ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collection
HMSS 0284 History of Canberra Photographic Negatives
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Call Number |
HMSS 0284 |
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Collection |
History of Canberra Photographic Negatives |
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Date Range |
1916-1955 |
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Quantity |
0.13m (1 wallet) |
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Access Conditions |
open |
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Copying conditions |
various |
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Related Collections |
A collection of 41 black and white photographic negatives created from prints held in several local repositories.
The images are in two main chronological groups: the 1920s and the 1950s.
The majority of the 1950s photographs are represented in the Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" albums, volumes 1 and 2, held by the ACT Heritage Library. The images are digitally available.
The 1920s photographs are mainly Mildenhall images held at the National Archives of Australia in the Mildenhall Collection of Glass Plate Negatives, NAA Series 3560. The 1929 Mildenhall/Progress negatives may have been in preparation for the next volume in the Progress Photographs, NAA Series A5342. However, NAA has no record of such an album, either in preparation or in existence.
Each image is identified where possible, as well as the location of the originating collection. Links are provided to the digital version of the image where it exists.
BOX LIST
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Description |
Date of original |
Source / Photographer |
Link to digitised copy or collection |
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Hotel Civic, Canberra |
March 1951 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Reid House |
March 1951 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Mort Street (Industrial) |
March 1951 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Jubilee Pageant, Jubilee of Federation Celebrations |
March 1951 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Coach and four horses at the Jubilee of Federation Celebrations |
March 1951 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Australian American Memorial under construction |
September 1953 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Cortege of the State Funeral for Prime Minister, Ben Chifley, leaves Parliament House Canberra |
15 June 1951 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Aerial view of the Administrative Offices in Barton, Canberra |
September 1950 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Hotel Kingston |
Late 1951 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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YWCA hall, corner of Mort and Alinga Streets, Civic |
March 1951 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Mort Street industrial area, Braddon |
March 1951 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Civic Theatre |
March 1951 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Causeway industrial area, Kingston |
March 1951 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Lonsdale Street industrial area, Braddon |
Late 1951 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Gungahlin Hall of Residence on the Yass Road near Canberra |
ca 1951 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Historic re-enactment during the Jubilee of Federation Celebrations |
March 1951 |
Photographer L. J. Dwyer; in Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Garema Place, Civic Centre |
December 1952 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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National Library Annex, Barton, under construction. Three Nissen huts, a brick building, a construction materials lift tower and a site hut are visible |
January 1953 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Members of the ACT Advisory Council |
June 1953 |
Department of Capital Territory's "Pictorial record of Canberra, 1951-1953" album |
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Lord Stonehaven, the Governor General, as Commander-in-Chief of Australian Military Forces standing back after placing a wreath on the Commemorative Stone during the inauguration of the Australian War Memorial, Anzac Day 1929 |
25 April 1929 |
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First Commonwealth Avenue Bridge, also published in Canberra’s Engineering Heritage p. 16 |
1916 |
C. S. Daley collection, NLA |
NL10542 |
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Kingston Hall, Kingston |
March 1951 |
Department of the Interior |
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Corner shop in O'Connor |
March 1951 |
Department of the Interior |
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Esmond's Garage, Authorised dealer for General Motors, Mort Street Braddon |
1928 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives |
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Two traction engines hauling hut marked CANTEEN from the Molonglo Camp |
1922 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives |
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Mort Street, Braddon at Canberra Times corner, Canberra Garage on opposite corner |
1929 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives |
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Commonwealth Avenue Bridge over the Molonglo River showing original bridge |
1921 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives |
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Turning of first sod of Parliament House ceremony (copy of photograph) |
1921 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives |
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Ditch digger excavating a drainage trench |
1929 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives |
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Cusack's corner, Franklin Street, Manuka; Convent in the background |
1929 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives |
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Flag draped Commemorative Stone with returned soldier sentries at the inauguration of the Australian War Memorial, Anzac Day 1929 |
25 April 1929 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives |
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Melbourne Building on left, Sydney Building on right with Snow's Corner, Civic Centre from London Circuit |
1929 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives |
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Scotts Crossing over the Molonglo River, showing Blundell's Cottage in the background, Chevrolet motor truck in the foreground and another vehicle on the bridge |
1929 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives |
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Civic Centre, Melbourne Building from the Sydney Building across Northbourne Avenue, with motor car |
March 1929 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives. This negative annotated Progress |
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Roadworks in Giles Street, Kingston showing tip truck |
April 1929 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives. This negative annotated Progress |
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Cletrac crawler tractor with bulldozer blade attachment grading a road in Forrest |
May 1929 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives. This negative annotated Progress |
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Road under construction using manual labour - possibly the Canberra-Queanbeyan road |
1929 |
Mildenhall collection of glass plate negatives. This negative annotated Progress |
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Motor contests [car rally], Canberra |
August 1929 |
This negative annotated Progress |
NAA A5342 |
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Motor contests [car rally], Canberra |
August 1929 |
This negative annotated Progress |
NAA A5342 |
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Visitors to Canberra, two men and one woman standing in front of the entrance to a building |
Late 1920s |
This negative annotated Progress |
NAA A5342 |
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Two men |
1950s |
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