Photographs of ‘Kelvinside’ at Aberdeen near Scone, by A.C. Jackson

PXB 1773

fonds

1909

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9669434

2 photographic prints - 9 x 14 cm (postcard format) - gelatin silver

​​The property Kelvinside was acquired by Mr John Fleming in 1898 as a fattening and grazing property. The land originally formed part of a Crown grant of 22,000 acres to Thomas Potter Macqueen, known as 'Segenhoe'. Kelvinside also embraced Russley, a one-time model dairy farm. In 1920, the Kelvinside Estate was subdivided into 20 blocks ranging in size from 70 to 550 acres. The sale plans described Kelvinside as 'this famous block of country next to the rising town of Aberdeen and two important towns of Scone and Muswellbrook'. ​Kelvinside was registered on the Australian Heritage Database in 1989.

​References:

'Kelvinside'. The Sydney Stock and Station Journal, 11 October 1904, page 3. Accessed 9 February 2023.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/121570705

'Kelvinside, Outbuildings and Surrounds, Rouchel Rd, Aberdeen, NSW, Australia'. Australian Heritage Database. Accessed 9 February 2023

Trebeck, Son & Co. Portion of Kelvinside Estate frontages, Hunter and Page Rivers Aberdeen: School of Arts, Aberdeen Saturday 18th September 1920 at 2 o'clock. Sydney: John Andrew & Co., Litho., 1920

Two sepia-toned gelatin silver print photographs, printed on postcard stock, of the property 'Kelvinside'. The postcards were written by the owner of Kelvinside, John King Fleming, grazier, and his wife Helen to their daughter, Eleanor, who had married Louis Leake in Walgett in 1894. Both postcards were mailed from Scone to 'Mrs Louis Leake, Euroka, Walgett' in 1909.

1. View of Kelvinside. Includes manuscript caption 'Kelvinside' in the image. Sent by John King Fleming who explains that it was not he who had decided against going to Walgett for the Amateur Races, implying that it was his wife's idea not to go.

2. Front view of 'Kelvinside'. Sent by Helen Fleming who writes that she is sending a small parcel and asks Eleanor 'What do you think of the P.C.? Pretty, is it not?'

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Versos include wet stamp, 'A.C. Jackson / Scone'