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HMSS 0241 John Grunder Photographic Slides 1957-1970


ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collection

HMSS 0241 John Grunder Photographic Slides 1957-1970


Scope and Content Notes

Call Number

HMSS 0241

Collection 

John Grunder Photographic Slides

Date Range

1957-1970

Quantity

0.01m  (1 wallet)

Access Conditions

open

Copying Conditions

with attribution

Related Collections

 

John Grunder came from Germany to Australia in 1957, living at the St Albans hostel before settling in Canberra.

Mr Grunder worked in the construction industry and visited both Sydney and Melbourne. There are images of Canberra from the late 1950s to the late 1960s as well as images of Sydney and Melbourne that were evidently taken on holiday trips.

Mr Grunder died in 2009. These 103 colour photographic slides were offered to the National Film and Sound Archive by a friend of Mr Gunder’s, Alison Martin, in late 2009 and subsequently to the Canberra Museum and Gallery who transferred them to the ACT Heritage Library in March 2011.

Slide no.

Caption

Approx. date

1

Canberra High School, Acton

1960s

2

Car on Commonwealth Avenue at junction with Queen Victoria Terrace and Langton Avenue

1960s

3

View from State Circle to Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest

1960s

4

Hotel Canberra, Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla

1960s

5

Hotel Canberra, Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla

1960s

6

Olympic swimming pool, Canberra City

1960s

7

Housing, Canberra

1960s

8

Unknown, possibly an embassy

1960s

9

Allawah, Bega and Currong Flats, Civic

1960s

10

Malaysian High Commission, Canberra

1960s

11

Malaysian High Commission, Canberra

1960s

12

Old Parliament House from the National Rose Gardens

1960s

13

Institute of Anatomy, Acton

1960s

14

Old Parliament House, rear view from Capital Hill

1960s

15

Endeavour House, Manuka

1960s

16

Old National Library, Kings Avenue, Barton

1960s

17

Civic Square and Civic looking northeast from City Hill

1960s

18

Lachlan Court, Brisbane Avenue, Barton

1960s

19

Unknown, possibly an embassy

1960s

20

Ansett-ANA Fokker aeroplane at Canberra airport

1960s

21

Australian Academy of Science, Acton

1960s

22

Japanese submarine outside the west wall of the Australian War Memorial

1960s

23

View from City Hill looking east across the City Hill Lookout and Reid House to the Australian War Memorial

1960s

24

Racing cars at Mt Ginn Speedway

1970

25

Mt Ginn Speedway

1970

26

London Circuit, with North Building in background

1960s

27

Federal Police headquarters, left, and Reserve Bank under construction on London Circuit, viewed from City Hill

1960s

28

South African Embassy, Yarralumla

1960s

29

British High Commission, rear view from Alexandrina Drive, with Commonwealth Offices West Block at right rear

1960s

30

Burns Memorial, Forrest

1960s

31

YMCA building, London Circuit, viewed from City Hill

Ca 1960

32

YMCA building under construction on London Circuit, with the diving tower of the Olympic Pool at rear left

Ca 1960

33

Roses in the National Rose Gardens in front of Old Parliament House

1960s

34

Suburb of Campbell from the steps of the Australian War Memorial

Early 1960s

35

Anzac Park from the steps of the Australian War Memorial

Early 1960s

36

King George V Memorial from the steps of Old Parliament House

1960s

37

Mt Ginn Speedway

1970

38

United States Embassy, Yarralumla

Early 1960s

39

Intersection of Baudin Street, left, and Mugga Way, Forrest, looking southeast

1960s

40

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Forrest, viewed from Capital Hill

1960s

41

Old Parliament House and King George V Memorial

1960s

42

Statue of Saint George on the rear of King George V Memorial, with Old Parliament House in background

1960s

43

Motor racing at Mt Ginn Speedway

1970

44

Prunus in flower beside the Albert Hall, Kaye Street, Yarralumla

1960s

45

Prunus in flower beside the Albert Hall, Kaye Street, Yarralumla

1960s

46

London Circuit carpark and North and South Buildings, with Sydney Building at left, viewed from City Hill

1960s

47

Commonwealth Avenue Bridge under construction, looking south; the old bridge is still in use at right

Early 1960s

48

Lakeside Hotel, Civic, with the fly tower of the Canberra Theatre in left background

1960s

49

Commonwealth Avenue at junction with Queen Victoria Terrace and Langton Avenue

1960s

50

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Forrest

1960s

51

Unknown, Canberra?

1960s

52

Catholic church, Canberra?

1960s

53

A-frame church, Canberra?

1960s

54

Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority building, Cooma

1960s

55

Hospital?

1960s

56

Hospital?

1960s

57

Unknown building

1960s

58

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Ca 1960

59

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Ca 1960

60

Sydney and the Harbour Bridge, probably from Cremorne

Ca 1960

61

Sydney and the Harbour Bridge, probably from Cremorne

Ca 1960

62

Sydney city and the Botanic Gardens, viewed from the Harbour

Ca 1960

63

Sydney Botanic Gardens

Ca 1960

64

Yacht on Sydney Harbour, with Fort Denison in background

Ca 1960

65

Fort Denison, Sydney Harbour

Ca 1960

66

Sydney city and bridge from Taronga Park Zoo

Ca 1960

67

Sydney city and bridge from Taronga Park Zoo

Ca 1960

68

Circular Quay, with the old AUSN building in centre foreground

Ca 1960

69

Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park South, Sydney

Ca 1960

70

Aerial view of Sydney, looking north to Bondi beach

Ca 1960

71

Bondi beach, Sydney, looking north

Ca 1960

72

Bondi beach, Sydney, looking south

Ca 1960

73

Bondi beach, Sydney, looking south

Ca 1960

74

Bondi beach, Sydney, looking south

Ca 1960

75

Suburban Sydney

Ca 1960

76

Suburban Sydney

Ca 1960

77

Suburban Sydney

Ca 1960

78

Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Sydney

Ca 1960

79

Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Sydney, with St Mary’

Ca 1960

80

Suburban garden, possibly Brisbane

Ca 1960

81

Suburban area, possibly Brisbane

Ca 1960

82

Reg Ansett’s heliport, Yarra River, Melbourne

Ca 1960

83

Reg Ansett’s heliport, Yarra River, Melbourne

Ca 1960

84

Reg Ansett’s heliport, Yarra River, Melbourne

Ca 1960

85

Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, looking down Flinders Street from the corner of Elizabeth Street

Ca 1960

86

Tram, possibly East Melbourne

Ca 1960

87

Church, Melbourne

Ca 1960

88

Statue of Lord Hopetoun, Australia’s first Governor-General, St Kilda, Melbourne

Ca 1960

89

King George V Memorial, King’s Domain, Melbourne, with Myer Music Bowl in the background

Ca 1960

90

Queen Victoria Memorial, Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne

Ca 1960

91

Sculpture, possibly in Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

Ca 1960

92

Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

Ca 1960

93

Swan Street Bridge, Yarra River, Melbourne

Ca 1960

94

Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

Ca 1960

95

Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

Ca 1960

96

Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

Ca 1960

97

St Paul’s Cathedral from west Melbourne

Ca 1960

98

Richmond, Melbourne

Ca 1960

99

Victorian Council of Trades Unions building, Melbourne

Ca 1960

100

Railway bridge over the Maribyrnong River near Footscray, Melbourne

Ca 1960

101

New cook house, possibly New Guinea

Ca 1960

102

Mother and babies outside hospital, possibly New Guinea

Ca 1960

103

Two men in uniform, possibly New Guinea

Ca 1960