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Images of Tasmania as collected by Colin Dennison : University of Tasmania Library Special & Rare Collections Images of West Coast Tasmania
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Images of West Coast Tasmania

  • AU TAS UTAS ITCCD 2017/1
  • Collection
  • 1890s

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)

King River Gorge, Mt Lyell Railway

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).

View of Queenstown, Tasmania

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 shop, B Bird Butcher with proprietor outside, Queenstown Tasmania

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 the All Nations Hotel, Zeehan, Tasmania

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 Central Hotel, Zeehan, Tasmania

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

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.