ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collections
HMSS 0425 Monica Kaye Photograph Collection
Scope and Content Notes
| Call Number | HMSS 0425 |
|---|---|
| Collection |
Monica Kaye Photograph Collection |
| Date Range | 1952-1977 |
| Quantity | 0.02m (1 wallet) |
| Access Conditions | open |
| Copying Conditions | with attribution |
| Related Collections |
The Kaye family is integral to the early settlement of the Canberra district, and its history is recorded in a number of publications including Ann Gugler’s True Tales from Canberra's Vanished Suburbs of Westlake, Westridge and Acton(ACT Heritage Library H 994.71 TRUE).
Joseph Kaye emigrated from Yorkshire in 1832; his son William married Ellen McClafferty of Ginninderra and they had eight children, five boys and three girls. Sidney Sylvester (1904 – 1964) was the sixth child and fifth son. In 1940 Sid married Monica Edna Walker (1904 – 1976) but they had no children. Sid was a grocer in Queanbeyan, in business with his brother William.
Sid lived at 85 Campbell Street, Queanbeyan from about 1936, at first with his widowed mother and then with Monica. Sid and Monica moved to 65 McCormack Street, Curtin about December 1965. Sid particularly was a keen amateur photographer and entered photographic competitions with some success. He and Monica recorded their homes in Queanbeyan and Canberra as well as travels around the eastern states and South Australia. Many slides are annotated SK or MK, evidently denoting the photographer.
Monica Kaye left the collection of 35mm colour transparencies to her nephew Fred Naughton, who subsequently arranged for it to be deposited with the ACT Heritage Library. Of greatest interest is the photographic record of Springbank and Acton before, during and after the construction of Lake Burley Griffin. Other events and places within the ACT and Queanbeyan district, and on the NSW south coast and in the Snowy Mountains, complete the collection of 355 slides.
Note that some slides are dated after Monica's death in 1967. These were most likely her photographs, posthumously developed. "Matey" seems to have been Sid's nickname for Monica.
Box List
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DESCRIPTION |
NUMBER OF SLIDES |
DATE RANGE |
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SNOWY MOUNTAINS |
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Consists mainly of the construction of the Snowy Scheme, including: dam at Jindabyne; Lake Eucumbene; the Snowy Mountains Authority headquarters in Cooma; Island Bend; Guthega power station; Tumut pondage; Tantangara dam; Happy Jack; Providence Portal |
52 |
November 1967 |
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Untitled images of the Snowy Mountains area and Cooma Park |
7 |
September 1965 – March 1976 |
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SOUTH COAST NSW |
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Most are captioned and include: Merimbula, Ulladulla, Narooma, Yowie Bay, Tathra, Dalmeny, Batemans Bay, Batehaven, Burrill Lake, Eden, Twofold Bay, Nelligen, Candelo district, Bega Valley, Tilba district |
60 |
1961 – 1977 |
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CAPITAL REGION OF NSW, EXCLUDING QUEANBEYAN |
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Burrinjuck Dam |
4 |
1967, 1972 |
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Lake George |
1 |
August 1962 |
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Highway scenes, Michelago and Williamsdale |
3 |
1962 – 1967 |
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Bungendore, including: old theatre, Cobb and Co coach |
4 |
1962 – 1963 |
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St Clement’s spire and parish hall, Yass |
1 |
March 1960 |
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CWA rooms in Banjo Paterson Park, Yass |
1 |
March 1960 |
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‘Gidleigh’, Yass |
3 |
December 1959 |
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‘Lynton’, Yass |
3 |
March 1960 |
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Untitled: restaurant sign, possibly near Bungendore |
1 |
March 1972 |
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Untitled: dam pondage |
1 |
February 1972 |
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QUEANBEYAN |
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Floral Festival parades, mainly 1959 festival |
14 |
1959, 1962, 1963 |
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Queanbeyan seen from Jerrabomberra |
1 |
January 1959 |
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Queanbeyan River and weir |
1 |
September 1959 |
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Farrer Place from the bowling green |
1 |
April 1959 |
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Farrer Place |
1 |
October 1959 |
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Bowling green at night |
1 |
January 1960 |
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Queanbeyan River, most undated |
7 |
September 1959, 1960s |
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Queanbeyan River in flood |
2 |
March 1961 |
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Elephants walking through Queanbeyan |
1 |
Early 1960s |
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Presbyterian church, Queanbeyan Park |
1 |
October 1959 |
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Queanbeyan Park |
8 |
January 1959 – January 1964 |
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Monica and Sid and their house at 85 Campbell Street, Queanbeyan |
10 |
November 1952 – early 1960s |
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CANBERRA AND ACT |
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Polo practice on the old Canberra racecourse, Acton, taken from Kaye’s Dairy, ‘Springbank’ |
4 |
May 1962 |
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Old Royal Canberra Golf Links, taken from Lennox Crossing |
2 |
August – October 1962 |
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Old Royal Canberra Golf Links, taken from the road to Corkhill’s Dairy |
2 |
April 1962 |
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Golf course in summer |
1 |
1959 |
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Westbourne Woods, taken just prior to land being taken over for the new Royal Canberra Golf Club |
1 |
1960 |
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‘Matey’ and Jo Kaye at ‘Springbank’ |
1 |
May 1962 |
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Elm tree at ‘Springbank’ |
1 |
1962 |
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Molonglo River near Commonwealth Avenue Bridge |
1 |
October 1962 |
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Canadian flagpole, from the site of the kiosk at Regatta Point |
1 |
September 1962 |
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Bed of Lake Burley Griffin, from Regatta Point |
8 |
April – October 1962 |
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Lake Burley Griffin basin, looking across the old racecourse to ‘Springbank’ |
1 |
1963 |
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Lake Burley Griffin partially filled, from Scrivener Dam |
1 |
February 1964 |
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Scrivener Dam |
3 |
June 1963 – November 1964 |
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Formwork of Commonwealth Avenue Bridge |
1 |
October 1962 |
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Bypass road during construction of Commonwealth Avenue Bridge |
1 |
October 1962 |
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Old Commonwealth Avenue Bridge from lake bed near Regatta Point |
2 |
October 1962 |
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Construction of Commonwealth Avenue Bridge |
2 |
October 1962 |
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Kings Avenue Bridge from lake bed |
1 |
April 1962 |
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Lake Burley Griffin from Black Mountain lookout |
1 |
March 1967 |
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Stirling Ridge from Lake Burley Griffin, with power boats |
1 |
March 1972 |
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Construction work at Corin Dam |
2 |
March 1968 |
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Corin Dam pondage |
1 |
February 1972 |
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Cotter Dam wall |
5 |
1959 – 1962 |
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Cotter Reserve: various views, different seasons |
5 |
1961 – 1970 |
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Cotter and Murrumbidgee Rivers |
1 |
April 1970 |
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Murrumbidgee river at Pine Island |
4 |
Early 1960s, 1970 |
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Murrumbidgee river at Cotter Pumping Station |
1 |
Early 1960s |
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Murrumbidgee river at Point Hut |
1 |
Early 1960s |
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Murrumbidgee river at Tharwa bridge |
2 |
Early 1960s |
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Newly shorn sheep at Lanyon |
1 |
Early 1960s |
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‘Werona’, Sutton Road, ACT |
2 |
Early 1960s |
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Harvesting at ‘Malcolm Vale’, Majura Road, ACT |
3 |
1961 |
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Looking towards ‘Cuppacumbalong’ |
1 |
Early 1960s |
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‘Erindale’, Kambah Lane |
3 |
Early 1960s, 1967 |
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Tidbinbilla Deep Space Complex, including explanatory sign and antennae |
4 |
February 1972 |
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Mt Stromlo |
1 |
December 1959 |
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Yarralumla Nursery: lily pond; tulip gardens; calceolarias, roses and tuberous begonias in glasshouses |
5 |
1959 – 1960 |
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Westlake cottages |
1 |
October 1959 |
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New transport plane at Canberra airport |
2 |
January 1959 |
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Queen Elizabeth in official cars, Royal visits 1963 and 1970 |
2 |
1963, 1970 |
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Governor-General Viscount de Lisle – arrival in Canberra |
3 |
August 1961 |
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Floodwaters from Commonwealth Avenue Bridge |
1 |
March 1961 |
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Floodwaters at Lennox Crossing |
1 |
March 1961 |
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Heavy snowfall at McCormack Street, Curtin |
4 |
1965 |
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Government House, Yarralumla – view from the long lawn, and the portico |
2 |
Early 1960s |
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Australian American Memorial, Russell |
1 |
December 1959 |
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Australian War Memorial |
3 |
Ca 1962 |
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Academy of Science |
3 |
December 1959 – February 1964 |
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Turner school |
1 |
Ca 1960 |
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Civic Square |
2 |
June 1963 |
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Bank buildings, corner of Petrie and Alinga Streets, Civic; Bank of NSW, ANZ, Commercial Banking Co of Sydney |
1 |
January 1960 |
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Northbourne Avenue flats; “view from Fred’s kitchen” |
1 |
October 1962 |
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Flags at St John’s Parish Centre for the Pan-Pacific Conference |
1 |
January 1961 |
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All Saints Anglican Church, Ainslie |
1 |
December 1959 |
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St Paul’s Anglican Church, Manuka |
1 |
May 1959 |
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Lutheran Church, Reid |
1 |
Ca 1960 |
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Untitled: church |
1 |
Ca 1960 |
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Untitled: white building, possibly an embassy |
1 |
Ca 1960 |
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American Embassy seen from the French Embassy |
1 |
October 1959 |
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French Legation and residence |
2 |
December 1959 |
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German Embassy and residence |
3 |
October – December 1959 |
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Anzac Day, Australian War Memorial |
2 |
1960, 1963 |
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Royal Military College Duntroon Band, Beating the Retreat, Australian War Memorial |
1 |
June 1960 |
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Views from the Australian War Memorial |
2 |
Autumn 1961 |
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Street scene, Acton |
1 |
October 1959 |
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Molonglo River near Commonwealth Avenue Bridge and Canberra Hospital |
1 |
March 1961 |
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View from Canberra Hospital across Lennox Crossing |
1 |
May 1962 |
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Street scene, Red Hill |
1 |
Early 1960s |
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Street scene, Wells Gardens, Griffith, ACT |
1 |
Early 1960s |
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Views across the Molonglo River from Westbourne Woods to Yarralumla |
3 |
Early 1960s |
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Molonglo River from the grounds of ‘Yarralumla’ |
1 |
Early 1960s |
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Molonglo River flats |
1 |
March 1961 |
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Molonglo River flats from Mt Pleasant |
1 |
May 1959 |
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View from Mt Pleasant across Duntroon to Fairbairn and Pialligo |
1 |
May 1959 |
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Canberra from Black Mountain |
1 |
February 1964 |
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Views from Mt Stromlo to Canberra, Uriarra and Woden |
3 |
Ca 1959, 1967 |
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View from Jerrabomberra to Mt Pleasant |
1 |
January 1959 |
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Miniature train, Weston Park |
1 |
March 1971 |
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Cusack’s furniture store, Kingston, after a fire |
1 |
July 1976 |
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Blossom trees at the Albert Hall, spring |
1 |
1960 |
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Northbourne Avenue median in autumn |
1 |
Ca 1959 |
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“Autumn in summer”; trees near Scotts Crossing |
1 |
December 1959 |
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Untitled: a high country house |
1 |
Early 1960s |
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Untitled: two dams |
2 |
1972, 1974 |
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Telopea Park in spring and autumn |
5 |
1961 – 1963 |
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‘Matey’ at the Cotter; “This was the last entry Sid put in – received Highly Commended” |
1 |
June 1964 |
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“65” – Sid and Monica’s house at 65 McCormack Street, Curtin; “taken 4 weeks after moving in, 1966” |
1 |
January 1966 |
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Garden at McCormack Street, Curtin |
3 |
January 1972 |