Slides chiefly of buildings, structures and landscapes in Sydney, New South Wales and Queensland, ca. 1965-1981 / photographed by Ken Tye

SLIDES 173

fonds

ca. 1965-1981

Graphic Materials, Photographs

877012

photographs - 35 mm - 370 slides, col. (chiefly Kodakchrome)

Ken Tye was an amateur historian and member of the Royal Australian Historical Society.

SHEET 01
Food and cakes, 1967. 11 slides
Food and table setting; A.G.L. Christmas cake display

SHEET 02
Sydney, 1967-1972. 15 slides
Tank Stream at Abercrombie Lane and Bond Street construction work on stone conduit; Sydney Harbour from The Summit Restaurant, Australia Square; Botanic Gardens; Cast iron lavatory, Observatory Park; Public Library of New South Wales

SHEET 03
Miscellaneous slides of Sydney region, ca. 1967-1981. 16 slides
Royal Australian Historical Society Party outside Blacksmith’s Shop, A.G.L. Company, Mortlake; Parade for Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins at King and Pitt Streets, Sydney, November 1969; boarding an aeroplane for Melbourne; RAAC Club; Desert Mounted Corps Memorial to their horses; Leopard Tank; various headstones at Botany Cemetery, St John's Church Ashfield and St Thomas’ Church at North Sydney; stained glass, Newtown Methodist Church

SHEET 04
Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, 1965-ca. 1980. 22 slides
Renzo’s Restaurant [i.e. Renzo Romano], Rose Bay; Camp Cove, Watson’s Bay; Road monument, Watson's Bay; terrace houses, Paddington; Rosemont Avenue Woollahra; Cooper Park, Woollahra; Centennial Park; Vaucluse House; Elizabeth Bay House; Cranbrook School; The Swifts gates, Darling Point; Avara, Randwick

SHEET 05
Middle Harbour, Northern Beaches, 1965-1967. 16 slides
View to Seaforth and The Spit Bridge from Beauty Point; Pearl Bay, The Spit; Chinaman’s Beach; Spit Hill road collapse; View to Middle Harbour from Edgecliffe Esplanade, Seaforth; Pittwater; Palm Beach and Barrenjoey

SHEETS 06-07
Western Suburbs, 1967-ca. 1980. 42 slides
Chelsea Farm, Castle Hill; The Rectory, Castle Hill; [Vinegar Hill], Castle Hill; Oatlands House, Oatlands; Methodist Church, Dundas; Newington, Silverwater; Hambledon Cottage, Parramatta; Elizabeth Farm, Parramatta; Experiment Farm, Parramatta; headstones, St John's Church and All Saints Church, Parramatta; Greystanes Ridge and Prospect Water Channel; Prospect Hill; Veteran Hall, Prospect Hill; headstones, St Bartholomew’s, Prospect; blue metal quarries at Prospect Hill; Horsley, Smithfield; The Homestead, Bonnyrigg; Mamre, St Mary’s; Werrington House, Werrington

SHEET 08
Camden and Picton, 1965-1972. 24 slides
Camden Park, Camden; Harrington Park, Camden - Narellan; Douglas Park, Camden; Nepean River at Camden; Camden Pioneer’s Memorial; St John’s Church, Camden; St Helen’s Park House, St Helen's; Old Toll House, Picton; Redbank Creek Cottage, Picton

SHEETS 09-11
Penrith region and the Blue Mountains, 1965-ca. 1972. 63 slides
Bringelly from Maryland; Stained glass, St Thomas', Mulgoa; Sir John Jamieson's headstone, St Stephen's, Penrith; Regentville; Glenbrook; Pilgrim Inn, Blaxland; headstone at Springwood Cemetery; Caley’s Repulse (?), Linden; Woodford House, Woodford; Wendouree, Wilson Street, Katoomba; Explorer’s Tree, Katoomba; convict graves near Explorer's Tree, Katoomba; Megalong Valley from Medlow Bath; Lawson's Long Alley Road; Toll House, Mount Victoria; Victoria Pass and Berghofer’s Pass; Mount Blaxland; Lockyer’s Pass; Collitt’s Inn; Hartley Valley; Mount York; Cox’s River; Long Swamp Creek, Cox’s River; Gummakunulla Homestead

SHEET 12
Bathurst, Marulan and Goulburn, ca. 1966-1973. 13 slides
Bathurst gaol gates; Bathurst Methodist Church; Charles White School Hall; Lockyersleigh, Marulan; Appleby Beam Engine, Goulburn; “Jack” (possibly “Archie”) locomotive, Burrinjuck Dam Project

SHEETS 13-15
Central Coast and Hunter Valley, ca. 1965-1969. 70 slides
Kendall’s Glen; Wyong Creek from Strathavon; Strathavon, Wyong; St Paul's Church Kincumber; Brisbane Water from Presiden's Lookout; Avoca; Terrigal; First Point; Gresford; Allyn River; Allynbrook; Torryburn, Gresford; East Gresford; Barrington Tops; Singleton; Lake’s Folly Vineyard, Pokolbin; Tyrrell’s Winery, Pokolbin; Lindeman’s Ben Ean Vineyard, Pokolbin; Muswellbrook; Maitland; Broke; Paterson; Murrurundi; Tocal Homestead and Tocal Agricultural College

SHEETS 16-17
Mid North Coast and Northern New South Wales, ca. 1965-1969. 40 slides
O’Sullivan’s Gap, Bulahdelah; Purfleet, Taree; headstones at Port Macquarie; coastal views, Port Macquarie; Macleay River, Kempsey; Nambucca Heads; Circus elephants, Woolgoolga; coastal views, East Ballina; Bangalow; Byron Bay; Maclean Lookout; Mount Warning; Bendemeer; Blandford; Tamworth region

SHEETS 18-19
Queensland, ca. 1967-1969. 38 slides
Tower Mill, Brisbane; St John's Cathedral, Brisbane; Coolangatta; Angler's Arms Hotel, Southport; Marineland, Southport; Surfer’s Paradise; Cunningham’s Gap; Kerry Valley; Lamington Plateau; Warwick Presbyterian Girls’ College; Condamine River, Warwick; Coomera River; Deepwater; Numinbah Valley; Pioneer House, Advancetown

Slides have been arranged geographically. Within each geographical area, slides have been arranged chronologically where possible

Duplicates and damaged slides, as well as photographs of paintings have been culled from this collection.

Slide frames are inscribed with detailed descriptions, some dates, camera settings and Ken Tye's original numbering system

Dates taken chiefly from date stamps on slides