ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collections

HMSS 0394 Margaret Hearne Photographs

Scope and Content Notes

Call Number	HMSS 0394
Collection	Margaret Hearne Photographs
Date Range	1966
Quantity	0.01m (1 file)
Access Conditions	open
File Number	with attribution
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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 NO.	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 13^th 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