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Images of Tasmania as collected by Colin Dennison : University of Tasmania Library Special & Rare Collections With digital objects
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Crowd at Centenary Train, Westbury 1972

Colour photograph shows schoolchildren and adults gathered to watch steam locomotive at Westbury, 1972, with “Centenary Train 1872-1972” emblazoned on front boiler of locomotive.

Hal Wyatt

Culvert near Spring Hill

Colour photograph shows sandstone blocks, one inscribed with the date AD 1837, used in construction of a culvert near Spring Hill

Arthur Knight

Dark sails on yacht

Colour photograph shows sailors in small yacht, with dark mainsail, on Derwent River, at dusk.

Hal Wyatt

Diesel and steam trains at Hobart Station

Colour photograph of red diesel locomotives pulling cargo wagons and passenger train carriages being pulled by two black steam locomotives at Hobart railway station, 1960s.

Hal Wyatt

Directors ‘A’ Staff & State & Sales Managers. Claremont March 12th, 1951

Directors ‘A’ Staff & State & Sales Managers. Photographed Claremont March 12th, 1951. Left to right. Back: VA Benjafield, DR Campbell, JWC Wyett, Miss DA Wyly, KWG Mason, WA Smith, BA Wells. Middle: A Watts, DS Newman (Victoria) AH Seaton (S.Aus.) BC Johnston (Queensland) EF McDade (NSW) I van Assche (W. Aus) WA Hopkins (Tasmania) Front: VG Burley, JPD Lloyd, VC Smith, HV Mckernan.

Directors, A staff and state sales managers

Photographed March 12th 1951. Back row: L to R. V.A. Benjafield, D.R. Campbell, J.W.C. Wyett, Miss D.A. Wyly, K.W.G. Mason, W.A. Smith, B.A. Wells (F.B.R. absent from Claremont) Middle row: L to R. A. Watts, D.S. Newman (Victoria) A.H. Seaton (S. Sustralia) B.C. Johnston (Queensland) E.F. McDade (N.S.W.) I. Van Assche (W. Australia) W.A. Hopkins (Tasmania) Front row: L to R. V.G. Burley, J.P.D. Lloyd, V.C. Smith, H.V. McKernan, R.A. Smith (absent from Claremont)

Colin Dennison (Curator)

Display

Books on display, including books on commercial art and a table of items promoting OBM Bookshop. Poster in background promoting Australias own car, shows a family in a Holden car waving to a man carrying a swag.

Colin Dennison (Curator)

Display of chocolates

Display of various chocolates including: Nestle's Winning Post, Top hat, Black Magic, Hoadley's Violet Milk Assortment, MacRobertson's Old Gold, Nestle's Vitality block, Small's Almond and Rum block, Small's Milk Chocolate with Ginger, Nestle's Coconut Rough block, Mac Robertson Extra Cream Milk Chocolate block, Mac Robertson Cherry Nut Milk. Cadbury's Milk Tray chocolate flavours individually shown: Orange Creme, Vanilla Caramel, Almond Nougat, Almond Croquante, Turkish Delight, Royal Fudge, Chocolate Almond, Mazipan Sandwich.

Elevated view of church ruins at Port Arthur

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.

Farm house fallen down

Colour photograph of abandoned farmhouse, with only a rickety timber roof frame, some internal walls and floors, three dormer windows and two orange brick chimneys intact; external brickwork has collapsed entirely into to piles of rubble; mature European trees planted surrounding house; electricity poles erected through property and roadside cutting across hillside shows line of road, possibly Midland Hwy, featuring white guide posts. Photograph file is named Bishton, possibly referring to Bishton Creek, near Jericho.

Hal Wyatt

Farmer harvests grain at Glen Dhu

Colour photograph shows a farmer driving an International Harvester Farmall M tractor, with the Australian model name AM, pulling a trailed harvester in a paddock of rye at Glen Dhu, 1956. Placename distinct from other Glen Dhu, near Launceston.

Farming area

Black and white photograph taken from hillside, looking down on two-storey house with numerous outbuildings. Fenced paddocks visible.

Graeme Raphael

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