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View over Strahan Wharf towards Regatta Point, Strahan, Macquarie Harbor, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image possibly taken from original glass plate. Shows traffic in the foreground, the wharf and vessels. Original identifying text in the lower right corner.
View of woodchoppers Sullivan and Pomeroy preparing for competition, Queenstown Tasmania
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View of woodchoppers Burge and Garcie preparing for competition, Queenstown Tasmania
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Image likely taken from a newspaper and has a partial printed legend at the bottom: 6 T. Garcie, of Strahan (left) v W . Burge, of Crotty (right). Won by Burge.
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image is identified as "Camp at Timbs Landing".
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image likely sourced from a newspaper or publication as it has a printed legend at the bottom.
View of the smelters under construction at Crotty, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image clearly shows the smelters in the foreground. Image is oval and slightly cropped.
Colin Dennison
View of the smelters site at Crotty, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image shows revegetation across a still-scarred site.
View of the rail (tram) terminus at Comstock, near Zeehan, Tasmania
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Image likely sourced from newspaper or publication as it provides a printed legend at the bottom. Image shows workers standing on the rail line with shovels.
View of the Post Office, Queenstown, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image contains text identifying the subject. Possibly originally a post card.
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image is likely sourced from a newspaper or publication as it shows legend at the bottom identifying the scene and providing technical information.
View of the former Commercial Bank, Zeehan, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image shows the building in a state of disrepair with windows boarded.
View of the façade of the Commercial Bank, Strahan, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image possibly taken from original glass plate. Shows traffic in the foreground, the wharf and vessels. Original identifying text in the lower right corner.
View of the engine house, Austral Valley Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image has hand printed label giving title and date in bottom.
View of the Empire Hotel, Queenstown Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image shows front and part of side of the hotel with large bus parked at the kerb. War Memorial is prominent at the left of the image. Boags Beer sign on hotel
View of the Club Hotel, Zeehan, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image is an advertisement with the Hotel in the centre and text above and below providing the name, address, proprietor and telephone number.
View of the Central Hotel, Zeehan, Tasmania
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Image is an advertisement with the Hotel in the centre and text above and below providing the name, address, proprietor and telephone number. Image also records that the "Photo taken during stay of Royal Welsh Male Choir at the Hotel."
View of the Central Hotel, Zeehan, Tasmania
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Image likely sourced from a newspaper or publication as it has a printed legend at the bottom stating that the "Photo taken during stay of Royal Welsh Male Choir at the Hotel." Label added later identifying the subject and date.
View of the Caledonian Hotel, Zeehan, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image is likely an advertising card as text is printed on the image providing details of services, address and proprietors name. An additional label giving the date has been added to the image later.
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image is likely sourced from a newspaper or publication as it shows legend at the bottom identifying the scene and providing technical information about the mine.
View of the Beyer Peacock Steam engine at Silver Bell, near Zeehan, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image has the engine dominant with two male figures to the left. Image is grainy.
View of the Bay View Hotel, Strahan, Tasmania
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Image is an advertisement, either a flyer or from a publication and shows the Hotel in the centre and two street frontages. Bayview Hall shown to the left and pedestrians on the street.
View of the Bay View Hotel, Strahan, Tasmania
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Image shows the Hotel from one side and at a sharp angle with one side of the Hotel rather than the main façade central to the image. House visible on the hill in the background.
View of the Band Rotunda, Zeehan, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image has hand printed label giving title and date in bottom.
Lilley
View of the Argent Mine Number 2, Zeehan, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image has hand printed label giving title and date in bottom right.
View of the All Nations Hotel, Zeehan, Tasmania
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Image is likely sourced from a newspaper or publication as it shows title at the bottom: Roe's All Nations Hotel, Zeehan. It also identifies the photographer and states "Sands & McDougall Ltd Collotype". The view is very early as there are tree stumps in the foreground.
Bishop-Osbourne
View of the All Nations Hotel, Zeehan, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image is an advertisement with the Hotel in the centre and text above and below providing the name, address, proprietor and telephone number.
View of steel railway bridge with adjacent timber trestle extension, Crotty, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image shows the bridge in good condition making the dating difficult. Image quality tends to suggest a later date.
View of steam train on trestle bridge likely at the smelting works, Crotty, Tasmania.
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Image likely sourced from a newspaper or publication as it contains printed legend with hand written amendment at the bottom: Smelter site showing works in course of construction and method of disposing of slag. Mount Jukes in the background. Crotty 1898.
View of smelters showing construction works and slag disposal at Crotty, Tasmania.
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Image shows close up of the smelters. A vertical shadow crossing the image is visible in the left third of the image.
View of smelters at Crotty, Tasmania.
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Image shows one chimney stack under scaffolding and other buildings under construction.
View of shop, B Bird Butcher with proprietor outside, Queenstown Tasmania
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Image shows street scene with partial images of adjacent shops. B Bird Butcher's shop depicted, with man in apron standing in doorway, dog on footpath nearby, plus horse under saddle standing in road. Contains contemporaneous hand written text 'Toranado' (sic) Queenstown Oct 22 1918 - A shop in town. The Photographer's name is also on the image, in the same script 'Nankivell'. Toranado may refer to a storm experienced by the town in October 1918 and described as a tornado.
View of railway line under construction, Queenstown Tasmania
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Image has a steam engine and many mining carriages standing beside a steep hillside denuded of vegetation. Many men carrying shovels stand around, apparently working on the site. Image possibly connected to Mt Lyell mining operations.
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Image is taken from an adjacent hill and has the hotel in the centre of the picture. Image is in colour and shows extensive environmental degradation of the landscape.
View of Queenstown Central School, Queenstown Tasmania
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Image is copy of from a series of large format negatives created by the Teaching Aids Centre, Brisbane Street, Hobart, 1951 - 1973 and held at Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office: AB713-1-5635
View of Mount Lyell Co's Electric Power Station, Queenstown Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image is slightly out of focus and contains text identifying the subject. Possibly originally a post card.
View of motor vehicles outside the Queenstown Hotel, Queenstown, Tasmania
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Image centres on the two motor vehicles and adjacent figures, showing the ground and part of the first storey of the Queenstown Hotel. Affixed to first-storey railing is a large banner promoting Newtown v Queenstown football match on Saturday August 6th.
View of motor car on sandy track with old sign "Crotty", Crotty, Tasmania
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View of Montagu Hotel, Bowes street Queenstown Tasmania
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Image is only one of a number of businesses on a colour advertising sheet. Others shown include Royal Hotel and JB Wood, hairdresser.
View of mine works at Comstock, near Zeehan, Tasmania
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Image shows men standing beside winches, rail carts and other aspects of the mining operations.
Colin Dennison
View of Methodist church in Carpenter Gothic Style, Zeehan, Tasmania
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Image has "Zeehan" in hand writing in the lower left corner.
View of male axeman standing on fallen timber in the bush, Crotty, Tasmania.
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Image likely sourced from a newspaper or publication as it contains printed legend at the bottom: Opening out of the west - clearing the land for the new town of Crotty. Photographer identified. Primitive buildings just visible in the background. It is likely the image is older than 1902.
F.E. Pousty
View of Central Main street, Zeehan, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image has printed label at the bottom and is possibly a post card.
View of C Brumby & Co, Auctioneers, Queenstown, Tasmania
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Image shows various men, possibly staff, standing on the verhanda. Lower half of the image shows the addresses of the offices in Zeehan and Queenstown. Image likely to have been an advertisement.
View of Bowers Hotel, Queenstown, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Black and white probably non professional image of the hotel showing the corner view.
View of boats on the Gordon River, Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania
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Image like sourced from a newspaper or publication as quality is grainy and contains legend at the bottom: F.O. Henry's Lynx and Grining's Valkyria, Gordon River, c1930. Compare with Boats on Franklin.tif
View of boats on the Franklin River, Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania
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Image possibly taken from original glass plate. Shows two vessals on the river with hills behind and occupied row boat in the foreground. Image appears twice, side by side with narrow shadow down the centre. When compared with image Boats on the Gordon.tif it is possible the view is of the Gordon River.
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image is likely sourced from a newspaper or publication as it shows legend at the bottom identifying the scene and photographer.
Colin Dennison
View of abandoned steam boiler in the bush at Crotty, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image is a close up of the ruined boiler showing funnel, wheels and other parts.
View of a wood chopping competition, Zeehan, Tasmania
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Image shows a spectators around an area used for wood chopping.
View of a substantial, multi storey ruined building destroyed by fire, Queenstown Tasmania
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The image shows many men standing within the ruins facing the camera as a hose plays water onto the building. Electronic file is titled 'after fire.tif'
View of a railway cutting under construction, Queenstown Tasmania
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Image has a steam engine and many mining carriages standing beside a steep hillside denuded of vegetation. Many men carrying shovels stand around, apparently working on the site. Image possibly connected to Mt Lyell mining operations.
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image is likely sourced from a newspaper or publication as it is grainy and contains printed legend at the bottom: Old Court House, Sarah Island
View across the smelters towards the hills at Crotty, Tasmania.
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image clearly shows the smelters in the foreground. Image is oval and slightly cropped.
View across the railway line towards the town and mining works, Crotty, Tasmania
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Image shows pedestrians in the main street, timber settlement and a stationary train in the foreground.
Two views of Crotty, Tasmania, showing electric machinery and power station.
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Image likely sourced from a newspaper or publication as it contains printed legend at the bottom: electric motors driving blowers at Crotty (and of the lower image) Electric power house at Crotty.
Portrait of 11 men being members of the North Lyell Mechanical Staff, Crotty, Tasmania.
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Image likely sourced from a newspaper or publication as it contains printed legend at the bottom: "All that is left of them - a reminiscence of Crotty, May 30, 1903. Eleven members of the North Lyell Mechanical Staff, which numbered a short time previously 150 men.
North Lyell - waiting for news at the mouth of the tunnel
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Image contains text identifying the subject and also 'copyright'. Originally taken from a postcard published in the weeks following the 1912 North Mount Lyell mine disaster. Image shows people milling around outside of unidentified building.
North Lyell - Ryan, the Shift Boss, emerging after being 100 hours below
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Image contains text identifying the subject and also 'copyright'.Originally taken from a postcard published in the weeks following the 1912 North Mount Lyell mine disaster. Image shows people greeting Ryan as he moves towards the photographer, possibly with the mine entrance at the rear.
Colin Dennison (Curator)
North Lyell - Miner 'Linnell' being rescued from 1000 feet level
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Image contains text identifying the subject and also 'copyright'. Originally taken from a postcard published in the weeks following the 1912 North Mount Lyell mine disaster. Image shows people supporting Linnell as he moves towards the photographer, possibly with the mine entrance at the rear.
North Lyell - Around a Miner (who has just come out of the tunnel) to get the latest
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Image contains text identifying the subject and also 'copyright'. Originally taken from a postcard published in the weeks following the 1912 North Mount Lyell mine disaster. Image shows overhead view of people milling around the mine entrance.
Mt Lyell Smelters & Converters (copper), WC
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
The image appears on a printed playing card (4 of Diamonds) with legend in text at the bottom. Image shows significant industrial buildings in operation.
Mt Lyell Haulage conveying the people to the scene of the disaster
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Image contains text identifying the subject and also 'copyright'. Originally taken from a postcard published in the weeks following the 1912 North Mount Lyell mine disaster. Image shows people in an open rail car travelling up the mountain.
King River Gorge, Mt Lyell Railway
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The image appears on a printed playing card (7 of Spades) with legend in text at the bottom. The cards were part of a tourism promotion campaign by the Northern Tasmanian Tourist Association, printed and distributed just after the Great War (World War I).
This collection is a sample of images of Queenstown, Zeehan and Macquarie Harbour, sourced from the Colin Dennison image collection. Most of the images were originally created prior to 1956 and have been sourced from private Tasmanian collections. Most of the images have been obtained by scanning photographs either donated to or purchased by Mr Dennison or copied by him with the permission of families, one or more of whose members took the photographs. Some of the images can be identified as copies of original images created by government departments which were discarded and destroyed.
Colin Dennison (Curator)
Image shows the Crotty Hotel with people in front. Crotty, Tasmania.
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Image likely sourced from a newspaper or publication as it contains printed legend at the bottom: Opening out of the west - clearing the land for the new town of Crotty. Photographer identified. Primitive buildings just visible in the background. It is likely the image is older than 1902.
Aerial wire tramway Mt Lyell mine
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image has hand written legend on the original photo's mounting card. Image shows the lower entry point where cable wagons containing ore are received.
Advertising flyer for the All Nations Hotel, Zeehan, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Advertising flyer for C Brumby & Co, auctioneers and insurance agents, Zeehan, Tasmania
Part of Images of West Coast Tasmania
Image does not provide a view of any buildings however provides details of the Company and its services.