorial at centre right | Ca 1988 | |
2 | Photographs of Canberra from the Department of Territories, photographer unknown 2. Civic and Reid, aerial view looking east from City Hill, lower right, to Anzac Parade and Gallipoli Reach and the nearer houses of Campbell; City Markets building under construction at centre left | 1980s | |
2 | Photographs of Canberra from the Department of Territories, photographer unknown 3. Canberra city centre, aerial view looking northwest from Lake Burley Griffin, bottom, over Commonwealth Park and Nerang Pool, centre; Lakeside Hotel centre left, Convention Centre centre right; wooden yurt in left foreground constructed for Floriade 1988 | Ca 1988 | |
2 | Photographs of Canberra from the Department of Territories, photographer unknown 4. View along the land axis from Mount Ainslie to Woden; Australian War Memorial, foreground, Anzac Parade, Parliament House, new Parliament House under construction, buildings of Woden Town Centre, top | 1987 | |
2 | Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 5. Railway engine 1210 at Canberra Railway Station; Earl Ewers in foreground | Ca 1993 | |
2 | Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 6. Griffin Centre and C. S. Daley Gardens, looking south towards Bunda Street | 1990s | |
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 7. Painting by Arlene Williams of the 2003 bushfires at an exhibition at the Yarralumla Gallery / Oaks Brasserie | 2004 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 8. Paintings by Arlene Williams of the 2003 bushfires at an exhibition at the Yarralumla Gallery / Oaks Brasserie | 2004 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 9-12. Paintings by Arlene Williams of autumn leaf studies at an exhibition at the Yarralumla Gallery / Oaks Brasserie | 2004 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 13. Akuna Street, Canberra City; Boulevard Shopping Centre; new top stories being added to Electricity House | Ca 1990 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 14-15. De Depot nightclub, East Row, Canberra City, associated with Geoff Da Deppo, director of Wollongong Constructions | Ca 1990 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 16. Center Cinema entrance about the time it was converted to a cocktail bar; photograph is of the Nickelodeon, New York | 1990s | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 17-18. Railway engine 1210 at Canberra Railway Station | Ca 1993 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 19. CountryLink train at Canberra Railway Station | Ca 1993 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 20. CountryLink train at Canberra Railway Station, Earl Ewers in foreground | Ca 1993 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 21. Advertisement for the Floriade shuttle bus | 1990s | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 22. ACTION bus leaving the City interchange at the intersection of Mort and Alinga Streets | 1990s | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 23. ACTION bus at the City interchange, Alinga Street | Ca 1990 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 24-25. View from the Chief Executive’s office, Nara Building, Civic, looking east down Constitution Avenue | Ca 1998 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 26. View from the Chief Executive’s office, Nara Building, Civic, looking west to London Circuit, City Hill and Black Mountain | Ca 1998 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 27. View from the Chief Executive’s office, Nara Building, Civic, looking northwest to London Circuit, City Hill, the Canberra Theatre Centre and Hobart Place at rear | Ca 1998 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 28. View from the Chief Executive’s office, Nara Building, Civic, looking southwest to Commonwealth Avenue Bridge, Lakeside Hotel and early snow on the Brindabella Ranges to the south | Ca 1998 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 29-31. Barton Offices, nicknamed the Woolsheds, bounded by Blackall, Broughton and Macquarie Streets, Barton | 1980s | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 32. Immigration Offices, part of the Barton Offices, bounded by Blackall, Broughton and Macquarie Streets, Barton | 1980s | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 33-34. Customs Offices, part of the Barton Offices, bounded by Blackall, Broughton and Macquarie Streets, Barton | 1980s | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 35. Boiler house at the Barton Offices, situated behind the three-storey buildings, behind the Public Service Board, opposite the Barton Canteen | 1980s | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 36. Rugby Union Club, Barton | 1980s | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 37-39. Houses in Kingston | 1980s | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 40. Magnolia in full flower in the garden of a house in Kingston | 1980s | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 41. Australian National Gallery main entrance | 1980s | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 42. ACTION bus signed for a special route number 003, for the 90th Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference held in Canberra | September 1993 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 43. GIO House, City Walk, Canberra City; the edge of the Canberra Times Fountain is visible at lower right | Ca 1990 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 44. City Walk, Canberra City, looking south towards the Canberra Times Fountain and GIO House | Ca 1990 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 45. Australian Bicentenary 1988: flower beds and ‘Celebration of a Nation’ sign on City Hill, Canberra | 1988 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 46. Australian Bicentenary 1988: ‘Celebration of a Nation’ sign on City Hill, Canberra | 1988 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 47. ACTION bus in Bicentenary livery, at City interchange, Canberra | 1988 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 48. ACTION bus advertising Diesohol Future Fuel, at Woden | 1988 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 49. Australian Bicentenary 1988: flower beds and ‘Celebration of a Nation’ sign on City Hill, Canberra | 1988 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 50. Australian Bicentenary 1988: flower beds and ‘Celebration of a Nation’ sign on City Hill, Canberra | 1988 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 51. Civic Centre from City Hill, Canberra | 1988 | ||
Photographs of Canberra by Earl Ewers 52. Civic Centre from City Hill, Canberra | 1988 | ||
35mm Slides Taken by Earl Ewers 1. Strathgordon Court, Melrose Drive, Phillip | Late 1970s | ||
35mm Slides Taken by Earl Ewers 2. Canberra Times Fountain, Canberra City | 1970s | ||
35mm Slides Taken by Earl Ewers 3-5. ACTION buses displaying a short-lived sign requiring the exact fare; the sign was amended because drivers take public money, and therefore must give change | 1980s |