Photographs belonging to the Lee family of 'Glen Roona', Bondi and later 'Eurimbla', Point Piper, ca. 1880-1963

PXE 1433/Boxes 1-2

fonds

ca. 1880-1963

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs

908536

2 albums (214 photographic prints) - 31 x 25 cm. or smaller
11 items of textual material - manuscript, photocopies
26 photographic prints - 15 x 20.5 cm. (mounted) or smaller

Alfred Lee (1858-1923), businessman and book collector, was born on 8 June 1858 near Dublin, eldest surviving son of Frederick Norman Lee, army officer, and his wife Elizabeth, née Finlay. His father, who had served in the Crimean War with the 19th Regiment, received a land grant in New Zealand and in 1867 took his wife and three children there. Alfred attended Christchurch and Auckland Grammar schools and in 1874 was sent to Sydney with £10

Soon after his arrival he was employed as a commercial traveller by Enoch Taylor & Co., boot and shoe importers; he became manager for Australia in 1884 and was senior partner in 1888-1923. He travelled widely on the firm's behalf. At St Clement's Anglican Church, Yass, he married Minnie Dodds (1860-1938) on 10 March 1879. They lived first at The Willows, Yass, then at North Sydney. Early in 1886 they bought Glen Roona, Old South Head Road (later Penkivil Street), Bondi, where they lived out their lives

Reference:
Australian Dictionary of Biography. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lee-alfred-7143 (accessed 12 February, 2013)

Box 1
Album 1
138 photographic prints, ca. 1890-1963
Mostly portraits of family members (includes Alfred Lee). Many subjects are identified and dated. Includes manuscript family tree on the inside cover. 11 page photocopy of manuscript notes relating to the album's contents is included

Album 2
76 photographic prints, 1896-1914
'Kathleen man Wedel 1896-1914' is inscribed on the spine. Mostly portraits of family members. Many subjects are identified and dated. Includes scenes at Rockhampton, Mount Morgan, Yeppoon and 'Aunt Annie's farm at Emerald' [Queensland]

Box 2
26 photographic prints, ca. 1880-1955
Mostly portraits of family members - many come with manuscript notes. Includes photograph of students at Shirley School, Edgecliff, NSW, ca. 1894, featuring a family member. Also includes a group portrait of the Kings School Cadets in 1911

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Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.5988 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13

Most photographs are identified on reverse or below the photograph in the albums. The donor has also attached notes to many of the loose prints