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The Stories
Citation address: https://hdl.handle.net/10070/724681
Collection: Northern Territory Government Photographer Collection
Description:
Aerial view looking down Mitchell Street to Myilly Point. Shows Darwin Hospital and Larrakeyah
Posted 22-September-2022
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Citation address: https://hdl.handle.net/10070/740292
Peter Spillett Collection
Description:
Smith Street looking from Knuckey Street intersection (Jolly's corner). Shops opposite include a bakery
Salvarores Restaurant on the corner today.
What I refer to as the Rainbow Crossing. Pretty colours are painted on the intersection, just out from Raintree Park. 🙂
I was so glad to see so many Darwin-ites having the same trouble as me on this one. The year 1961 image really threw me but it all makes sense now. Andrew King once again came to my rescue.
Posted 23-September-2022
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Citation address: https://hdl.handle.net/10070/361059
Description:
Depicts a group shot of some 18 staff from the Darwin Overland Telegraph office.
Back row L-R
1 Albert McDonlad, 2 Tom Morris, 3 Temporary officer, 4 Fred Killian, 5 Florence Bleezer, 6 Burgoyne, 7 Dudley Kelsey, 8 Jim Shanahan, 9 Fred Price, 10 A.P. Ward, 11 George Reid, 12 Mr Lawrie, 13 Percy Bryant.
Front row L-R
1 Mr Cleland, 2 Cecil Marsh, 3 John G. Little, 4 Ted John, 5 ?"
Posted 25-September-2022
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Citation address: https://hdl.handle.net/10070/828785
Collection: Jim Clarke Collection
Copyright owner: Library & Archives NT
Description:
Masson and Clarke family group in front of a vehicle. Rapid Creek.
Posted 29-September-2022
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Citation address: https://hdl.handle.net/10070/717041
Notes: A range of photo's taken whilst in Darwin with 107 Australian General Hospital (AGH) Darwin 1944/45
Posted 30-September-2022
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Citation address: https://hdl.handle.net/10070/312718
Description:
Mick & Chrissie Paspalis in London. They were invited to Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Darwin.
Posted 9-September-2022
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Photo number: PH0141/0033
Photographer: Lorman, Steve
Citation address: https://hdl.handle.net/10070/803949 Created 29/10/1956
Collection: PictureNT ; Steve Lorman Collection
Description: (Incorrect, see below)
Mrs Hasluck, wife of Paul Hasluck the Minister for Territories, cuts ribbon at ceremony. New diesel electrical engines, Darwin Railway Station Circa 1950??
Additional information about this photograph and the related links was supplied by Bryan Baker on 3 July 2022. NT News Dated 30 October 1956 page 1 and 3 - Title : Diesel-Electric rail service launched at ceremony.
Date Created: 29/10/1956
Posted 1-October-2022
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Citation address: https://hdl.handle.net/10070/314150
Jean A. Austin Collection
Description:
Two young girls, Jean (left) and Margaret Gilruth (right), having tea on the verandah of Government House.
Posted 3-October-2022
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Photographer: Fujita Salvage Company
Citation address: https://hdl.handle.net/10070/641609
Senichiro Fujita Collection
Description:
Judy McKenzie, typist of Fujita Salvage Company. McKenzie was the daughter of Angus Mckenzie, manager of Burns Philp in Darwin.
Notes: Japanese salvaging operation, 1959-1960, undertaken by the Fujita Salvaging Company.
Posted 5-October-2022
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Image and Description: El Miguelo
Scanned from my grandparents Harold and Ivy Snell's photos - Jessie "Chubby" Miller and Bill Lancaster with the Avro Avian "Red Rose" at Darwin.
England to Australia.
In 1927 while visiting London from her native Australia, Miller met, helped finance, and flew with R.A.F. officer Bill Lancaster in his Avro Avian Red Rose, on an attempt to set a long distance flying record from England to Australia. At the time it was one of the longest flights made in such a small aircraft, although they were overtaken en route by Bert Hinkler in another Avian. Bad weather forced them down in Sumatra, but they continued on, and after 159 days she finally arrived as the first woman to complete an England-to-Australia flight. Although 24 hours late, a huge crowd greeted them on arrival in Darwin, and on their subsequent tour around Australia.
Posted 7-October-2022
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Changes floats to wheels.
Image Source: N/A
On the 5 August 1926 Capt Alan Cobham arrives in Darwin in his flying boat. He came ashore at Mindil beach to change the planes floats for wheels to continue his journey across Australia.
Denis Kinang:
For you aviation enthusiasts. The aircraft is a De Havilland DH.50 float plane.
Although the engine appears to to be shrouded in a canvas cover, presumably to protect it from sand, I believe the original Siddeley Puma engine had been replaced by a more powerful air-cooled Jaguar engine after Capt Cobham's earlier flight from London to Capetown.
Posted 10-October-2022
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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/748222
Copyright owner: Library & Archives NT
Collection: Izod Collection
Description:
Eric Charles Izod standing in front of the first Izod Motors (previously an aerated (lolly) water factory pre-war)
Jeffrey Fong 12-October-2022:
Izods never owned this site as it was "borrowed" by the army and others from our family during WW2 and was eventually reclaimed by family after WW2. This was Darwin Aerated Waters which was always owned by the Fong family till sold just before Tracy hit.
Posted 12-October-2022
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https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+10122
Smith and Bennett Streets Palmerston - Port Darwin 1875. The Town Hall now stands on the site of the first house on right.
Smith Street at this time consisted of houses built of rough wood and iron sheeting.
Posted 16-October-2022
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Photographer: Marcia Izod (Davis)
Citation address: https://hdl.handle.net/10070/748527
Collection: Izod Collection
Copyright owner: Library & Archives NT
Description:
A front view of Izod Motors, Holden dealership, Knuckey Street Darwin.
Posted 22-October-2022
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Photographer: Drysdale, Bessie
Citation address: https://hdl.handle.net/10070/332656
Collection: Joy Davis Collection
Description:
Joy Drysdale nursing her doll, the doll's pram is to the left, Cavenagh Street, Darwin, NT, 1941.
Posted 27-September-2022
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Photographer: Drysdale, Bessie
Citation address: https://hdl.handle.net/10070/331186
Collection: Joy Davis Collection
Description:
Fred and Joy Drysdale on Fred's motorbike, Cavenagh Street, Darwin, NT, 1940. In background is a black hearse owned by Joy's father, Stuart Drysdale, who operated a local undertaker business.
Posted 24-September-2022
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Image Source and Description Gerry Kenny.
Gerry Kenny 1-August-2022:
Don I just realised it's 65 years ago today since my mother's race horse Dawn Shadow, trained by my father and ridden by Bert Meredith won the first 10 furlong Darwin Cup, for thorough bred race horses, beating Ningle Haritos's Barclay by 3 lengths. I mentioned this to you a while back.
Satan Son, a bush bred station horse had won the 6 furlong Darwin Cup for local bred bush horses in 1956 when it was ridden by Peter McCracken.
The 1957 Darwin Cup race meeting was held on the other side of the racecourse, and the following year it was moved to its current location where the Neville Skewes owned and trained Bright Gun won the 1958 Darwin Cup over 10 furlongs.
The two galloping photos are from stills taken from a 35mm film transferred to a DVD . The first one is the finish of the race and the second on is the next less blurry still a few strides earlier. I have tried photo shop to improve them but still not very good. The photo was taken from a slide 40+ years ago.
Posted 26-September-2022
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Image Source: NT Library.
Interesting picture showing AE Jolly & Co in Bennett St.
Don:
Possibly an A Model Ford out front. (1929 to 1931) Would be after that date.
Posted 28-September-2022
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Image Source: Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington NZ
Gordon Gus Withnall
These very clear photos of Myilly Point houses and little Mindil Beach, were taken by New Zealand aviator Leo White in 1948. Nurses walk - that goes down the cliffs to Mindil creek is obscured by trees. How simple the Hospital complex was then - 30 odd years before the 1979 pic posted by Andrew. Leo White took many excellent photos of Darwin during his time on QEA Sunderland flying boats.
Andrew King
The photo was taken as part of a series by Whites Aviation on 20 Aug 1948. Whites had won a contract to take aerial imagery in the NT. These were taken back to New Zealand and put in the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington.
Posted 17-October-2022
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Image Source and Description: Mike Naylor
Perez - Naylor Wedding The wedding of Isabel Perez to Clive Naylor was celebrated on Saturday night at St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church. The wedding was a very youthful one, the bride being still in her teens and her bridesmaids equally young. They formed an extremely pretty group as they arrived at the Church. Isabel wore a white lace bridal gown, the skirt open down the front to reveal a satin underskirt.
A fold of lace was draped across the corsage and continued to form little sleeves. A little net yoke continued to the throat. There were three bridesmaids, Nora Crane and Coral Hancock wore blue nylon with little pink veils and Pat Goddard pink nylon with a blue veil. Flower girls Margaret Perez and Emma Parker were in yellow organdie.
The groom, LAC Clive Naylor, was supported by Mr. Jimmy Dyatt as best man and Mr. Frank McFarlane and Cliff Lockyer as groomsmen - all of the RAAF. The ceremony was performed by Father Fynn, and while the bridal party were in the vestry Mr. Jim Pott sang to the accompaniment of Miss Therese Marks, whose mother was at school with Isabel's mother.
Posted 2-October-2022
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Image Source and Description: Mike Naylor
A family Gathering of Ponce, Perez, Agostino families and friends 1935-6 Beeston Street Darwin. Isabel Perez is the curly haired young girl on the left and Mary Perez head of the Table next to her Father Rafael Ponce.
Beeston Street was originally the Myilly Point end of Smith Street, past Packard Place.
Posted 4-October-2022
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Citation address: https://hdl.handle.net/10070/739825
Peter Spillett Collection ; Date: 05/08/1913
Description:
Farewell at Palmerston Town Hall in August 1913 for Mrs. Strangman (wife of medical officer). Mrs. Gilruth presided and presented Mrs. Strangman with a bank draft so she could buy a memento of her time in the Territory. Mesdames Worgan and Witherdon were largely responsible and Ellen Ryan headed the committee. The NT Times said the women have transformed the hall into a 'large drawing room' by placing tables, cane chairs, and pieces of carpet around as well as a craft material. The NT Times also reported that "nearly every woman in Palmerston attended..."
Posted 24-October-2022
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Alexander Turnbull Library in
Wellington. N.Z.
Gordon Gus Withnall:
These very clear photos of Myilly Point houses and little Mindil Beach, were taken by New Zealand aviator Leo White in 1948. Nurses walk - that goes down the cliffs to Mindil creek is obscured by trees. How simple the Hospital complex was then - 30 odd years before the 1979 pic posted by Andrew. Leo White took many excellent photos of Darwin during his time on QEA Sunderland flying boats.
Andrew King
The photo was taken as part of a series by Whites Aviation on 20 Aug 1948. Whites had won a contract to take aerial imagery in the NT. These were taken back to New Zealand and put in the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington.
Posted 19-October-2022
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