D'OMBRAIN, ATHEL PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES HOUSES, BUILDING AND PROPERTIES - HUNTER VALLEY B10396b List of negatives B10396c " " B10397 ABERGLASSLYN HOUSE March 24, 1961

N1-4 Rear view N5 Side view N6 Front doorway N7 Colonnades and front verandah N8 From across the river N9 Wallpaper N10 Upstairs windows

N11 Shutters N12 Dome N13-18 Staircase N19 Mr. Sam McKeachie looking through upstairs window N20 Well and shutters N21 Bats in cellar N22-24 Wire winding wheel in cellar N25 Roof showing storm damage N26 Steps to cellar

N27-28 Peg Bartlett in 100 year old period dress looking out of top window (coloured negative) N29 Front verandah showing front door N30 Stairway with cedar doors N31 Front and side view with Mr. McKeachie standing in front N32 Fireplace 1977 N33 Picture frame 1977 N34 Western aspect 1977

ABBERGLASSLYN HOUSE - PRE-RESTORATION PHOTOGRAPHS TO RECORD THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING

N35-36 Ground floor rooms N37-38 Showing damage to walls and general condition 1977 N39 Cedar doors 1978 N40 Damage to ceilings 1978 N41-42 Corner of Room 1978 N43 Damage above doorways N44 Dome N45 Damage to walls N46-47 Fireplace N48 Damage above fireplace N49 Living room N50 Fireplace 1978 N51 Swallows nest in one of the smaller rooms N52 Pre-restoration N53 Windows - pre-restoration N54 White-ant damage N55-56 Damage to rear chimney N57-58 Columns and water tanks 1978 N59 Pre-restoration N60-63 Stages of interior restoration 1978 N64-66 Exterior photographs August 1981 (for the National Trust) N67-68 " " " " " " " western end N69 Exterior photographs, August 1981 (for the National Trust) front N70 " " " " " " " front and side N71-72 Armstrong Galleries, Morpeth with Campbell's Store in the background N73-75 Anlaby's Inn N76 Anambah, Maitland 1964 N77 " " " Statue on stairway

N78 " " " Ironwork from the roof N79-80 Angel Inn, Maitland, July 1, 1966 N81-82 " " " " proprietors and crowd having the last drink, July 1, 1966 N83-86 Australian Agricultural Company - remains of stone wharf at Booral, August 17, 1976. N87 Booral house, July 1975 N88-90 Boydells Caegwrle, Allynbroook, September 1976 N91-93 Boundary stones, Maitland N94 North East boundary stone, Colinson St. Tenambit (Mr. and Mrs. Crisps property) N95 Boundary stone (location not specified) N96 Boundary stone at St. Johns College Morpeth

N97 Bob's Farm : relative of Captain Cromarty with punt shotgun [the shooter waited on the punt for ducks with the shotgun. The shot was made from old nails etc.] September 1973 [the punt gun was fired by the shooter lying in the punt]

N98-99 Peter Buntings house, Cnr. of Lawes and William Street, East Maitland N100-102 Brough House, Church West Maitland, [as it was when it was the Girls' High School

Hostel, before alteration] May, [1979?] N103 Brough House, Feb 1976 N104 Brough House, 1974

N105-117 Barraba at Ellalong. William Carter's home 1829, owned by George Thomas Palmer 1834-1974.

N118 Brandon, Seaham, George Fisher's House (copy) N119 Duckenfield - Old shed opposite Berry Pomeroy House, June 1974 N120 Berry Park House, June 1974 (John Eales House) N121 " " " " " " 1972 N122-123 Cemetery on Berry Park N124-127 Berry Pomeroy House 1974 N128 " " " " kennels for hounds 1974 N129-131 " " " " 1933 N132-136 " " " " fireplaces June 1974 N137 Bridge House (Samuel Clifts first house known as the 'Doll's House" ca. 1832) Photograph 1935

N138-140 Bridge House, (colour) built by Samuel Clift - colonial Georgian Architecture. This is Foster's home at Wallis Creek, East Maitland. This house is one of the oldest buildings in East Maitland - built in 1832.

N141 Bridge House - barn N142-143 " " "Doll's House" N144 Black Horse Inn, Maitland April 1973. Originally Black Horse Inn July 1838-1840, later

called Prince Albert Inn. N145 Bullock team : Willy Dare's bullock team driving cedar logs from Gloucester to

Wolstenholme's Mill [ca. 1900] (copy from small photo) N146 Milne's Millstream Brewery, Maitland, 1855-1856 previously Vindin's flour Mill. The

brewery occupied the site next to the site of the new Maitland Library that became part of Sims Brothers Car business in 1936.

N147 Bank of Australasia (Now A.N.Z. Bank) corner of Elgin and High Street Maitland (copy) [ca. 1930]

N148 A.N.Z. Bank remodelled N149 Kitchen at Broke Post Office [1965?] N150 Kitchen at Broke Post Office (photo taken after the Post Office had been demolished in

1973) N151 Bank of N.S.W., Maitland 1970 before alteration (valuable negative) N152-154 Bank of N.S.W., High Street Maitland, during alteration, 1970 N155-156 Second Cottage of Content, East Maitland, owner and licensee. Samuel Bailey, June

1973. N157 Clifton Lodge, Adam Street, Maitland 1975 N158 Chimneys at rear of High Street Maitland, near St. Andrews Street N159 Court House Maitland 1978 N160 Catholic Presbytery Maitland, April 1975 N161-163 Cohen, David and Co. - staircase in building, 1967 " " " - window near staircase N164-165 Caroline Chisholm's Barracks, East Maitland 1972 N166-167 " " " " " 1977

N168-169 'Corner's Barn' at back of Bulwarra House. The original house was built for Richard Jones in 1836 on an original grant of 2030 acres known as Bulwarra Estate granted to John Brown, June 30, 1823 (area now known as Bolwarra). Photograph 1933.

N170 'Corner's Barn' in dilapidated state, 1980. N171-172 Recent views of Bulwarra N173 Clydebank, Glenarvon Road Lorn, Maitland [Robert White bought the property from

McDougall Estate, May 12, 1879, Charles Napier White acquired the property from his father, December 9, 1893, and J.T. Morten purchased it in 1923. The McDougall grant was in 1829 and the small slab hut could have been Robert White's original home.

N174-175 Clydebank - later photographs 1974. N176-177 " iron lace work N178-179 " slab hut N180-181 Cintra, Regent Street, Maitland 1980 N182 Camyr Allyn, Gresford, Mar 1972 (house since burnt down) N183 Camyr Allyn, looking back towards the property from Allynbrook Road CHURCHES

N185-188 St. Mary's Church of England, Church St., Maitland 1974 N189 St. Mary's looking through Hunter Valley County Council construction, 1972 N190-192 St. Peter's Anglican Church, East Maitland. N193 St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Maitland N194 St. James Anglican Church, Morpeth

N195 Chapel at St. John's College, Morpeth, built from stone from Anlaby's Inn and Oggs store Morpeth by theological students.

N196 Presbyterian Church, Hinton N197-199 St. Mary's Anglican Church, Allynbrook, 1968 N200-202 " " " " " " looking through doorway [James Boydell

could only marry Bishop Broughton's daughter on condition that a place of worship was provided. St. Mary's at Allynbrook was the result]

N203-204 St. Andrews Anglican Church Bishop's Bridge, June 1944 N205-206 Presbyterian Church at Rutherford N207-209 Congregational Church High St. Maitland, 1963 (Repertory Society headquarters 1981) N210-211 Church of Immaculate Conception, Morpeth 1981 N212 Old school hall at the back of Catholic Church, August 1981 N213 Lamp at back of St. John Church of England, Paterson N214 St. Peters Church of England East Maitland, October 1965 N215 St. Peters Church of England East Maitland, pulpit N216 " " " " " sanctuary N217 " " " " " font N218 Canon Marshall, October 1965 N219-222 St. Paul's Anglican Church, West Maitland ca. 1965 N223 " " " " " " entrance gates N224-225 St. James Anglican Church, Morpeth 1972 N226 The Rectory, St. James Church, Morpeth 1972 N227-228 Presbyterian Church, Hinton with copper steeple 1960 N229 Tahlee Church, Port Stephens, A.A. Company N230 " " " " bell outside church N231 " " " " window N232-233 Tahlee Church as Youth Hostel 1975 N234-236 Methodist Church Morpeth, before demolition July 1970 N237 " " " " during demolition [ca. 1970] N238 Greta church being demolished N239-240 Roman Catholic Church, East Maitland N241 Old church at Wallalong [Church of England?] June 1974 N242 Roman Catholic Pro-Cathedral N243 Methodist Church High Street, Maitland - figures behind altar N244-245 St. Johns Church of England Paterson May 1975 N246 Headstone at St. John's, Paterson N247 Church at Paterson (denomination not known) N248 Parish Hall beside St. Johns N249 St. Andrews Church of England at Largs - Rainbow over cross, June 1972 N250-251 Eccleston Church, September 1969

N252 Woodville Church of England Church Hall July 1962 N253-254 Woodville Church of England N255-257 Cumberland Hall, East Maitland (copies 1973) N258-261 " " " " during demolition N262-264 Holydene at Clarencetown, August 1973 N265-269 Roseneath at Clarencetown, August 1973 N270 " " " " hundred year old fig tree N271 Clarencetown (copies) (original before 1900) N272 Sailing ships at Clarencetown: sailing ship "Rio" from New Zealand, small vessel is the

Birdwood - carried pit timber to Stockton and collieries, 1905 N273 William River Company's wharf at Clarencetown from which his Excellency Lord Jersey

embarked. Small vessel is the Cooreei, and W.C. Wentworth at the wharf at Clarencetown, 1891 (copy)

N274 Campbell's home at Maitland Vale N275-276 Cohen's Building, Maitland - fire June 1970

B10398 N277-283 Cohen's Building, Maitland - fire June 1970 N284 Dareel, Bulwarra, Feb 1965 N285 Dunmore House N286-287 Dunnoon, Lochinvar, April 1973, first owner Mr. Cook, later Mr & Mrs

Roberts. N288-289 Old Duninald 1978 N290 Duckenfield House, November 1968 N291 " " " " bathroom - servants quarters N292 " " " " fountain N293 " " " " figures on the fountain N294 " " " " tiles from courtyard N295 " " " " sewing quarters ca.1933 N296 Dungog Post Office (copy) November 1967 N297 Dungog Commercial Bank. ca. 1880's N298 Wall at Chichester Dam (ca. 1920's) N299 N300 N301 N302 N303 N304-306 Ellamatta Children's Home, East Maitland N307-311 Eelah, Rosebrook Rd, Mr & Mrs W. Measures, October 1973 N312 Eccleston Post Office ca. 1940 N313 " " " rear view of kitchen N314 " " " old grindstone at Post Office N315-316 " " " tobacco press at Post Office

N317 Fatzeau's Lyceum skating rink and hall, old gas lamps and steam tram lines in front of the hall, on corner of High Street and Church Street, Maitland. Negative includes Wolstenhome monument 1913 (now near Great Northern Hotel, 1983)

N318 The Family Hotel, opposite Maitland Hospital, 1975 N319 Font Hill, South Maitland N320 Font Hill barn N321-322 Gable House, Booral 1976 N323-325 Gundayn - Booral, 1976 N326 George and Dragon Hotel, East Maitland, 1974 (where Justice Evatt was born) N327 Lee Geer's house at Raymond Terrace 1975, 'Goonoobah block', East Maitland, King

Street, Nos. 38-44 N328 Goonabah, no. 40 owned by Mrs. Hall N329 Woodlands, corner of King and Law Streets N330 Unidentified house, 28 King Street, (or 53) N331 Glenarvon House, Glenarvon Road, Lorn, Maitland 1973? N332-334 Gostwyck House between Paterson and Dungog (Priestley House) 1976 N335 " " " " " " " barn N336 " " " " " " " verandah N337 " " " " " " " N338 Gowan Brae, Bolwarra, 1975

N339 Grand Central Hotel, Maitland 1975 N340-341 Grossman house, Church Street, Maitland - handing over the key, April 18, 1964 (once

part of Maitland Girls' High School now (1981) a museum) N342 Grossman House. Official opening of museum 1966. N343 " " (Sauchi House in the background being demolished 1966) N344 " " official opening 1966 N345 " " crockery - 'Bachelors nightcap' N346 'Bachelor's night cap' dismantled to show components - candlestick, sugar bowl, salt &

pepper shakers, soup plate. N347-348 Grossman House with verandah 1968 N349 " " rear view N350 " " verandah, columns and shutters replaced 1978 N351 " " 1978 N352-353 " " interior - four-poster bed 178 N354 " " interior - wash stand with basin and jugs N355 " " interior - wringer N356 " " interior - sewing machine N357 " " interior - butterchurn N358 " " interior - iron (spirit iron?) N359 " " interior - crockery artifact N360-361 " " interior - three seater chair N362 " " interior - folding table N363-364 " " interior - desk N365 " " interior - clothes - dresses N366 " " interior - champion shooter's belt N367-372 The Homestead, Louth Park, owned by John Thomas Maughan 1822 on a grant of 123

acres (known locally as the old police lock up (debatable)) photographs ca. 1935 N373-374 The Homestead, June 1976 (now demolished) N375-378 Dr. Hollywood's house, High Street, Maitland, being demolished (ca. 1960's)

HISTORIC OBJECTS, MAITLAND

N379 Boar's Head Tulloch's Shop, Maitland 1969 (since stolen) N380 Hitching Post, Land Department Office, Maitland 1969

N381 John Bellvue; carved from one willow log by Mr. McDonald (ca. 1875). Carving was located over McDonald's tobacconist shop above 'The Blackboy' in High Street, Maitland. (photograph ca 1935)

N382

HOTELS N383 Nurse Hank's Hotel, about 100 years old 1974 N384 Horsley House, Maitland 1981 N385 Alma Hotel, High Street, Maitland (copy-original ca. 1880) (now Doctor

Sollings residence) 1945 N386 Royal Hotel, Morpeth N387 40 Banks Street, East Maitland (used to be a hotel)

PENDER PLACE, MAITLAND N388-389 St. Mary's Church of England, Maitland from the grounds of Pender Place,

1982. N390-391 " " " " showing demolition of Pender's building N392 Pender's chimney and St. Mary's Spire, 1981 N393-396 Demolition of Pender's building for the construction of Pender Place,

November 29, 1981 N397 'His and Hers' - remains of toilets in Pender's building. St. Mary's church in

background N398 St. Mary's in background, framework of Pender's shed N399 St. Mary's in background, demolition and ladders N400-406 Demolition of Pender's buildings N407-408 Bill Brown, one of the heads of the trotting business at Maitland and Cessnock N409 Mrs. Hunter's home, Morpeth 1976 (now demolished 1981) N410-412 Hunter distillery, Allandale Road, near Cessnock

N413 Kendall's Rock, Gosford, 1930's

N414-415 Kaludah, Lochinvar before rebuilding 1979 N416 " " rear view with flood debris 1955 N417 " " N418 " " barns N419 " " bottle-tree N420-421 " " after improvement N422-423 " " winery N424 Old hut near Lostock N425 Largs school 1976 N426-427 The Lodge. John Eales gatekeeper's house, Raymond Terrace Road (now

demolished and shifted. Negative from 35mm colour slide) N428 Lands Department, East Maitland N429 Logan's old home, Paterson Road., Bolwarra (ca. 1975) N430-431 Masonic Temple, Maitland 1978 N432-433 Maitland, from Maitland Hospital 1960 N434 Maitland - Long Bridge N435 Maitland from the hospital 1960

MAITLAND

NEGATIVES FROM ZIEGLER'S MAITLAND 175TH CENTENARY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOOK, 1963

N436 Maitland Court House N437 Maitland Senior Citizen's Club N438 Maitland Goal N439 Maitland Court House N440 Maitland George V Memorial Olympic Pool N441 Old Belmore Bridge N442 New Belmore Bridge under construction N443-444 Maitland Literary Institute 1888 N445 Maitland Baptist Church N446 Golfers N447 Basketball team N448 Poultry farm with battery hens 1963 N449 Newcastle Aerodrome, Rutherford 1963 N450 High Street, Maitland - Galton's Store 1963 N451 High Street, Maitland - Stanistreet's Chemist Shop N452 Knocking off work at Burlington Mill N453 Burlington Mills N454 Corner of High and Church Streets, looking east, with an old steam tram

(copy) N455 High Street near Maitland Mercury Office with old steam tram and gaslight

(copy) N456 Bridge over Wallis Creek, Wallis House and Samuel Clift's house behind the

bridge N457 High Street Station, with train at level crossing (copy) [end of Ziegler's negatives] N458 O.K. Young's produce markets, corner of Church and High Street. Established

1878 (copy 1968) N459 Market Day Maitland Station (copy 1968) (original photo ca. 1920) N460 Belmore Hotel (copy) N461-462 Matthew Talbot Hostel for alcoholics and homeless men 1973 N463 Barn at rear of Matthew Talbot Hostel 1973 N464 Roseneath, East Maitland (ca. 1968) N465 McGinlay's store, East Maitland 1940 with Pearson's sandsoap advertisement N466 McGinlay's store with advertisement, 1940 N467-469 The Manse, Robyn and Les Morgan's House, East Maitland 1974 N470 Old Maitland Girls High School 1974, free Church Street N471-472 McLauchlin's Bakery, High Street, Maitland, founded 1854 (copy of Beaufroy

and Merlin photograph) N473 Maitland Court House 1977

N474 Unidentified house at 32 Burke Street, Maitland 1975 N475-476 Maitland Union Bank, later R.S.L. Memorial Club 1962 N477 Maitland Library 1963 N478-480 Maitland Post Office, ca 1962 N481 Maitland Town Hall, 1979 N482 Old Library, High Street, (ca. 1963) N483 Hinder House, Maitland Boys High School 1974 N484-485 Part of Maitland Boys' High School 1974 N486 N487-488 [more info to come] N489-190 Melville House, Melville, near Maitland erected 1839 by F. Mitchell and J.

Curtis and son (ca. 1950's) N491-492 Melville House, after alteration N493-494 Sam McKeachie's Home, Roslyn, Oakhampton 1973

MORPETH N495-497 Morpeth House - chapel and bell from the ship Ceres, built in Clarence Town,

later wrecked N498 House at 41 Jamieson Street, being altered or demolished, October 1981 N499-502 Closebourne Conference Centre N503-507 Marlborough House, 1963 N508 " " " distance photo of front gates N509 Ogg's Store 1843, below Anlaby's Inn (photo 1931) N510 Ogg's Store - lower half N511 Campbell's Bond store N512 N513 Portus' Flour Mill, near Morpeth Bridge 1931 (now demolished) N514 Squire Taylor's Store, 1931 (beautiful sandstone)

N515 Entrance to Diocesan Infants' School and Book Depot 1935 (now demolished and rebuilt at Morpeth Conference Centre)

N516-517 Morpeth House with 'Ceres' bell (for details see 495) N518 Morpeth House - sphinx-like stone figures on steps N519-522 " " part of courtyard N523-525 " " figures on steps 1931 N526 " " and chapel 1963 N527 " " from north-east 1963 N528 Old Anglican Book Depot and infants school (see also 515) N529 Campbell's store N530 Morpeth Court House N531 Captain's House (ca. 1950's) N532 Campbell's store N533-534 Lamp in front of Campbell's store (1940's-1950's) now moved to Court House N535 Houses 69-73 Swan Street, Morpeth N536 Dr. Bennet's House, 1950's (now Armstrong Galleries) N537-538 Captain's House - iron lacework N539-540 Squire Taylor's bonded store 1975-1978 (turned into flats) N541 House, 5 John Street, Morpeth 1974 N542 Old house in Close Street (ca. 1970) (supposed to have been lived in by Charles Close) N543 Brass letters L.C., found in old house - N452 N544 Slab hut at rear of house N542 (ca. 1970) N545 Old house being rebuilt for flats N546 Old bank N547 Bond Store (copy) N548 Ship at Morpeth (copy) N549 Wharf Road, Morpeth (copy) N550 Presbyterian Church, Morpeth 1975 N551-552 Morpeth House (St. Johns College) N553 St. James Anglican Parish Hall 1975 N554 Mr & Mrs Smith outside their home at Morpeth 1933. This was the old police lock-up and

convicts were chained in the underground cells.

GENERAL NEGATIVES

N555 Major Charles Nicholson (member for Maitland), son of former owner of Aberglasslyn House (see Hunters River p118)

N556 Nareemah (Old Capper residence Belmore Road, Lorn) 1977 N557-558 Old home built by police magistrate Captain Edward Denny Day, later owned

by Bensons 1977 N559 Captain Edward Denny Day, (photograph of a photograph) N560-561 Old butter factory near Osterley Park on banks of Hunter River (copies, date

not known ca. 1880's) (blown up by Army during World War I) N562-564 Osterley Park 1975 B10399 N565-568 Osterley Park 1975 N569 " " farm roller made from a tree being pulled by a horse N570-575 Osterley, after park had been cut into blocks 1855 (for details of Osterley see

Hunter's River) photo 1975 N576 Osterley - one room demolished by roots of Moreton Bay fig tree N577-578 Owl Pen, Telarah 1968 N579 Old Oakhampton homes 95-100 Oakhampton Road, 1973 (on opposite sides of

road) N580-583 Prospect, Hinton, originally owned by Elizabeth Pearce, 1981 N584 " " servants quarters N585 " " with Italian window N586 " " 'Dinkum Dunny' N587-588 Porphry, Seaham, wine cellar, 1978 (house which had previously been burnt

down and was owned by Gavin Ralston) N589 Porphry: bell to call convicts when the homestead was there N590 Implement found at Porphry N591-592 New gates at weir below Porphry

PATERSON N593-595 Annandale 1975 N596 Old Police Station, Paterson (1975 (now a museum, 1981)) N597-598 Paterson Post Office 1975 N599 Old Police Station N600 N601 N602 N603 N604 N605 N606 Ship at wharf below Paterson Bridge ca. 1800's, before the railway (copy from

Weston's photograph) N607 Paterson market day (copy from Weston photograph) N608 Paterson - building at Tucker Park N609 " - old building in Main Street 1975 N610-611 " - copies of Weston's photographs N612 " - church opposite museum 1975 N613 " - St. John's Anglican Church

MAITLAND N614 Ian Pender's Elgin Street office 1976 N615 Old Post Office East Maitland 1973

RAYMOND TERRACE N616 Raymond Terrace - (prize winning photograph) - Waterfront - ship 'Warrenghai' launch at back of ship 'Alma', 1940. The

building in the background was the first Port Stephens Shire council building - used to be called the 'Customs House' (now demolished). (Also other stone buildings) Steam Packet Inn is obscured by stone store buildings.

N617 Raymond Terrace 'Customs House' 1940's N618 Old building called the 'Old Barn' at the rear of the Junction Inn, has gun slits

for shooting at aborigines and convicts, 1940 (valuable negative) N619-620 Raymond Terrace waterfront buildings, as in N616

N621 [see N618]

ROCKETS AND ROCKET CREW N622-624 Rocket and rocket crew lifesavers. The rockets were used to fire ropes to

shipwrecked sailors off Stockton Beach (copies of prints from Harry Skilton ca. 1900, copies made 1964)

CHURCHES

N625-630 Saint Mary's on Allyn Church, with girls in period dress in church doorway, 1969. Jan Stucking and Judy Wells.

SINGLETON

N631 Singleton Railway Station, 1981 N632 Albion Hotel 1981 N633 Central Hotel 1927 N634 Singleton Arcade 1898 N635 N636 N637 Merah House N638 Houses 7 & 9 George Street N639 House 11 George Street N640 House 8 George Street N641 House 6 GeorgeStreet N642 Singleton Post Office N643-644 House 27 George Street (taken with a red filter) N645 House 17/19 Campbell Street N646-647 Campbell Street, opposite St. Andrew's Church N648 House 32 George Street N649-650 Patrick Plains Council Chambers N651 Percy Hotel 1892 N652 Houses 33 and 35 Macquarie Street N653-654 N655 Singleton Court House N656 All Saints Anglican Church N657-659 " Lynch gate N660 All Saints Anglican Church N661 Rectory N662 All Saints Anglican Church N663-664 Henry Dangar's Mausoleum at All Saints Church N665-666 All Saints Anglican Church from roadway N667 Bank N668 Royal Hotel N669 Singleton Shire Council N670 George Street, building next to Royal Hotel N671 Former Palm Court Cafe, George Street N672 George Street, next to Caledonian Hotel N673 Caledonian Hotel N674 Side elevation 89 George Street N675 Dapkos Store, George Street N676 Barn at rear of Dapkos Store

GENERAL NEGATIVES N677 Stoning River bank at the back of High Street Maitland 1930's N678-679 St. Mary's Parish Hall Maitland, interior 1974 N680 St. Peter's Parish Hall Maitland (ca. 1960's) N681-691 Sauchi House being demolished 1966 N692 Old stone inscribed 1846 A.R., found when stoning river bank. (stone now

(1982) located at Athel D'Ombrains house at Lorn - found on the old causeway at Porter's Hollow on Pitnacree Road October 1957)

N693 Stroud House 1976 N694-695 Barden and Ribee, saddlers' window, High Street, Maitland ca. 1840

(converted into cafe 1981)

N696-701 Stradbroke, Woodville N702-703 " " " mounting stone for getting on horses N704 " " " entrance N705 " " " from the gateway N706 " " " name on the gate N707 " " " N708 " " " barn N709 " " " door knocker N710 " " " dairyman's cottage N711-712 " " " barn N713 " " " barn repaired 1980 N714 " " " interior - cabinet N715-716 " " " dining room N717-718 " " "drawing room N719 " " " hall with stags head N720 " " " drawing room N721-722 Les Darcy Lion's Club memorial wattle grove near Stradbroke N723 View through hole in barn at Stradbroke N724 Seaham - blacksmith shop N725 " - wine shop N726 " - hotel

[N724-726 are copies of old photographs prior to 1900, owned by Gavin Ralston] N727 Sauchi House, Maitland (ca. 9145) (originally Mr. Frazer's School in Church

Street Maitland - beginning of Maitland Boys' High School) N728 St. Peter's Parish Hall, East Maitland, built about 1838, (photo ca. 1940's) N729 Tomago House N730-732 Tocal Homestead 1963 N733 " " front view (wide angle lens) N734 " " rear view N735-737 " " stables and sheds at rear N738 " " date 1830 above door

N739 " " hut that Thunderbolt slept in the night he stole the stallion that won the Melbourne Cup

N740 " " barracks where convicts slept N741-742 Tocal - Head stockman, Mr. Kidds home 1979 N743 " stables 1979 N744 Tocal College, chapel spire 1965 N745 " " 1965 N746 " " chapel 1965 N747 Tahlee House, cannon and statue (ca. 1954-1958) N748 " " swimming pool (baths) (ca. 1952) N749 " " cannon N750 Town Hall and Ambulance Station, Maitland (ca. 1960's) N751 Tyrrell's Pokolbin "Ashman Vineyards" - slab hut 1972 N752 " " party at vineyard 1972 N753 " " slab hut N754 " " landscape 1972 N755 " " slab hut 1972 N756-758 Tamboy, Mungo Brush: Drogher carrying timber from Mungo to Tea

Gardens. (The drogher was a form of water transport - copies of photographs early 1900's) N759 Timber train that ran from Myer's Point to Wootton: engine called 'Climax' (ca. early

1900's) N760 Close up of the engine on one of the bridges (ca. early 1900's) N761-762 Group of people at Mungo Brush early 1900's N763-764 Tressingfield, Woodville ca. 1972, owner Mr. Dunn N765-767 Talimby, Paterson 1975 N768 Technical College, Maitland N769-770 Walli House, Maitland (Wallis Creek) back view ca. 1965 N771 Old Willowtree Inn, East Maitland, 1978 (now a house) N772 Windemere, Lochinvar, home of Mr & Mrs John Capps 1968 N773-775 Windemere, Lochinvar 1973 N776 " " " fireplace

N777 " " " museum in cellar with 19th century dresses N778-784 " " " museum N785-796 Wyndham Estate, Dalwood - Dalwood Homestead - old slab hut which was the original

house 1973 N797-798 Dalwood Homestead, windows N799-800 " " " old well 1976 N801 Wallalong 1974 (Scott's home) N802 " " " rear with well N803 " " " stables N804 " " " horse stalls N805-808 " " " horses heads made of cast iron in stables N809 " " " stallions stall N810 " " " stable stalls N814-815 " " " rear view N816-817 " " " stables N818-819 100 year old well, now under the Leagues Club, Maitland in Bulwer Street 1963 N820 House of John Bede Polding, first Catholic Archbishop of Australia, 35 King Street

Maitland (ca. 1961) N821 Old hut at Comerford's mountain on Rosebrook road with hide stretcher and cream

separator 1974 N822 Old house on the same property as N821 N823 Old slab hut at Woodville

B10400 N847 A.P.R. (Australian Photographic Review) medal given to Athel D'Ombrain for

services to photography 1938/43 N848 Presentation album given to Mr. Keast Burke at farewell after 21 years of

judging at the Maitland Photographic Salon, with a photograph of the medal (847) on the cover. Photographs were contributed by members of A.P.R. magazine, to make up the album.

N849 Cover of album showing A.P.R. medal design N850 Two photographs in presentation album N851 Fly leaf of album with names of contributing photographers and the Australian

Photographic Society's Acceptance card N852 Two members of judging panel, Athel D'Ombrain and Geoff Garside making

presentation to Keast Burke (Keast Burke in middle holding album) N853 Newcastle Aero Club air race July 22, 1973, small planes - tiger moths? at

Rutherford N854 Flight Lieutenant Freeman & Flight Lieutenant Townsend at the air race N855-861 Air race at Rutherford, July 23, 1973 N862-863 Air display, Williamtown 1963 - Mirages N864 Air Vice-Marshall Townsend on right - commanding officer at Williamtown

R.A.A.F. base and unidentified senior officer at air show 1963 N865-867 Air display Williamtown 1963, Parachute drop N868 " " " helicopter lifting a person N869 " " " fly past N870-873 Antiques at Stanley Lipscombe's Torchbearers for Legacy show 1960

MAITLAND AERIAL VIEWS 1965 N874 Long Bridge, Belmore Bridge with Lorn in background N875 Belmore Bridge N876 Lorn Park N877 Belmore Bridge looking east N878 Looking north-west with High Street on the left N879 Lorn and Belmore Bridge N880 Maitland with Lorn and Belmore Bridge on the left N881 Long Bridge N882-883 High Street N885-897 Wentworth swamps, Maitland, aerial views, 1973 N898-900 Men performing for the final night of judging for the Mr. Hunter Valley title at

the Maitland Adonis Club N901-908 Allworth Weir gravel site, photos taken for Tony Maiden 1976 N909-911 Barrington Guest House, November 1980

N912 (new) Belmore Bridge, Maitland 1967 N913 " " " " with courthouse in background

BARRINGTON TOPS N914-915 Barrington Tops trip, August 1960 N916 " " " building a snow man at Carey's Peak N917 " " " Athel D'Ombrain at Carey's Peak N918-920 " " " views from Carey's Peak N921 " " " tip of Carey's Peak N922 " " " Barrington Tops N923-924 " " " tree ferns near Beech forest N925-926 " " " car on trail N927 " " " Barrington views N928 " " " Group of people at Barrington Tops N929-933 " " " tobogganing down back of Carey's Peak

BELMORE BRIDGE, MAITLAND: BROWN'S ENTERPRISE SERIES WHEN THE BRIDGE WAS BEING BUILT 1961

N934-941 Surveying N942-975 Work on the bridge commences N976-977 Belmore Bridge May 1962 N978-979 " " with old bridge in background N980-987 " " old construction flooded when river came up N988-1004 " " June 1963 N1005 Old Belmore Bridge before 1961 N1006 Old Belmore Bridge with wall built to stop logs from hitting pier N1007 Shadows from old Belmore Bridge N1008 View from old Belmore Bridge N1009-1019 Decking of old Belmore Bridge being burnt during demolition June 12, 1965 N1020 Aerial photo of 1955 flood and Belmore Bridge (copy made 1965) N1021 Fishermen under Belmore Bridge

BALIKERA CANAL 1963 N1022-1045 Making pipes to take water from Williams River to Balikera Power Station N1046 Boags cutting Balikera Canal to Williams River, August 1963 N1047-1055 Balikera Canal

BARRINGTON TOPS N1056-1057 Bush trail 1960 N1058 Landslide N1049-1060 Carey's Peak from halfway up N1061 Pulling out a stopped car N1062 Mr. Foster of Pender and Fosters at Barrington Tops N1063 Athel D'Ombrain and unidentified person at Carey's Peak N1064-1071 Views from Carey's Peak

N1072-1079 Blacksmith's plate, made of sandstone for putting on tyres. Blacksmith was Bill Cummings at Largs. The stone was moved from Mrs. Gardiner's at Largs, the site of the blacksmith shop to the Conference Centre at Morpeth.

N1080-1081 Aub. Baker wall plaque at Thornton School, being unveiled by Milton Morris N1082 Photograph of plaque made by Athel D'Ombrain and presented to Don. W. Brook

representative for Morpeth Small Bore Rifle Club, Munich 1972, Montreal 1976 N1083-1087 Belmore Bridge including stoning the river bank 1963

BOONDELBAH ISLAND, PORT STEPHENS 1970

N1088 Climbing up the island to put sextant in place N1089 Replica of Captain Cook's sextant made by Athel D'Ombrain and Wal Fitness. The brass

plate contains copies of Cook's remarks in the log book for the day when he discovered Port Stephens. The replica was put on Boondelbah Island on the anniversary of the discovery of Port Stephens 1970.

N1090 " " " " with Athel D'Ombrain beside the sextant N1091 " " " " looking across to sea N1092 Max Bourke re-siting the sextant at SW end of the island

N1093 Max Bourke and friends with sextant in position N1094 Athel D'Ombrain with new stainless steel replica of sextant - the wooden one rotted away N1095-1096 The sextant N1097 Man jumping into surf with aqua-lung N1098 Jumping into a dinghy

B10401 N1099-1106 Finished pipes for Balikera 1964 N1107-1108 Boondelbah Island - aerial views 1975 N1109-1117 Belmore Bridge, Maitland, during demolition 1965

OLD BOTTLES N1118 Old Schweppes bottle (ca. 1870's) dug up near Long Bridge, Maitland N1119 Three old bottles found in Maitland 1967

N1120 Mr. Heads Snr. and Mr. Heads Jnr., owners of cordial factory at Maitland, with old bottles N1121 Rev. Brook of Paterson and three unidentified persons, Paterson Church, 1969

BLACKBOY, MAITLAND [statue] N1122-1127 Mr. Ken Prior starting on cast of Maitland Blackboy 1971, to make fibreglass copies N1128 Blackboy being replaced. ["Secret of the Blackboy - a 10c piece was embedded under one

foot] N1129 Bishop Toohey, Mayor H. Skilton, and Father Heffernan at St. Patrick's Day sports at

Maitland showground 1960, and Milton Morris, Member for Maitland N1130 May Skilton and Father Heffernan N1131-1134 Capper's old home, Belmore road., Maitland 1967 N1135-1137 Court House Clock, Maitland 1967 N1138 Chips Rafferty and Athel D'Ombrain at 6th Hermitage Dairy 1963 N1139 Bill Cummings (Blacksmith) and family, Largs N1140-1141 Cessnock County Council - Mr. Brown, Mayor of Cessnock hands over the new building

in 1965 N1142-1143 The body of an old aeroplane being used as a potato chips stall at Maitland show 1972 N1144 Brooks and Patterson winning Davis Cup doubles against Kingscote and Beamish at White

City Courts, 1920 (copy of photo taken by Athel D'Ombrain when negative was lost) N1145-1148 J.C. Clements Bridge at Webber's Creek in front of Tocal, with Milton Morris, 1967 N1149 Father Cottrell, one of the Marist Brothers at Maitland 1966 N1150-1152 Jack Chegwyn's cricket team at Maitland 1966 N1153-1154 Chichester Dam fireplace and shelter N1155-1156 Athel D'Ombrain, 1969 N1157-1158 100 tiny elephants carved from ivory inside a red seed smaller than a threepenny piece,

sent by Mr. Lal from India in lieu of payment of entrance fee for exhibits in the Maitland Salon, 1965

N1159-1160 Max Godwin with bullock team N1161-1164 Glenbawn Museum, official opening with Minister O'Keefe, 12.6.66 N1165 " " " press photographers from Newcastle N1166 " " " old buggy N1167 " " " Penny farthing bike N1168-1172 " " " some of the exhibits N1173 Glenbawn Dam spillway, June 12, 1966 N1174 Portrait of Mrs. Eleanor hinder for Maitland Girls' High School 1972 N1175-1187 Mr. Pryor of Maitland making moulds for casts of fibre glass lions being made for

Singleton Army Camp 1967

DALWOOD WINERY N1188-1189 Perc. McQuiggan picking grapes at Dalwood, 1966 N1190 Model standing on grapes N1191 Unloading grapes into crusher N1192-1194 Transferring wine into tanks

N1195 Gelignite Jack Murray's Ski girls at Shoal Bay, Feb 1961 N1196-1197 Medallion for Newcastle Centenary 1797-1897 N1198-1199 Charles McGinley and a fishing rod made out of walking stick

N1200-1202 Night time decorations for Prince of Wales visit 1920 (copies of old prints - original photos taken by Athel D'Ombrain)

N1204 Sir William Oliver at official opening of polo-crosse at Maitland August 5, 1962

N1205-1206 Sir William Oliver - presentation of trophies N1207 " " meeting the players N1208-1213 " " presentation of trophy N1214-1217 " " team: Bill Woods (Goulburn). Lyn O'Reilly (Wollongong), Noel

Mackay (Braidwood), and pony "Rita" receiving attention after a chukka N1218 "Old Tuff": Rev. D. Davies, chaplain, Sydney Church of England Grammar School -

footballer for Wales (photograph 1915)

OSTI CLOTHING FACTORY, KURRI N1219-1220 Osti clothing factory at Kurri - official opening by Minister Sir John Fuller N1221 " " " " official guests N1222-1223 " " " " A.V.C. Cameraman N1224-1225 " " " " Mr. & Mrs. Fuller talking to one of the

models N1226-1227 " " " " Mr. & Mrs. Fuller talking to the manager

N1228 Carved wood powder flasks for flintlock guns belonging to Mr. Osborne, Maitland N1229-1230 Presbyterian Church Rutherford - official opening, December 12, 1964 N1231 Prince Philip presenting Duke of Edinburgh award and meeting the people at Williamtown

October 1973 N1232 " " " " " with fencers at Williamtown 1973 N1233 " " " " " talking to school girls N1234 " " " " " talking to scouts N1235 " " " " " making presentation N1236-1238 Princess Alexander at Williamtown, Mar 1969 N1239 Public Works Department work being carried out at Hinton and Seaham - stoning the river

bank N1240 " " " " " pipe work N1241-1250 " " " " " weir N1251 Old and new Belmore Bridge, Maitland N1252 Old Belmore Bridge showing protection against weakened pile, 1964 N1253 Old fuel dump at Wickham N1254-1257 R.A.A.F. parachute jump from Hercules at Salt Ash range to test new strong parachutes

1960

PIG HUNTING IN PILLIGA SCRUB, BURREN JUNCTION, OCTOBER 1961 N1258 Captured piglet N1259 George [?] with pig N1260 " with suckers N1261 'Bringing home the bacon' N1262 River at Burren Junction N1263 " " " with kangaroos strung up N1264 Galahs shot and strung on fence 1961 N1265 Pig shot with an arrow and dogs sniffing

CINEMA POSTERS N1266 Old film posters in a shed at the rear of Ian Pender's (architect) office at Maitland 1974 N1267-1272 Mr. Colin Hanks (used to be proprietor of the East Maitland picture theatre) and Ian

Pender looking at the posters 1971 (colour slides of all posters at National Library of Australia, Canberra)

N1273 Pont's foundry Elgin Street, Maitland 1975 N1274 " " " hitching posts (copies of posts from High Street, Maitland) N1275 " " " replica of cast iron table N1276 " " " pouring metal into a mould N1277 Pont's Foundry Elgin Street, Maitland, 1975 - trimming a finished mould N1278 " " " trimming a finished mould N1279 " " " transferring metal to small containers N1280-1282 " " " pouring N1283-1284 " " " opening furnace N1285-1287 " " " pouring N1288-1289 " " " about to open furnace N1291 " " " transferring metal to small containers N1292-1293 " " " entrance

N1294-1296 Property at Summer Hill near Vacy, with shop's propellers at entrance gates N1297-1298 Painting of Queen by one of the Maitland goal prisoners - copies from a painting by

Angonini - painting held by the Governor of the goal, Mr. Dwyer, photograph 1961. N1299-1300 Statue of a horse at Rourkes Saddle Shop - (statue now in South Australia), photograph

1956 N1301 Old aeroplanes in Richmond hangar near Windsor at Richmond aerodrome, 1920

(valuable negative) N1302-1305 Formation flying at Maitland 1966 N1306 Maitland Rotary Club at Tocal college 1973 N1307 Tocal college 1973 N1308 Members of Maitland Athletics Club lined up to start a Rickshaw drive from the Mercury

corner to the Court House at the time of Maitland Centenary celebrations 1935. Trotting gigs were used for the rickshaws. The Mayor and aldermen were drivers. The next day girls were the drivers.

N1309 Finish of rickshaw race at Maitland showground with Athel D'Ombrain in second place N1310 The tallest lighted tree in Australia in the grounds of St. Johns church, Raymond Terrace,

1971 N1311 Photograph of a letter written by Athel D'Ombrain and sent from Australia to England

with Kingsford Smith with the first Australian Air Mail service 1931 - later autographed by 'Smithy' at Rutherford after the letter had been sent back from England

N1312-1313 Kingsford Smith's 'plane at Rutherford - plane broke its back when it hit a stump after giving joy flights, September 8, 1961

N1314-1316 South Maitland Railways men working on the boilers of engines 1961 N1317-1319 South Maitland Railways - fire N1320-1326 Mr. Sheehan opens new nurses quarters at Maitland Hospital, December 2, 1960 N1327-1328 School children meet the Governor, Sir Eric Woodward at Maitland, August 4, 1962 N1329 Harry Smith at Oak Butter Factory, June 1963 N1330 Mr. Scarr and Mr. Smith at Oak butter Factory, 1963 N1331 Athel D'Ombrain with plough and horses Kobe and Ginza working on Harold Robinson's

place Palotta, at Somersby near Mt. Penang N1332 Tent on Athel D'Ombrain's land at Somersby where he lived for eight years, 1923 (three

years in the tent) B10402 N1333 Tent at Athel's property, 'Hylacola' N1334 Loading summer grass at 'Hylacola' Woodlands

N1335 Copy of cover of catalogue of Maitland International Salon of Photography designed by David Adams, for Captain Cook Centenary 1970 of discovery of Australia

N1336-1338 Blacksmiths plate for putting on tyres and tools found on Bill Cummins' blacksmith shop site at Largs, 1973

N1339-1340 Special shutter release for taking nature photographs made by Athel D'Ombrain, 1960 N1341-1342 First intake of girl students at Tocal College 1967 N1343-1344 Scobie's tunnel, Oakhampton N1345-1348 Opening Seaham Bridge - O'Keefe, Milton Morris, Leon Punch and Mrs. Punch, April 14,

1973 N1349 Seaham punt - last run 26th March, 1971 N1350 " " punt driver N1351 " " children on punt N1352 Beginning of Seaham Bridge construction N1353-1355 St. Mary's on Allyn re-dedication with the Bishop of Newcastle, 1970 N1356 Opening of new bridge at St. Mary's on Allyn, August 21, 1970 N1357-1360 Salon print viewer designed by Athel, 1970 N1361-1362 Building the spire at Tocal College, September 1960 N1363-1365 Air vice Marshall, W.E. Townsend, Williamtown meeting General Powell on the

anniversary of Coral Sea Week - Townsend on left, May 1, 1961 N1366 General Powell meeting unidentified person N1367-1368 General Powell's plane N1369-1373 Don Taylor and Jim Hayes with Druin Turbulent (aeroplane), November 19, 1967, built by

Mr. Taylor N1374 Planes in flight

TULLOCHS WINERY, POKOLBIN

N1375-1376 General view, June 18, 1971

N1377 Sampling wine from cask N1378 Storage casks N1379 Sampling N1380 Plant N1381 Wooden casks N1382 Metal casks N1383 Mr. Scott from Wallalong taking a sample N1384 Pruning grape vines N1385 Processing the wine N1386 Casks in the cellar N1387 Bottling the wine N1388-1389 Wine store N1390 Bottling wine N1391 Miss Tilse, headmistress Maitland Girls' High School, photo 1973

N1392-1393 Ornaments made from pieces of twisted cedar roots found when clearing Lorn Park N1394 Piece of tree root mounted on a piece of fossilised stone "One armed javelin thrower" N1395 Root of bamboo found after flood, mounted on a piece of 100 year old cedar N1396 O.K. Young's building at intersection of Church and High Street, Maitland, July 11, 1971 N1397-1398 Wheels at entrance to property, July 7, 1969 N1399-1401 Irrigating the Wyndham Estate Dalwood Vineyard N1402-1404 Loading wooden 1000 gallon tanks at Wyndham Estate 1966 N1405 Stan Dunkley, Maitland Town Clerk retires. Milton Morris and Harry Skilton also in the

picture N1406 County Council men N1407 Mayor Skilton on right, Dr. McKerihan, and Alderman Fred Fahey on left N1408 Copy of deeds of Roman Catholic Diocese, July 2, 1966 N1409-1410 Ted Datsun's (known as Jet Datsun) first jet boat in Maitland 1965 N1411 Model, Lorraine, trampling grapes at Dalwood Vineyard N1412-1413 Bark picture by Ray Davey from Lorn, October 1974 N1414 Duke of Gloucester being met at Maitland by the Mayor of Maitland, Alderman

McDonald, and Mr. Alexander of Tocal N1415-1416 Explosives demonstration at Tocal, November 17, 1965 N1417 " " - George Beasey N1418-1420 " " N1421-1423 Shrine at Four Mile Creek, November 16, 1965 N1424-1425 Grave of Crofton Family on private property at Bloomfield, 1847 N1426-1435 Finchley Group of Aboriginal rock carvings near Wollombi, 1968 N1436 Janet Grossman - copy from Harold Casneau's photograph 1972 (original photograph,

April 1, 1929) N1437-1440 George Hobler - original owner of Aberglasslyn N1441-1442 Painting of Hobler's home in Tasmania N1443 Two old brass lamps originally from sailing ship "Helen B. Sterling". For some time they

were in the Newcastle and Port Stephens Game Fish Club built 1935. Since 1950 they have been in the possession of Athel D'Ombrain.

N1444 Hunter River dries up 1956 N1445-1446 Robin D'Ombrain in dinghy on Hunter River below Lorn 1956 N1447-1453 Helicopter carrying electric high tension wires on the Congewai range, for the Hunter

Valley Council, May 20, 1965 N1454 Maitland High School boy (Bill Harvey's son) throwing a discus, 1962 N1455 Members of Maitland Hospital Board 1974 N1456 President of Maitland Hospital Board 1974 N1457 "Belles of St. Mary's" [on Allyn] - photograph made into a Christmas card, November 23,

1969 N1458-1462 A calf with a hole in the heart, 1961 N1463 Kodak trophy for Maitland Photographic Salon won by M. Brillon at Luxemburgh in 1964 N1464 Old gas lamp found in the cellar of O'Hearn's shop in High Street, Maitland (now occupied

by Woolworths) N1465 Walter Lumby with Aboriginal handprints and paintings in a cave at the back of his

property at Cedar creek, Wollombi Road, 1965 N1466 Athel D'Ombrain interviewing Walter Lumby with a tape recorder 1965 N1467 Walter Lumby holding a piece of timber from turpentine logs from the original homestead N1468 Walter and son with Irwin Hunter from Maitland, outside cave

N1469-1470 Roadway below the cave N1471 Athel and Walter outside cave N1472 Inside cave N1473 Finchley group carvings 1965 N14780-1481 Walter Lumby and ABC reporter outside cave N1482-1485 Hand prints in cave N1486 Hand print with six fingers, in cave N1487 House at Cedar Creek, property of Bill Lumby N1488 Gravestone of Thomas Budd with two children buried alongside 1842 - half a mile from

Lumby's house N1489 Hands in cave - one with six fingers, one with broken finger N1490 Entrance to cave N1491-1494 Lostock Dam 1971 N1495-1496 " " being built 1970 N1497-1510 Lostock Dam 1971 N1511 'Langlands' (house) at Glenoak near Clarence Town 1969 N1512 Playing fields at Mt. Pleasant Street, near the Long Bridge, Maitland 1967 (common

market) N1513 Mr. Robert Menzies (Prime Minister) addressing a crowd at Maitland town Hall 1961 N1514-1516 Robert Menzies being met by the Mayor at Maitland Town Hall 1961 N1518 Alec McDonald and Mr. Menzies

MAITLAND SHOW 1968

N1519-1520 Kevin Bacon and jumping horse 'Gilligan'. N1521 Kevin Bacon and Mariner N1522 F. Hyem on 'Digit' N1523 Fiona Horn on 'Disco' N1524 F. Hyem on 'Quarter Stamp' N1525-1526 John Fahey on 'Statesman' N1527 " " on 'Penny Lane' hitting the jump N1528 Cobcroft on 'Depeche' N1529 Sam Campbell on 'Remember' N1530 'Depeche' (horse) N1531 Woodchop - axeman Manny McCarthy N1532-1533 Maitland City Coat of Arms (Cecily Mitchell, artist, June 1963)

N1534-1547 Lifesavers Mar-past in High Street, Maitland on the anniversary of Maitland flood. Feb 25, 1956 (has good photographs of Maitland buildings - many now demolished). The lifesavers participated in the rescue work at the Maitland flood 1955.

N1548-1566 New printing press in preparation at the Maitland Mercury office N1567 Maitland from the air - showground 1963 N1568 N1569 N1570 N1571-1572 New and old Belmore Bridge from the air N1573 Maitland Park and Robins Oval from the air N1574 Burlington mills N1575 N1576 N1577 N1578 N1579 N1580 N1581 N1582 Railway signal in a garden in a private house at Maitland 1972 N1583 Morpeth Railway Station sign and bell - now at the Morpeth Conference Centre 1972 N1584 Nurses Home at Maitland 1961 N1585 " " " rear view N1586 Ian Muddle (author) and Peg Bartlett at 'Stradbroke', Woodville N1587-1588 Two Olympic swimmers Margerethe Ruygrock(?) and Lyn Bell swimming at Maitland.

Lyn Bell in striped bathing suit N1589-1590 Old match-boxes: Marbel's waterproof match box taken from a dead German soldier in

Flanders in the first world war. A type of matchbox made in America, completely

waterproof. Match box at top of photograph - Phoenix Match Company. Helmet brand 'Antwerp'. Flint and steel used in days before matches, bought at Cappers General Store 1888-1975.

N1591-1592 Lion statues at Singleton 'Mar-out' 1967. (lions made at Pryors) N1593-1594 Thirty seventh Battalion taking the salute at Singleton 1967 N1595-1603 Opening of lookout at Yacaaba, North Head, Port Stephens, November 6, 1959 N1604 Athel D'Ombrain and two polygonal giant Basalt boulders, taken to the Les Darcy

memorial wattle grove at Stradbroke, Woodville, from John Vogle's property Redhill. N1608 Views from the Allyn Valley - mysterious 50ft. wide circle devoid of any grass (like a

cattle track) circle about 3ft. wide, just above the village of Eccleston in the Allyn Valley (UFO?)

B10403 N1609 " " " " " " " " " N1610-1621 Special trains passing through Maitland on a Railway Historical Society annual outing

(photos by Robin D'Ombrain) N1622 Trees - McDonald's property at Seaham N1623 Oliver Sims on a twisted trunk of Angophora down near Walarah Creek Bridge just off

Highway South of Swansea N1624 Gall on base of tree N1625-1627 Trees N1628 Angophora at Shaol Bay N1629 Grass tree stems at Stephens Peak headland at Shoal Bay N1630-1632 Trees

MAITLAND FLOOD 1955 N1633 Athel D'Ombrain "toasting the mud" - Athel leaning out of window drinking from a cup -

flood debris below N1634 Belmore bridge with floodwater and debris N1635 Water pouring through Belmore Bridge N1636 Ekerts from Cappers at Bolwarra N1637 Robin D'Ombrain below Ekerts' after flood had gone down showing where farms had been

washed away N1638 Helicopter bringing in bread supplies to Bolwarra N1639 Vickerey's house N1640 Long Bridge N1641 Plane over Bolwarra N1642 Maitland - view from under Long Bridge N1643 House near Long Bridge N1644 Sand bagging on the river bank N1645 Ekerts' break where flood went through N1646 Robin D'Ombrain on Bolwarra Road N1647 Flood damage in front of Athel's house at Lorn - bulldozer cleaning up N1648 Cleaning up in front of Athel's house, Nillo Street, Lorn N1649 Tree in Mt. Pleasant Street, where one old lady spent the night N1650 Photo taken from under Long Bridge with St. Mary's in background - looking across flood

farms N1651 House in Nillo Street, Lorn - cleaning up N1652 Cliff's house next door to Athel D'Ombrain's house in Nillo Street, Lorn - cleaning up N1653 Mt. Pleasant Street N1654 Ekerts' farm showing erosion after flood N1655 Ekerts' farm turned into a lake by the flood N1656 One of the few houses left in Mt. Pleasant Street N1657 Scobie's tunnel at Oakhampton N1658 Maitland Railway Station N1659-1660 Tree in Mt. Pleasant Street and surroundings N1661 Small bulldozer cleaning up N1662 House on East Maitland Road, with flood debris N1663 Athel trees in Nillo Street, planted by Athel D'Ombrain (Athel trees were brought in from

Arabia by Essington Lewis and planted extensively in Whyalla - the Maitland trees were grown from cuttings)

N1664 Robin D'Ombrain looking over flood damage N1665 St. Andrew's Street, Court House in background N1666 Cars and bus partly under water in back of County Council yard

N1667 Bottom of Elgin Street, near railway station N1668 Debris in Nillo Street N1669-1671 Belmore Bridge taken from Lorn side N1672 Piled up cars N1672a Half-buried car N1672b Salvage work by mechanical navvy N1673 Esma D'Ombrain at front gate of house in Nillo Street N1674 Debris N1675 Dragline tipping a load of debris on to a truck N1676 Partly buried tree at Bolwarra N1677 Flood at Maitland N1678-1679 Photo taken from train from East Maitland to West Maitland, when trains were still

running N1680 Flood near Maitland baths N1681 First break in the bank at Maitland - taken from the ceiling of Mrs. Sorrenson's house at

Nillo Street, Lorn N1682 Elgin Street N1683 Rescue workers in front of Belmore Hotel after rescuing a woman from across the road N1684-1685 Train at Maitland Station N1686 Complete devastation of Mt. Pleasant Street. Now (1981) occupied by cricket pitches N1687 Rescue of Vickereys by helicopter N1688 Car on Maitland Road, near Wallis Creek covered in water hyacinths N1689 Vickerey's house and erosion N1690 Long Bridge where John Mitchell and party were sucked under - rescued about two miles

down river N1691 Close up of tree where an old lady spent the night N1692 Athel and Esma D'Ombrain walking home carrying possessions after spending a week

with friends at Bolwarra N1693 View through back window of Mitchell's house N1694 Robin D'Ombrain climbing up from debris on Bolwarra Road N1695 Break in river bank where flood came through N1696 Athel and Esma D'Ombrain arriving home with birds in cages N1697 Mt. Pleasant Street and tree N1698 Complete width of river roaring across Ekert's farm - half a mile wide N1699 General flood conditions near courthouse N1700 Cleaning up - St. Mary's Anglican Church in the background N1701 Helicopter landing with bread

GENERAL NEGATIVES

N1702 Tea Gardens with drogher from Myall in foreground 1955 N1703-1704 H.M.S. Newcastle in Newcastle Harbour (n.d.) N1705 Thunderbolt's rock (without graffiti) (n.d.) N1706-1709 Tipping slag out at Mayfield - across from the abattoirs

PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGH ARCHWAYS AT NEWCASTLE N1710 Newcastle Post Office N1711 Newcastle Hospital - new building in Pacific Street

N1712 Looking out from Laman Street Bridge - contrast of architectural styles in old chimney and City Hall tower

N1713 St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Laman Street, looking through construction sites N1714 Hunter River Co's shed with suspended hook frames, with main railway line on left N1715 Customs House behind electricity poles N1716 Wharf - facing north with dredge passing by N1717 Wharf with 'Hunter' (boat) behind it and pallets for loading N1718 St. Philips Presbyterian Church from lane off Pacific Street N1719 Contrasting effects - A.B.C. building and old weather-worn house, beyond is St. Philips in

Watt Street with amplifiers projecting from belfry. To the left is Royal Newcastle Hospital new wing.

N1720 Westminster Hotel N1721 Empty beer barrels on wharf awaiting loading

GENERAL NEGATIVES

N1722 Notice 'Close Gate' with bullet holes at Rifle Range, Maitland N1723 Les Darcy with draught horses (copy of a print from Cameron studios)

N1724-1725 Documents with students' names found in the ceiling at Hawkesbury Agricultural College during 'initiation' ceremonies at the College in 1921. The document had been placed in the ceiling in 1907. It was caught by Athel D'Ombrain on a homemade spear that was poked into a crack in the ceiling

N1726 A photo of aborigine Jimmy Courtwine, last of the Wando tribe, Casterton, Victoria, 1900. Photo by Dr. E. A. D'Ombrain.

N1727 'Shooting the Sun' on H.M.S. Geelong - Captain Ilberry who later disappeared off Capetown without a trace on the ship Waratah. (photo taken when Athel and family were going to England, ca. 1907)

N1728 Photo of log cabin lock up at Casterton, Victoria, 1907. Photo taken by Dr. E. A. D'Ombrain

N1729 Athel D'Ombrain and Wilfred McClung (newspaper reporter at Maitland and Newcastle) taking it easy on a hike (ca. early 1940's)

N1730 Silhouette photograph of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur D'Ombrain playing cards at Maitland with Bob Pittar looking on, in 1930's

N1731 Negative of 'Eye Chart' of Port Stephens from a copy of the Salamander Chart in the Thomas Watling drawings in the British Museum, 1791 (chart is inaccurate according to Athel D'Ombrain)

N1732 Tombstone of William Bolt and his wife, one of the early pioneers of Maitland in Oakhampton Cemetery

N1733 Polygonal granite at Red Hill, Mr. J. Vogle's property above Paterson, 1953 N1734 Robin D'Ombrain holding a piece of petrified wood, 1954 N1735 Polygonal granite 1954 N1736 Mr. Vogle at work with a motor saw 1954

MAITLAND ARCHERY CLUB

N1737 David Rutherford with a bow and arrow, Maitland Archery Club, ca. 1944 N1738 Members of archery clubs with bows and arrows N1739 Athel D'Ombrain, Dick Rutherford and another member firing arrows N1740-1742 Targets made of rye straw (the archery club used to make bows and arrows) N1743 Three arrows in flight N1744 Stalking simulated deer targets N1745 Dick and David Rutherford clout shooting (archery)

FISHING N1746 Glass float from Japanese long line N1747 Alf Mitchell and crew holding some of long line N1748-1750 Some of the rope used on long line N1751 Dropper with trace and hook N1752 Heap of long line and floats, 1940's N1753-1754 Alf Mitchell with lobsters

CHURCHES N1755-1758 Methodist Church, High Street Maitland, 1940's

ANIMALS SHAPED FROM BONES FROM A SNAPPER'S HEAD N1759 Bones out of a snapper's head N1760 Bird from snapper's head N1761 Camel from snapper's head N1762 Penguin on the ice N1763 Stingray N1764 Hammer Head Shark N1765 Seahorse N1766 Camel N1767 Pelican with beak open N1768 Butterfly N1769-1771 Gulls at Mayfield rubbish dump near abattoirs

N1772-1775 Sergeant Kelly and Constable Gulliver after capturing escaped prisoner Simonds at Kurri, April 15, 1959

N1776 Reinforcement of river bank at Maitland

N1777 River at Maitland N1778-1780 High Commissioner for Canada visiting Maitland with Mayor, Aldermen, and Mrs. Harry

Skilton

EXAMPLES OF WOOD CARVING BY MR. E. HEPWORTH OF EAST MAITLAND. NOW AGED 74 HE IS STILL AN EXPERT WITH HIS WORK AS IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS. HE HAS BEEN CARVING FOR OVER 54 YEARS AND HAS DONE A GREAT DEAL OF WORK FOR CHURCHES, HAVING EXAMPLES OF HIS WORK IN 18 CHURCHES FROM NEWCASTLE TO MERRIWA IN NEW SOUTH WALES N1781 Clock which took Mr. Hepworth 160 hours to complete and depicts a hawk, pheasants, and

chicks, and leaf and floral surroundings. The cedar log from which this was carved was 110 years old and was made from a tree to which convicts in the Maitland area were tied for flogging. The dimensions are 24x15.5 inches and 3 inches in thickness

N1782 Figure of a boy carved in one piece from a 22 inch log, (part of the same flogging tree used in the clock carving). This carving is 3'6" high and was carved in 1936

N1783 'The Call' a 1918 work has a wartime theme. It represents Florence Nightingale and a volunteer nurse, is carved in white beech and measures 20"x13"

N1784 The framed portrait of the Queen was inspired by the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. 18"x12", it is carved from walnut and beech

N1785 'The Last Supper' is modelled from a carving in Liverpool Cathedral, and is now the communion table in the New Methodist church in High Street, Maitland - carved from red moranti, it is 3'6" long and 22" high

N1786 The replica of a Marlin is one of Mr. Hepworth's latest efforts. It was carved from white beech, especially for Athel D'Ombrain, as a trophy for competition among members of the Sydney Game Fishing Club

AGRICULTURAL PHOTOGRAPHS FOR A BOOK, JANUARY 1960 (written by Morris Wann)

N1787 Cattle on Paterson River N1788 Citrus grove Paterson N1789 Paterson area N1790-1791 John Priestley spraying oranges at 'Talimby', Paterson N1792 Property at Paterson N1793-1794 Cabbages at Glenarvon N1795 Cattle at 'Talimby' N1796 Cattle at Reynolds place Duninald, Paterson N1798-1799 Milking time at 'Duniland' N1800 Loading potatoes, Glenarvon Road N1801-1802 Wyndham Estate Vineyard, Dalwood N1803 Vineyard, Pokolbin N1804 Ploughing N1805-1806 The Union markets at Maitland N1806-1807 Orange trees' Talimby' N1808-1809 Milk factory and delivery trucks at Paterson

GAME FISHING N1810 Mrs. Alley Duncan playing a large whaler shark on 'antiquated' gear from the launch

'Kontiki', 1957 N1811 Athel D'Ombrain and son Robin with 669lb Mako shark on the wharf, at Shoal Bay,

December 29, 1965 (shark was club record) N1812 Nick Carter, Athel D'Ombrain and others on wharf N1813 Nick Carter, official weight recorder, shaking hands with Athel D'Ombrain after he had

caught a club record shark (same shark as 1811) N1814 Two hundred and fifty pound black whaler shark caught by Alley Duncan N1815 Athel and Ron Duncan with world record white shark caught on 24 thread from Ted

Mosser's boat 'Toomarie' off Port Stephens, shark weighed 444lbs N1816 " " " " " " shark tied on to stern of boat N1817 Basil Davidson with small tuna N1818 Jack Edwards waiting for a bite on 'Toomaree' N1819 Boat set up for fishing N1820 Black Marlin on Jack Jensen's boat 'Viking' N1821 Jack Davey (radio commentator) with 500lb whaler shark at Halifax Park

N1822 Ted Moss pulling in a shark with a remora attached N1823 Jack Jenson's boat (copy of a photograph) N1824 The first catch of Newcastle and Port Stephens Game Fishing club 1935 (copy of original

taken by Athel). From left to right: Athel D'Ombrain, Newman Silverthorne, Sil Rohu. The first catches at Shoal Bay were two grey nurse sharks and a wobby-gong

N1825 Official opening of the club house at Shoal Bay (now Shoal Bay Country Club) with Mr. Chaffey, Chief Secretary

N1826 Marlin beak N1827 Flight Lieutenant Stan Judd with first small marlin in 50lbs or under category (50lbs

exactly) N1828 Athel D'Ombrain with a special waistcoat harness that he made N1829 'Kontiki' montage - catches from Kontiki and other sea photographs N1830 Copy of photographs of 'Big Ben' - big marlin washed up on the beach at Boyd Town,

New South Wales N1831 Jack Edwards having a hard fight with a big shark N1832 Jack Edwards and Athel D'Ombrain congratulate each other on the capture of a marlin at

Port Stephens in 1964 N1833 'Rusty' (dog) and Miss Mitchell on her father's boat 'Girl Pat' watching a school of

dolphins N1834 First double-header (two marlin caught at the same time, by Athel and Newman

Silverthorn under the wharf at Shoal Bay) N1835-1836 Sharks tied on to front of cars, being taken to ice works, prior to being sent to Australian

Museum N1837 Ron Duncan and Athel holding D'Ombrain marlin on stern of 'Toomaree' N1838 Dr. Keith Watkins holding dorsal fin of 160lb D'Ombrain marlin to show spots on the fin N1839 Jack Edwards and Robin D'Ombrain on 'Kontiki' watching a flock of shearwaters (mutton

birds) 1952 N1840 Flock of fluttering shearwaters (Puffinus Gavia), a New Zealand bird N1841 King Hardwick's boat 'Atlanta' at Shoal Bay N1842 King Hardwick's special level winding geared game fishing reel N1843 'Kontiki' on Williams River having new cabin built and alterations to the cockpit N1844 'Kontiki' before alterations N1845-1847 'Kontiki' on the beach at Shoal Bay before alterations N1848 'Kontiki' at Shoal Bay complete with new cabin and outriggers N1849 'Kontiki' before trip to Lord Howe Island N1850-1852 500lb hammer-head shark with some of the 40 young born on the deck after the shark was

caught N1853 Watching trawl ropes go out on 'Girl Pat' N1854 Gaff made by Walter Pont out of stainless steel for Athel D'Ombrain N1855 Jack Edwards with 30lb Kingfish N1856 20lb snapper caught by Ron Duncan off East Head, Broughton Island N1857 20lb snapper caught on R.A.A.F. crash boat on Moon Island, Swansea N1858 Leaping D'Ombrain marlin caught by Dr. Watkins off Little Island, Port Stephens N1859 Two 500lb black whalers caught by Athel D'Ombrain at Port Stephens N1860 Dr. Keith Watkins fighting a big shark at Port Stephens N1861 Ron Duncan in a heavy storm off Broughton Island N1862 Sydney game fishing launch 'Midnight Sun' off Little Beach, Port Stephens N1863 Mr. & Mrs. Ron Duncan with two yellow tail kingfish caught by Mrs. Duncan off Little

Island. One of the fish was a women's world record catch N1864 Sail fish caught on a hand line at Seal Rocks by Mr. Campbell who was a professional

fisherman in the 1930's N1865 Ten dolphin fish caught by Robin D'Ombrain N1866 Alley Duncan and Fred Tull with marlin flag N1867 Athel D'Ombrain with club record catch, 79lb. kingfish on 15 thread caught off East Head,

Broughton Island N1868 Athel and Jack Edwards looking at 250lb. black marlin and 236lb striped marlin on the

wharf after weighing. Fish were caught five miles off Nobby's by the boat 'Boomerang' N1869 Alley Duncan playing a kingfish N1870 Esme D'Ombrain playing a marlin off Port Stephens N1871 Ron Duncan looking at a 78 or 79lb ,marlin N1872 Robin D'Ombrain and friend with a fish caught at Karuah N1873 Dolphin leaping at Port Stephens

N1874 Fred Tull playing a 30lb kingfish N1875 Robin playing a fish N1876 Shark N1877 Ted Bland preparing fishing gear N1878 Weighing in marlin and sharks at weighing station Shoal Bay N1879 Horrie (sailor) Hopkins and Rex Asher with 62lb jewfish which they landed together at

Stockton Beach, using 10lb. breaking strain gut line and beach rod. It took two hours to land the fish (ca. 1930's)

N1880 Kingfish set up for shark bait N1881 Kodak cup for fishing won by Athel D'Ombrain N1882 Arthur 'China' Williams with marlin (10 thread record) N1883 150lb. black marlin caught off Little Island, Port Stephens - the line was half-hitched

around the beak and the hook was not embedded in the flesh, (caught by Athel D'Ombrain) N1884 View through cabin looking towards island off Port Stephens N1885 Marlin surfacing before being landed N1886 500lb black whaler shark being weighed after being caught by Athel D'Ombrain at

Nelson's Bay. This was the last to be caught after war had been declared. N1887 Ron Duncan watches Jack Edwards fighting a black marlin off Broughton Island N1888 Geoff Wickner weighing in Athel D'Ombrain's 150lb. black marlin at Halifax

Park B10404 N1889 Keith Windwood and Athel D'Ombrain on Broughton Island N1890 Marlin leaping out of the water

N1891 Fishermen pulling nets in on beach at Broughton Island west of Esmeralda Cove N1892 One of the first wharves at Shoal Bay N1893 Headland at the entrance to Port Stephens showing geological formation (Yacaaba) N1894 Nobby's N1895 Athel D'Ombrain with 32lb. kingfish

N1896 150lb black marlin N1897 Geological formation showing gap in Yacaaba (North Head) N1898 Cloud over Yacaaba

N1899 Toomeree South Head, before the mental hospital was built - Zenith Beach on the right - radar station on top of Tomaree

N1900 North Head, Port Stephens N1901 Mrs. Alley Duncan and her 100th marlin being weighed at Shoal Bay. Nick Carter, official

weighmaster (left) Ron Duncan in hat, and Athel D'Ombrain on right N1902 Alley Duncan with marlin trophies N1903 Dolly Dyer playing a striped Bonito on light gear N1904 Dolly Dyer and Charlie Chambers holding striped Bonito N1905 Game fishing fleet with Toomeree in the background N1906 Dr. Watkins with a pair of Teraglin off North Reed, Stockton Bight N1907 Fred Toll's marlin made of iron over the gate to his house at Shoal Bay N1908 Catching fish through holes in the wharf, Newcastle Harbour N1909 Hammerhead shark being towed behind a boat N1910 'The Happy Fisherman', Fred Tull with cigar and glass of beer on 'Kontiki' N1911 Passenger ship going out of Sydney Harbour and King Hardwicks launch 'Atlanta' N1912 Jaws of a mako shark caught off Port Stephens N1913 Nick Carter and John Pickles with 762lb shark at Shoal Bay weighting station N1914 Robin D'Ombrain with dolphin fish N1915 Crowd on wharf watching the fish coming in during the 1966 game fishing competition at

Shoal Bay N1916 John Pickles playing a fish N1917 Jack Davey's boat N1918 Basil Davidson, Bob Dyer playing ukulele and Claire Baile entertaining a lady visitor at

Shoal Bay Game Fishing Centre, 1966 N1919 Hammerhead shark N1920 Marlin being weighed N1921 Game fishing boats at weighing station N1922 Athel D'Ombrain and Bob dyer with 1164lb World Record tiger shark N1923 Bob Dyer with tiger shark N1924 Athel D'Ombrain 220 miles off Swain Reef near Gladstone at sunset on Museum ship

'Coongoola' N1925 Athel D'Ombrain, trophies and a 165lb marlin head

N1926 Athel D'Ombrain, Ton Duncan with a small mako shark N1927 Dr. Kelvin Croese with a 250lb black marlin N1928 Athel D'Ombrain with Dr. Dom. Serventy on muttonbird survey on Fisher Island off

Tasmania (1922-1923?) N1929 Ron Duncan holding Alley Duncan's Kingfish N1930 Southam outrigger clip N1931 Game fish, hook, trace and swivel N1932-1933 Dr. Watkins explosive signal device built onto 'Southern clip' to warn fishermen of strikes

(photos by Robin D'Ombrain) N1934-1935 Aluminium box made by Athel for holding game fishing hooks, inside a special box N1936 Heavy duty reel box made from marine ply, by George Frost containing two pen reels,

capitol reel, Pfluger reel, Errol Bullen reel N1937 Coming in to Bermagui taken from Colonel Bruce Steer's boat 'Boy David' N1938 'Kontiki' pulled up at Shoal Bay for anti-fouling 1955 (Athel D'Ombrain part owner) N1939 King Hardwick fishing with reel under rod N1940 Robin D'Ombrain on front of Kontiki N1941 Athel D'Ombrain watching the stars, up a tree at Shoal Bay N1942 Bait eaten by blue toad fish N1943 Bob Newbiggen with a large remora caught on a handline at Stockton Bight from Dr.

Watkins boat N1944-1946 Max Lawson's game fishing boat 'Murrawolga' N1947-1948 Erecting a weighing station at Halifax Park N1949 Colonel Bruce Steer on stern of 'Boy David', showing cockpit N1950 Boats at Bermagui N1951 Newman Silverthorn and Athel D'Ombrain on R.A.A.F. crash boat at Rathmines, 1951 N1952 Crew of crash boat, 1951 N1953 Crash boat crew member with two fish caught on one hook N1954 Newman Silverthorn holding up two baits eaten by blue toad fish N1955 Trolling for bait off Cabbage Tree Island N1956 Alley Duncan sitting on a whaler shark at Shoal Bay N1957 Robin D'Ombrain with a dolphin fish that he caught N1958 Portable scale box designed by Athel D'Ombrain for Game Fish Club, Newcastle-Port

Stephens N1959 Fred Tull with marlin weather vane N1960 Scales N1961 Henry Finlayson in Bob Connigan's boat 'Surfmaster' of Sydney Heads N1962 Rigging gear in cockpit of 'Surfmaster' N1963 Ron Duncan and homemade harpoon N1964 Ron Duncan at the steering wheel of 'Kontiki' when it was a half-cabin boat N1965 Port Stephens head from Shoal Bay N1966 Weighing station at Shoal Bay with the old weighing station in the background N1967 Bob Dyer's 'Tenessee II' taken from Bill Southam's boat 'Wyoming' forty miles out from

Sydney Heads N1968 Jaws from a 669lb mako shark N1969 'Kontiki' coming into the wharf at Shoal Bay N1970 Weighing a mako shark N1971 Bob Dyer fighting a mako shark N1972 Nick Carter, Robin D'Ombrain and Alan Raisbeck and 367lb mako shark caught by Athel

D'Ombrain N1973 'Kontiki', after the cabin has been added

DIFFERENT WAYS TO RIG A BAIT

N1974 Shark rig N1975-1976 Marlin rig N1977 Shark rig with hook embedded in the stomach of the bait N1978 Marlin rig with hook in tail

N1979 Air Vice marshal Bill Townsend and Athel D'Ombrain with a marlin caught by Bill Townsend

N1980 Two marlin swimming on the surface N1981 Four types of game rods and reels N1982 Bob Dyer's 'Tenessee II' N1983 Robin D'Ombrain and 380lb. mako shark

N1984 Shark being brought in N1985 Kelvin Croese with a snapper N1986 Newman Silverthorn with a tuna N1987 Athel D'Ombrain with a jewfish

FISHER ISLAND TASMANIA - ATHEL D'OMBRAIN WORKING WITH DOM. SERVENTY TO CARRY OUT MUTTONBIRD SURVEYS

N1988 Athel at one of the burrows N1989 Dom. Serventy and assistant holding a bird to compare the size of the egg to the bird's

body - the egg is about one-third of the size of the bird's body N1990 Athel D'Ombrain holding a bird N1991 Dr. Dom. Serventy with an egg N1992 Dom. Serventy silhouetted counting birds coming in N1993 Working party with hut in background on Fisher Island N1994 Fisher Island with hut in foreground N1995 Serventy and assistant sexing a muttonbird N1996 Serventy and assistant dressed to keep out the cold N1997 Getting supplies at the local store at Lady Baron Island N1998 Aerial view - Furneaux group of Islands N1999 Dr. Serventy and party taking movies N2000 Muttonbird egg outside burrow N2001 Group visiting Big Dog Island N2002 Boat crew going to Island N2003 Boat going to Big Dog Island

GAME FISHING

N2004 Athel D'Ombrain and F.V. Hilliard with a marlin on Shoal Bay Beach N2005 Mrs. Alley Duncan fighting a shark with light gear N2006 Mrs. Duncan's shark N2007 Robin D'Ombrain with a fish he caught, 1950 N2008 Jaw of a tiger shark

N2009 'Double Header', two marlin hooked at the same time by Newman Silverthorne and Athel D'Ombrain

N2010 Ron Duncan and Newman Silverthorne looking at two marlin N2011-2016 Different methods of rigging bait for marlin N2017 Southam clip with line in position N2018 Southam clip with line falling away N2019 Rod in position in rod holder on the stern of the boat N2020 Outrigger pole and boat with outriggers in position

N2021 Charlie Chambers landing a small hammerhead - game fish chair made by William Southam for Bob Dyer on 'Tenessee II'

N2022 Robin D'Ombrain fighting a big kingfish off East Broughton Island from the launch Toomeree, Toomeree Head

N2023 Dr. K. Croese with two snapper N2024 Ron Duncan watching for marlin with binoculars N2025 Dr. Keith Watkins fighting a shark N2026 Athel D'Ombrain playing a marlin N2027 Jack Edwards fighting a shark N2028 Athel D'Ombrain slumbering - waiting for action N2029 Bill Townsend playing his first marlin N2030 Robin D'Ombrain on 'Kontiki' N2031 Robin D'Ombrain's first fish at Elanora, Bateau Bay, NSW N2032 Bill Southam wearing a leather shoulder harness made by Bill Southam (ca. 1950) N2033 Crowd fishing for mullet at Belmore Bridge, Hunter River N2034 Two fishermen and a boy with mullet near Belmore Bridge N2035 Robin D'Ombrain and others fishing for mullet near Belmore Bridge N2036 Robin with catch

D'OMBRAIN FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS N2037 Athel's father Dr. E. A. D'Ombrain, senior eye surgeon, Sydney Eye Hospital, with Athel

and Robin D'Ombrain N2038 Esma, Athel and Robin D'Ombrain

N2039 Robin and dog Gidgee N2040 Robin asleep with black doll N2041-2042 Marlin jumping N2043 Eggs laid by black palm cockatoo in captivity N2044 Southerly cloud roll coming up over Athel's house at Lorn, Maitland N2045 Robin D'Ombrain and sparrow hawk N2046 Unusual stone formation at Elanora N2047 Stuffed Lyre bird collected at Richmond Main. Acquired by Dr. D'Ombrain (Athel's

father) from the Honourable John Nash, M.L.C., and kept in Dr. D'Ombrain's rooms at Macquarie Street, Sydney

CABBAGE TREE ISLAND

N2048 Port Stephens Heads from Cabbage Tree Island N2049 Athel D'Ombrain (left) and Albert Gwynne having lunch on landing site N2050 View of Cabbage Tree Island looking towards South Gully at the landing strip N2051 Jack Jensen, skipper of 'Viking' holding fairy penguin (ca. 1936) N2052 View under palm trees showing typical dried palm frond coverage N2053 Typical loose boulders of which the Island is composed (Cabbage Tree Island

is the No. 1 fauna reserve in Australia) (Athel D'Ombrain was responsible for having it made into a reserve)

N2054 Robin D'Ombrain sitting in limbs of coastal myall, 1961 N2055-2056 Gould petrel nesting amid stones

N2057 Tent pitched with Union Jack flying (there is no flat spot on the Island for pitching a tent) N2058 Gould petrel on nest N2059 Dead limb of coastal myall with Port Stephens Heads in background N2060 Gould petrel nesting N2061 Bird nesting under stones N2062 Young Gould petrel covered in sticky Pissonia seeds N2063 Gould petrel nesting in the open (very unusual behaviour) N2064 Typical nesting area showing a marked nest N2065 Pat Bourke photographing bird after stones have been removed from over nest N2066-2067 Adult bird badly gummed with Pissonia seeds N2068 Young Gould petrel about 6 weeks old in down stage N2069 Petrel protesting with beak open N2070 Young muttonbird shearwater N2071 Cabbage Tree Island - South Gully N2072 Athel D'Ombrain holding a young petrel N2073 Petrel's egg in an opened up hollow cabbage tree palm N2074-2075 Looking south-east from top of Cabbage Tree Island with Big Island in background N2076 Cathedral Rock looking northeast from Cabbage Tree Island N2077 Athel D'Ombrain flat on his back after a hard day's work N2078 Party landing equipment on the Island N2079-2080 Fungi growing on the Island N2081 Alan Bennett holding a young Gould petrel in front of plaque erected on shore near

landing strip. Plaque bearing the inscription 'John Gould Fauna Reserve' was erected by NSW Gould League of Bird Lovers, December 10, 1964. This is the only known nesting site of the Gould petrel.

N2082 Bird being put back into nest

DAVID PURCHASE AND WARREN HITCHCOCK (CSIRO) VISIT THE ISLAND 1967 N2083 David Purchase N2084 Warren Hitchcock N2085 David Purchase examining cunji on rocks at low tide N2086 Close up of cunji

N2087 David Purchase on rocks beside the sign on the Island. Dinghy on landing strip N2088 Blue groper caught by Athel, 1967 N2089 Middle of Cabbage Tree Island. Big stoney outcrop with trees around it. N2090 Twelve feet wide bird nest fern at the top of North Gully N2091 Keith Davey alongside small-leaf stinging tree N2092 The heads from cabbage tree N2093 A Nephila spider common to the island N2094 Keith Davey coming on to a rocky area from the undergrowth

N2095 Looking towards Port Stephens Heads from the entrance to South Gully N2096 Keith Davey looking towards Yacaba, North Head N2097 Mr. Morris examining prickly pear and part of Cathedral Rock where Peregrin falcons

next N2098 Gould petrel called 'Princess' used in a movie 1969 N2099 CSIRO Officer setting up gear to take tape recording of birds calling at night N2100 Recording birds calling at night N2101-2102 Camp with petrel on bed N2103-2104 Two CSIRO officers banding petrels at night N2105 Camp with canvas draped over trees N2106 Petrel making its way towards nest over palm fronds N2107 Athel D'Ombrain with birds nest fern N2108 Cathedral Rock N2109 Pat Bourke and Athel D'Ombrain having lunch near landing strip N2110 Athel holding a piece of driftwood, which looks like a marlin's head N2111 Petrel leaving the Island (an unusual photograph because they usually leave at night) N2112 John McKean from CSIRO having lunch N2113 Three tired CSIRO scientists in their sleeping bags N2114 Very rough camping area on Cabbage Tree Island N2115 Having breakfast in camp N2116 Petrel being banded by one of CSIRO men N2117 Athel D'Ombrain uncovering a nest prior to banding the occupant - a wedge-tailed

shearwater N2118 Athel D'Ombrain banding a shearwater N2119-2122 Allan Bennett and Pat Bourke erecting John Gould Reserve plaque on Cabbage Tree

Island N2123 Allan Bennett and Pat Bourke cooking steak on a hot plate over a crack in the rock N2124 Angry penguins which did not like being disturbed N2125 Two petrel killed by ravens and partly eaten N2126 Northwest end of Cabbage Tree Island with a person in the foreground N2127 Keith Hindwood and Bill Dowling under a tent N2128 Two people lying amidst gear waiting to be taken off the Island N2130 Nephila male and female spiders N2131 Athel D'Ombrain putting a flag on a flagpole on the highest spot on the Island, 1961 N2132 Robin D'Ombrain holding a Gould petrel badly gummed up with Pissonia seeds N2133 Cathedral rock N2134 Unusual petrels nest in an open fissure in the rock at 'Athel's lookout', South Gully,

Cabbage Tree Island N2135 Allan Bennett astride a fissure in the rock taking a photograph of a nest N2136 Petrel and two shearwater eggs - photograph taken to show the size of the shearwaters'

eggs N2137 Boat returning to take scientists back after a day on the Island

BROUGHTON ISLAND N2138 Allan Bennett and Pat Bourke on Broughton Island with East Head in background N2139 Pat Bourke being warned by a goat N2140 'Stick-em-up', Pat Bourke and a goat N2141 Allan Bennett with goat 'Danger lurking behind' N2142 East Head Broughton Island (now a fauna reserve) N2143 Athel D'Ombrain a6t the top of Broughton Island with Bolex movie equipment, 1965 N2144-2147 Buller's shearwater, first recorded nesting on cabbage Tree Island by Athel and Albert

Gwynne, 1960 (bird photographed in an aviary at Athel D'Ombrain's home at Maitland)

AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM EXCURSION TO SWAIN REEFS ON THE 'COONGOOLA', OCTOBER 1962 N2148 'Coongoola' N2149 " engine room N2150 " spare motor N2151 " engine room N2152 " being pulled up on slips at Ballina N2153 " on slips N2154-2155 " bow section N2156 " propeller section

N2157 " damaged propellers N2158 " refitting new propeller B10405 N2159 " on the slips N2160 " dog watching proceedings N2161 " passing Lady Elliott Island and lighthouse N2162 " passing Break-sea spit light N2163 " returning from Lady Elliott Island N2164 " going ashore at Lady Elliott Island N2165 " compass in wheelhouse N2166 " radar in wheelhouse N2167 " Don McMichael at wheel N2168 " Athel D'Ombrain (cook) at wheel N2169 " crew member watching radar N2170 " Roy Marshall (prospective new owner) watching sunset N2171-2172 " under sail N2173-2174 " coral and marine specimens on deck N2175 " examining day' collection N2176 Whitley's clams N2177 Pulling the boat on board after leaving one of the Cays N2178 Going ashore at Heron Island N2179 Heron Island party returning N2180 Boat returning from an outing N2181-2182 Dinner time N2183 Thomas at the stove N2184-2185 Five hundred pound tiger shark being pulled on board N2186 Shark dissected by Gilbert Whitby N2187 Gillette Cay with ganets N2188 Launch 'Capri' pays a visit N2189 Brown ganets

TRAWLING WITH JIMMY HILL'S BOAT 'DUNCAN' (ca. 1940's) N2190 Emptying the net N2191 Some of the catch - mostly flathead N2192 Sorting out the rubbish N2193 Net full of fish N2194 Scooping up the haul with spade N2195 Two baskets of good fish N2196 Just after emptying the net N2197 Lifting the bag (net) out of the water N2198 Catch spread out on deck N2199 John Dory and saw-shark

N2200 Fisherman holding John Dory to show the spot on the side (supposed to be the thumb print of John the Baptist - 'that is how the fish was named')

N2201 Picking up the marker N2202-2203 Retrieving the trawl N2204 Stacking the rope as the trawl comes in N2205 Cleaning the net after the trawl N2206 The first type of brass tail tags made for Athel D'Ombrain for tagging and releasing marlin

GAME FISHING

N2207 Three yellow-tailed kingfish N2208 Dr. Watkins (in hat) and Keith Hull on Dr. Watkin's boat, 'Broadbill' trolling for marlin N2209 Dr. Watkins sitting in chair waiting for a strike N2210-2211 Last capture at Nelson's Bay after war broke out - 500lb Black whaler shark, 1939 Athel

D'Ombrain's catch N2212 Australian record Bronze whaler 165lb on Jack Jenson's boat 'Viking' N2213 Jack Jenson landing a yellowtail kingfish caught by Fred Toll (in chair) N2214-2215 Athel D'Ombrain's first capture of a black marlin (208lb in Australia, caught at Port

Stephens) N2216 180lb black marlin caught off Little Island Port Stephens on Jenson's boat 'Viking'

N2217 Errol Gore with a small spinning shark (species of whale) caught by Athel D'Ombrain off Port Stephens

N2218 Mackerel tuna N2219 Ron Duncan holding a 10-12lb silver drummer N2220 Four silver drummers caught off Cabbage Tree Island, Port Stephens N2221 Silver drummers being held by the fishermen who caught them N2222 Snapper and other fish caught off Outer Light at Port Stephens N2223 Athel D'Ombrain holding Kodak cup for heaviest game fish on light tackle 1938 N2224 Dr. Watkins and Athel D'Ombrain outside Athel's dark-room at Lorn N2225 Athel and fishing gear with head of a marlin caught in New Zealand N2226 Him Hill and boat 'Duncan' - preparing the net before trawl goes over N2227-2233 Trawling - Cabbage Tree Island in background N2234-2235 Athel D'Ombrain with a squashed drum containing a female octopus with thousands of

eggs

NEW ZEALAND TRIPS 1936-1938 N2236 'Captain Cook', pilot boat at Sydney N2237 Streamers from boat to wharf at Sydney N2238 Fred Tull and Esma D'Ombrain on boat, leaving Sydney N2239 Athel and Esma on the 'Aorangi' 1938 N2240 Engine of train at Wairwnaki on the way to Russel N2241-2242 Zane Grey camp at Otehi Bay - Bay of Islands N2243 Piercy Island - game fishing area. Bay of Islands, New Zealand N2244 Flock of sea birds following a school of fish N2245 Huts at Otehi Bay camp N2246 School of dolphins piloting boat out

N2247 Sea birds following fish off Piercy Island N2248 Esma D'Ombrain on Island off Otehi Bay N2249 Game fishing launch 'Ozone' passing by Piercy Island N2250 Dr. Watkins with first marlin N2251 Esma and Athel D'ombrain with first marlin, 1938 N2252 Dr. Watkins dozing in the sun waiting for a fish to bite N2253 Ted Heke with two marlin, one with a broken beak N2254 Boats at wharf at Otehi Bay N2255 Francis Arlidge taking out guest fisherman on 'Alma G' N2256 Some of the catch at Zane Grey camp N2257 Athel D'Ombrain fighting a 249lb striped marlin N2258 Esma D'Ombrain with a snapper N2259 Playing a small shark

N2260 Esma D'Ombrain with a shark without a tail, that she caught of Piercy Island, New Zealand

N2261 Esma D'Ombrain with live New Zealand bait rig and baited fish N2262 Hungry seagulls waiting for scraps N2263-2265 Seagulls beside a boat N2266 Large dolphin N2267 708lb marlin N2268 " " with game fisherman N2269 Piercy Island N2270 Beach opposite Otehi Bay N2271 Hukka Falls N2272-2273 Gorge above Hukka Falls at Wairwnaki N2274 Peter Williams in 'Avalon' in which he used to take Zane Grey fishing N2275 'Avalon' off Deep Water Cove with Piercy Island in background N2276-2278 Trout in Fairy Springs at Rotorua N2279 Maori cooking pots near Rotorua N2280 Pohutu Geyser in the thermal area N2281 Frying Pan Flat N2282-2283 Geyser Eagles Nest N2284 Esma D'Ombrain holding a Punga fern (Maori emblem) N2285 Esma D'Ombrain and guide looking on while a tourist drinks mineral water N2286 Esma D'Ombrain and Maori guide Nellie at entrance of a Maori Pa N2287 Queen Victoria statue

N2289 Ex-police American Cadillac being used as a tourist car N2290 Esma D'Ombrain on the 'Wanganella', 1936

EXHIBITION NEGATIVES

N2291 Figures inside Methodist church, Maitland 'Christ appealing to humanity' N2292 Key to old Anglican Church at Paterson (91 and 92 printed together to form the montage

print 'Key to the Faith') N2293-2294 Model 'Lorraine' at Dalwood Vineyard, shoveling grapes into a crusher N2295 'A Frame Up' - Groucho Marx from the shadows of spectacles N2296 'School mistress' from shadows of spectacles N2297 American yacht 'Pagan' sailed by Bill Weld and stern of 'Boomerang' with 214lb striped

marlin N2298 Footprints in the mud of the Hunter River N2299 A shooter and fisherman meeting on the riverbank swapping yarns (Col Johnstone and

Norm Mudd) N2300 Waterfront fishermen with boat 'Honduras' in the background N2301 Beach fishermen at Fingal Bay N2302 'Down and Out' - boy asleep at a camera club meeting N2303 Port Stephens from Soldier's Point N2304 View from Ebor near Armidale N2305 'The Wind in the Willows' - Maitland Court House in the background N2306 View from Gosford Training School - looking towards Gosford N2307 Beach relay race - life savers changing the baton N2308 'Three boys up to mischief in the yard of Belmore Hotel' (John Fahey on the left) N2309 Pelicans at Taronga Park N2310 Cobwebs on a dewey morning N2311 Shoal Bay with Port Stephens Heads in background N2312 Stockton Ferry - prize winning photograph taken with 120 folding Brownie N2313 'Silver Lining' - old cedar trees and clouds N2314-2315 Rope pattern - coiling ropes by hand on a trawler off Port Stephens (Jack Jenson on

'Viking') N2316 Breaking wave and fisherman Ron Duncan on Zenith Beach - Port Stephens N2317 'We're off to see the Wizard' - Robin D'Ombrain and dog Koke N2318 'It followed her to school one day' N2319 Mary and the lamb N2320 Stockton sandhills - print was in exhibition of Egypt Societie de les Arts de les Amis - also

in Fiegler's book on Australian photography N2321 'A stormy night' Robin D'Ombrain almost falling out of bed N2322 Opening of first traffic lights in Maitland by Milton Morris MLA, member for Maitland.

Sign produced by Frank F. O'Donnell to add humour N2323 Mrs. 'Arris and Mrs. 'Iggs - two pieces of tree stump made to look like characters from a

radio play (ca. 1940) N2324 Dragonfly on a leaf (ca. 1940's) N2325 'Early morning dip' - two dogs in the surf N2326 Three dolphins off Port Stephens N2327 Shadow pattern of a glass bowl - award winning photograph Maitland Show, 1930's N2328 All teed up - three golf balls with shadow patterns N2329 'Me and my shadow' - dog jumping after golf ball N2330 'Gone with the wind' - old windmill at Dunmore House N2331 'Togetherness' - whiting poking heads through a net N2332 'Laocoon wrestling with serpents' - Laocoon is grapevine, and serpents are wisteria N2333 'Haunted House' - Redhill, Paterson N2334 Belmore Bridge and sandbanks, 1956

NEGATIVES USED IN PUBLICATIONS

N2335 Supply plane 1955, Maitland Flood N2336 Alf Mitchell on trawler 'Girl Pat' off Port Stephens N2337 Cranes used in building New Belmore Bridge caught in a flood N2338 Photograph taken through a car window with ship going by N2339 Cat in a shop window under a sign 'In warmth and comfort' N2340 Hunter River at Belmore Bridge, 1956 N2341 Gilbert Whitley from the Australian Museum on ship 'Coongoola'

N2342 Flood debris N2343 Kodak cup for biggest game fish caught on light tackle N2344 Fishermen pulling in nets at Broughton Island

N2345 Dr. John Woods dressed as a Mac Sennett bathing beauty - University Commemoration procession

N2346 Initiation notice at Hawkesbury Agricultural College (ca. 1920's) N2347 Black palm cockatoo owned by Athel's father and Athel - photograph taken at Pymble N2348 Looking South from Toomarie towards False Bay (Fingal Bay) N2349 Athel sitting on bare deck of a boat fighting a tiger shark on Jenson's 'Viking', photo by Dr.

K. Watkins N2350 'Planes over the pole' - flypast at Newcastle N2351 Vicker's Welsley (aeroplane) at Richmond N2352 Photo finish negative of a race at Maitland between champion trotter 'Owen's Own' driven

by E.J. Tessier and Newcastle Champion cyclist Bob Ryan - the cyclist winning by a tyre, November 6, 1965

N2353 'Looks like a hand grenade' - small boy examining a picnic basket - photo taken at Small Bore Rifle Range at Morpeth

N2354 'Chain-striped marlin' - shadow of a chain on a marlin's body N2355 Baby shark on a weighing station N2356 Bad erosion at Clarence Town N2357 Show jumping at East Maitland N2358 'They went that-a-way Mister' - dead tree at Stockton Beach N2359 'Anybody seen my tent' - willy willy tore up a tent and draped it over a high- tension wire

at Paterson N2360 Shadow patterns near Johnson's Chambers at High Street, Maitland N2361-2362 'Shadow golf' at East Maitland golf course N2363 Blackboy statue with broom in front of McDonald's shop, High Street, Maitland N2364 'V for Victory Day' - cloud formation at Maitland Park war memorial monument - second

world war N2365-2366 'Monsters at night' Athel tree at Athel D'Ombrain's house at Lorn, Maitland N2367 'Too much noise' - first rock concert at Maitland N2368-2371 Panorama of Maitland looking across from the Gas Company towards Maitland Park

during the 1930 flood N2372 Vapour trail parallel to a pine tree in Maitland (photograph taken by Athel D'Ombrain

lying flat on his back) N2373-2374 Duckenfield barn after a heavy gale N2375 Cattle on the river bank N2376 'The White House' - house at Largs N2377 Poplars at Tocal in winter N2378 Farm scene at Largs N2379-2386 Cloud scenes at 'Meroo', Monkerai North, April 26, 1973 N2387 Mr. Heads Jnr. holding an old bottle, with other bottles in the background, at a soft drink

factory, November 18, 1965 N2388 St. Mary's Church at Maitland, without clock face N2389 Newcastle and Port Stephens Game Fishing Club Founders Trophy for the biggest marlin

caught on 130lb breaking strain line (D'Ombrain and Silverthorn were the founders of the club)

N2390 St. Peter's Centenary - Period Ball at Maitland Town Hall N2391 Cover of Maitland photographic Salon catalogue for the Captain Cook Bi-Centenary.

Designed and painted by David Adams. N2392 'Break' - stopping a dogfight at Shoal Bay N2393 Bob Dyer and Athel D'Ombrain singing in a group during a game fishing contest

DUNGOG FESTIVAL, SEPTEMBER 24, 1972

N2394 Champion axeman competing against two champion sawman N2395-2397 Sawing with pit saws N2398 People in costume dress N2399 Sawing the log N2400 People in costume dress N2401 Floats and T-model Ford N2402 Water Board float

DOG SHOW N2403 'Have any luck' N2404 'Goodbye Mary' N2405 Fishing at Belmore Bridge, Maitland N2406 Window display in Galton's shop - Maitland Centenary 1835-1935 N2407-2408 Copies of photograph of 'S.S. Hunter' N2409 "Dinkum Dunny' - roadside mailbox near Broke N2410 'Room with a view' - remains of a old dunny at Booral N2411 Athel D'Ombrain throwing the discus, 1935 N2412 Athel D'Ombrain throwing the javelin - photo taken by Tom Sims N2413 Athel D'Ombrain throwing the javelin at Lorn Park, 1935

IMPORTANT NEGATIVES N2414-2415 Dr. K. Croese's boat 'Kontiki' at Lord Howe Island. Dr. Croese coming ashore (boat later

owned by Athel D'Ombrain) N2416 Athel at Shoal Bay on a boat N2417 Sale yards at Maitland with cattle marking poles N2418 Farm machinery display, Yates farm Dagworth, near Hinton N2419 People dressed up for theatre party. Mary Poppins at the Palace Picture Theatre at

Maitland, Feb 1966 N2420 Group with radio announcer, Twink Storey N2421 Group on stairway N2422 Autographed tea cloth owned by Athel's mother - signed by people on board ship in 1889.

(The Captain of the S.S. Geelong was Captain Josiah Ilberry, who was later captain of the ill-fated Waratah - also on S.S. Geelong 1907)

N2423 Athel D'Ombrain and John Clark at Gosford Training School 1928. (Athel was athletics instructor and sportsmaster, and looked after an orchard)

N2424-2425 Order of Australia medal awarded to Athel in 1975 and presented by the Queen at Canberra, September, 3, 1977

N2427-2428 Two negatives for montage print 'Goodbye t(w)o Bob' - 2427 shows 2 shilling piece on Calendar - 2428 Bob Menzies with mayor of Maitland, Mr. Skilton, Mrs. Skilton and Mrs. Menzies. N2429 'Continental Shelf' - a photograph of a cartoon to advertise a trip to the Continental Shelf

for the Game Fishing club. The sketch for the cartoon was roughed out by Athel and drawing done by ??? Dixon. The drawing is now in the Port Stephens and Sydney Game Fishing Club rooms. Fishermen included are:- Jack Davey, Bob Dyer, Bill Southam, Basil and Doris Davidson, Athel D'Ombrain, les Winkworth and Claude Killion.

N2430 Athel holding a shy Albatross N2431 School of sharks and marlin swimming in a mass of school fish alongside Athel's boat at

Port Stephens N2432 Athel D'Ombrain's trophies N2433 Tocal College tower under construction N2434 'Seat in the Upper House' - man sitting on toilet seat while Mears & Twyfords was being

demolished? N2435 'Mill-on' fight between two boys at 'Shore' (Sydney Church of England Grammar School).

Referee was 'Blue' Holcombe, champion mile runner and prefect. N2436 Milk can mail box in the shape of a Friesian cow at Rumble's Friesian dairy at Glen

William, December 26, 1970 N2437 Patterns made by women in striped dresses and leaf shadows, Elgin Street, Maitland N2438 Pattern of leaf shadows, Elgin Street, Maitland N2439 Cartoon of Don Brook, a member of Morpeth Small Bore rifle club, on a flying carpet N2440 'When the Saints come Maring in' - cartoon of Robin D'Ombrain with a trumpet

B10406 N2441-2445 Roly Wellard taking logs from the Allyn Valley to Pender and Foster's Mill at Maitland

N2446 Roly Wellard coming down the mountain - photograph of the reflection in the rear vision mirror

N2447-2448 Trees blown down in a gale at Glenarvon Road, Lorn, May 1974 N2449-2450 Houses in Church Street, Maitland - now demolished for a shopping centre N2451 Stradbroke House, Woodville N2452-2454 Former Inn owned by Robert Keddie, at 79 Lawes Street, East Maitland N2455 McLaughlin's Bakery, Maitland N2456 Logan's House, No. 4 Belmore Road, Bolwarra

N2457 House, No. 6 Belmore Road, Bolwarra N2458 'Wombo' at Warkworth, November 28, 1981 N2459 " - first house N2460-2461 " - second house N2462 " " - showing columns N2463 " - rear view N2464 Third 'Wombo' house N2465 Building beside a two storey house at 'Wombo' N2466 Outhouse at 'Wombo' N2467 'Wombo' driveway N2468-2469 'Wombo'

FAMOUS WOMEN THROUGH THE AGES CAVALCADE MAITLAND TOWN HALL MAY 11-12, 1960 PRESENTED BY TORCH BEARERS FOR LEGACY (colour negatives)

N2470 Sarah Siddins - by Josie Calder N2471 Charlotte Bronte - Marilyn Dawson N2472 Madame La Pompadour - Mrs. R. Wallis N2473 Elizabeth I - Mrs. K. Mode N2474 Sappho - Mary Clements N2475 Salome - Jan Hill N2476 Mata Hari - Miss J.O'Donnell N2477 Louise de la Valierie - Mrs. J. Crisp N2478 Anna Comnena - Miss M. Keogh N2479 Nell Gwyn - Mrs. Frank Cooper N2480 Anne Boleyn - Rosalind Mitchell N2481 Empress Josephine - Mrs. G. Crothers N2482 Elizabeth Vigge-Lebrun - Valerie Wood N2483 Nefertiti - Mrs. Ian Pender N2484 The Queen of Sheba - Molly Eichholzer N2485 Queen Guinevere - Mrs. Poll N2486 Joan of Arc - Sandra Barden N2487 Queen Salotte - Miss J. Eales with Mr. F. Cooper N2488 Queen Salotte's Court - Philip Thelander, Paul Korbel N2489 Group on stage N2490 Queen Victoria - Mrs. T. Reid N2491 " " " " N2492 Pavlova - Mrs. Gloria Mulholland N2493 Angelica Catalina - June Logan N2494 N2495 Queen Mary - Mrs. Max Rourke N2496 George Eliot - Mrs. Lloyd Gregory N2497 Lady Hamilton - Mrs. John O'Donnell N2498 (same as 2477) N2499 Elizabeth Barrett-Browning - Mrs. E.J. (Peg) Bartlett

ITEMS FROM DUNMORE HOUSE, 1982 (Mr. and Mrs. Graham) N2501 Archdeacon Coles Child N2502 'The Greek Clock' (originally from 'Aberglasslyn House') N2503 Dog's head hat rack, made in Germany, also from 'Aberglasslyn' N2504 Garden seats from 'Gowan Brae' over 100 years ago N2505 Albion cricket team v. Armidale 20th April, 1889 v. Tamworth, Easter Monday, 1889

Top row: E. Nicholson, E.S. Isaacs, S.W. Brierley, (Hon. Sec.) H. Sivyer, A. Roberts, R. McKellar, A.C. Cobcroft 2nd row: John Gillies (Mayor of Maitland), R. Blaxland, J.J. Callachor (Capt.), R. Irwin, S.H. Mattson, W. Lindsay (Hon. Treas.) Front row: G.L. Lipscomb, R. Norman Copied by Athel D'Ombrain from photograph by Jackson and Williams (ca. 1880 - in possession of Mrs. Graham)

N2506 Maitland Boys' High School entrance October 1981 N2507 Maitland Boys' High School - ' Hinder House', October 1981

N2508 Building next to 'Hinder House' N2509 'Mt. Pleasant' (house) - Hinton, 15/11/1981 (owned by Mr. Sparke) N2510 N2511 N2512 N2513 N2514 N2515 Old East Maitland Police Station 1974 N2516 East Maitland House opposite Pender and Foster's sawmill

N2517 House (Former Inn) at Raworth on road from East Maitland to Morpeth (near St. John's College) 1971

N2518 Shopping Centre, East Maitland N2519 Ellamatta Girls' Home, East Maitland 1974 N2520 George and Dragon Hotel - East Maitland (where Chief Justice Evatt was born) N2521 " " " " N2522 'Bank Hotel' Melbourne Street, East Maitland N2523 Old flour mill, corner Melbourne Street and New England Highway N2524 67 Narang Street, East Maitland N2525-2533 Campbell's Store, Morpeth N2534 House at back of Roseneath, East Maitland, 1972 N2535 Brick wall - part of 'Roseneath'? N2536 Old house no. 12 Day Street, opposite 'Roseneath' N2537 R.J. Hinder, headmaster, Maitland Boys' High School 1889-1914 (1982 photograph of

portrait?) N2538 Dr. John Fraser - Headmaster of Fraser's School (Sauchie House) N2539 Photographs of etchings by Lionel Lindsay (1951-1920?) etching is of a backyard with St.

Mary's steeple in background and was done for Dr. E.A. D'Ombrain of Macquarie Street. Etching is now in possession of his son Athel.

N2540 Etching also by Lionel Lindsay. N2541 Shadow patterns on stockinged legs at R.A.A.F. Williamtown, September 1966. N2542 Copy of Raymond Terrace waterfront photograph. Old Bond Stores and Steam Packet

Inn, 1940's (original taken by Athel D'Ombrain) N2543 Copy of photograph of Bolwarra House before the top section was removed (early 1900's) N2544 Slab hut at Woodville Hall and Iona School N2545 Irwin Hunter's house at Morpeth N2546 House at 28 John Street, East Maitland 17/11/1974 N2547 " " " " N2548 (not used)

COPY OF PRINTS FROM FRANK CROKER, MUSWELLBROOK N2549 'Boars Replica' and 'Bronzewing' waiting to unload milk at Hunter Valley Dairy Co.,

wharf, Hexham. N2550 'S.S. Daisy' Paddlewheel ship was the first bought by the Lower Hunter Steamship Co. to

trade between Raymond Terrace & Newcastle. Andrew Adams managing director. N2551 Launch Replica passing through Raymond Terrace on way to Hexham N2552 Procession at Clarencetown 60 years ago (1920) N2553 S.S. Warringhi at Clarencetown wharf with the William River in flood over 50 years ago

(1930) N2554 Launch Replica when used as a passenger boat on Hawkesbury River N2555 Shipping at Raymond Terrace. S.S. Irrawang at Wharf. N2556 Helen Nichol Jones Bros. boat leaving Clarencetown with a load of sawn bakehouse wood

for Sydney (1920's) Mr. Hope was Mill Manager at that time. N2557 S.S. Warringhi near Clarencetown N2558 Hunter River at Millers Forest N2559 Esme and Athel D'Ombrain on 'Aorangi' (ca. 1930's) N2560 Newcastle and Port Stephens Game Fishing Club N2561 Princess Alexander at Williamtown N2562 Model at Osti Clothing Factory N2563 Sailing ship 'Rio', Williams River, Clarencetown (carried pit timber to Stockton, 1905) N2564 'Goonoobah', East Maitland (see also 328) N2565 'Woodlands' (see also 329)

B10407 (not used)