Images of Tasmania as collected by Colin Dennison : University of Tasmania Library Special & Rare Collections
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Colour photograph taken near the Springs of man dressed in red beside road to Mount Wellington, with icicles dangling from the vegetation after a snowstorm
Black-and-white photograph shows snow on Mount Wellington viewed from the verge of the Huon Road, South Hobart, with post-and-rail fence alongside roadway.
Black-and-white photograph depicts workman kneeling at base of partially constructed concrete-framed building and man straddling the roof beams on site of E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon
Photograph shows two groups of people in an airport car park, including three children wearing school uniform. An Ansett Airways logo visible on building.
The collection features photographs taken by Hobart photographic studio Beattie’s Studio, also known as J.W. Beattie, for the Electrolytic Zinc Co. at the company’s Risdon smelter between 1920 and 1940. The collection depicts construction of new facilities at the factory complex. The first sod was turned on the zinc smeltering plant at Risdon on the western shore of the Derwent River on 16 November 1916, and a test smelter called the 250 lb plant was opened in 1917 to produce 250 lb of zinc a day using the recently developed Roast-Leach-Electrowin (RLE) process of extracting zinc through electrolysis. Electrolytic Zinc’s office occupied the former Derwent Inn. The larger 10-ton plant opened in January 1918 and the 100-ton plant opened in November, 1921. This collection of photographs depicts the phases of construction of the 100-Ton Plant, further expansion of the smelter and decomissioning of some of the older equipment at the zinc works. Beattie’s Studio was a photographic studio founded by Scotsman John Watt Beattie (1859-1930), who began exhibiting photographs soon after his arrival in Tasmania in 1878.
Colour photograph taken at sea level of the gap between vertical cliffs of two islands in the Friars island group, off the southern coast of Bruny Island
Black-and-white photograph depicts Miller’s Corner on the intersection of Liverpool Street and Murray streets, Hobart, looking towards waterfront down Murray Street. A.P. Miller, dispensing chemist, died 1904
Black-and-white photograph shows small corrugated iron cottage or shed on a hillside below larger, open-fronted building under construction at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon
Black-and-white photograph taken from elevated point on Queen’s Domain, looking north up Derwent River towards Cornelian Bay and New Town Bay; Risdon Park Racecourse (1880s-1926) at New Town in foreground, early burial plots in headland of Cornelian Bay Cemetery at right of picture.
Black-and-white photograph shows ruins of the church at Port Arthur, damaged by fire in 1884,with charred timber framework in the roof, remnant shingles on the roof and climbing plants covering the sandstone of the church walls. Handwritten words “Church at Port Arthur” in lower left corner of image.
Black-and-white photograph shows elevated view of ruined church at Port Arthur, including charred timber roof framework; with view of waterfront and other buildings on Port Arthur site; cut hay is drying in paddock at front of church.
Black-and-white photograph taken looking north along Gun Carriage Drive towards Government House, Hobart, with post-and-rail fences on Derwent River side; a horse harnessed to a four-wheel carriage, is on the left of the road; a small jetty extends from the shoreline and a boat is visible through the trees, anchored just off shore.
Black-and-white photograph shows stone buildings along Salamanca Place, timber stacked on New Wharf and masts of ships docked at the wharf; signs on buildings for “A.E. Lord Wool Merchant” and “W.D. Peacock and Co.”, historic home Lenna and eastern conservatory visible on hilltop behind towards Battery Point; maritime signal station with the Time Ball that was dropped automatically at 1pm, after a relayed telegraph signal from the Melbourne Observatory.
Black-and-white photograph shows workmen digging earth and rubble to be loaded into a horse-drawn cart at excavation site for new Derwent Prime furnace being built at E.Z Co. Zinc Works 1930
Colour photograph of rotting timbers from wreck of boat, half-buried in the sand near shallow creek on beach near Mars Bluff, Bruny Island, Photograph possibly taken 1963.
View of Glenorchy and surrounds taken from Mt Wellington. Bowen Bridge visible. The photographic print features a lighter band visible on the scanned digital version.
Black-and-white photograph shows Sandy Bay Road, with tram tracks on riverside of road, electric wires for Hobart Electric Tramway, carriage wheelmarks in the unpaved road surface, electricity transmission wires strung from poles mounted with porcelain insulators
Black-and-white photograph shows horse and cart positioned in pit while men excavate the site of the Derwent Prime furnace by hand at the E.Z. Co Zinc Works 1930
Two multi-story buildings connected by walkways with road running through middle at ground level giving glimpse of water, forming part of the Cadbury factory.
Black-and-white photograph shows workmen sitting down and horse eating from nosebag in front of timber framework for concrete pour for construction of power station building at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon 1921
Black-and-white photograph shows framework and construction of roasting division building at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon, above railway line, with stockpile of logs and timber above railway cutting; Mount Faulkner in background
Panorama showing cement tower and chimney stack on top of building forming part of Cadbury site, with view of Derwent River and Mount Direction in distance.
Black-and-white photograph shows construction and extension of factory building at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon, with bricks stacked inside building partially clad in corrugated iron 1921
Black-and-white photograph taken from foothills of Mount Wellington shows settlement of Hobart and upper end of Liverpool Street, now called Liverpool Crescent
Panorama showing cement tower and chimney stack on top of building forming part of Cadbury site, with view of Derwent River and Mount Direction in distance.
Black-and-white photograph shows three men sitting on a fence railing outside the entry to Watermen’s Wharf, with horse-drawn carriages pulled up near the Franklin Pier and Brooke Street Pier
Black-and-white photograph shows stacks of bricks and sawn timber near corrugated iron-clad building with solid stone foundation, situated above the railway line at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon
Black-and-white photograph of Royal Botanical Gardens, showing a decorative undercover seat constructed around the stump and butt of a tree. Government House visible in background
Black-and-white photograph depicts police officer standing in middle of Liverpool Street, Hobart, with YMCA and J.W. Toplis Pharmaceutical Chemist listed as tenants of the corner building.
Black-and-white photograph shows elevated view of the construction of the roasting and leaching divisions of the 100-Ton Plant, below the cell room, at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works, looking west towards Mount Faulkner
