Colour photograph shows people in railyard standing near switch equipment and stationary steam locomotive. Piles of several dozen railway sleepers stacked on side of rail line excavation.
Colour photograph of the Spanish Armada training ship Juan Sebastian de Elcano, a four-masted barque, sailing on the Derwent River during the Tall Ships event held in 1988
Photograph shows two groups of people in an airport car park, including three children wearing school uniform. An Ansett Airways logo visible on building.
Black-and-white photograph shows exterior of newly constructed cell room at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon viewed from the south, looking downhill to the Derwent River.
Black-and-white photograph shows stacks of sawn timber and workmen with horses and carts removing earth at an excavation on site E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon
Black-and-white photograph of construction of cell room extension at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon. Men climbing on beams of roof, a large sign reading “SAFETY” is mounted at ground level.
Black-and-white photograph depicts man working on the concrete pouring tower for construction of the power house 4th unit at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon
Black-and-white photograph of construction of cell room extension at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon. Large sign reading “SAFETY” is mounted at ground level.
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
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 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
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
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
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 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 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
Black-and-white photograph shows construction of a retaining wall below the level of the train line for a new building as part of the roasting and leaching divisions of the 100-Ton Plant, at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works
Black-and-white photograph shows an elevated view of the cell room building, the roasting division and other buildings under construction, looking west, with Mount Faulkner in the background 1921
Black-and-white photograph shows view dowhill to River Derwent looking across construction site of E.Z. Co. Zinc Works construction site of 100-Ton Plant
Black-and-white photograph shows view looking east of the framework of the newly constructed leaching division buildings below the level of the train line at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works 1921
Black-and-white photograph shows piles of sawn timber, scaffolding and workers constructing the framework of a new building on an elevated site at the E.Z. Co. Zinc Works 1924
Black-and-white photograph shows piles of bricks, timber trusses and timber framework of new building under construction at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon 1924
Black-and-white photograph shows partially completed tanks atop heavy concrete foundations in a building under construction, at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon 1924
Black-and-white photograph shows two workers atop a partially assembled crane on riverside wharf at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon, with words “Babcock and Wilcox”, “London and Renfrew” on the nameplate.
Black-and-white photograph depicts stone foundations and timber bearers inside a pit excavated into a hillside at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works in front of substantial corrugated iron-clad sheds also under construction
Black-and-white photograph shows piles of bricks and sawn timber amid excavation work and construction of new buildings at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon
Colour photograph of stone cottage at Callington Mill, Oatlands, with weatherbeaten timber shingles, surrounded by wire mesh and paling fence around small garden, with nearby livestock pens.
Colour photograph of three steam engines in Best’s yard, Devonport, taken 1959; depicts three steam engines in a clearing in a eucalyptus bush setting with pile of scrap timber suitable for fuel and green motor vehicle.
Colour photograph of beam engine in Hobart, purportedly the oldest McNaught Beam Engine in existence, originally built 1854 in Paisley Scotland, by A.W. Smith and used by Risby’s Sawmill in Hobart until 1955; photograph taken at Moonah public works depot 1967
Photographs collected over several years by Graeme Raphael, a beekeeper and state government apiary officer, councillor of the Oatlands Council and later Southern Midlands Council and founding member of the Oatlands District Historical Society.
Black-and-white photograph shows the newly constructed cell room inside the 100-Ton plant at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon, with Johns and Waygood stencilled on the overhead gantry
Interview with Colin Dennison dated 25th August 2018. Interview conducted by Ben Ross (www.oralhistorycompany.com) concerning Colin’s lifetime of collecting photographs, postcards, stamps and other historical resources. Colin donated the collection to the University of Tasmania Library Special & Rare Collections.
Handwritten letter from Adam Taylor to his brother William dated 9th November, Valleyfield. Transcribed : My dear Willie We have got three turkeys out and two chickens beside, there are four hens and one turkey sitting. We have had four or five gooseberry pies. Robert went to Melbourne last Saturday with uncle and Jamie and aunt Buist. Old Joe was out getting some wood and someone broke his window, got in and stole all his things. A beautiful owl came into the garden. Robert caught it in the laundry and we sent it to Mr Whitcomb. Miss ??? sends her love to you. I am your affectionate Adam Taylor
Colour photograph of waves breaking in Lighthouse Bay, with cliffs and headland of Cape Bruny and Bruny Island Lighthouse in background. Discolouration in scanned image from original slide.
