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PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
1-90. [Mason family album, (including photographs J.N., Norbert Keck and Theo Mason, also Doris Fitton in the early years of her marriage), ca. 1900-1930]
91-103. [Doris Fitton, her son and mother] / photographers incl. Langham (Melb.), Montgomery Dunn, Pix and John Hearder
104-105. [Mary Edwards painting Doris Fitton's portrait, 1953 (portrait held at ML 1147) (negative of no.104 held Mitchell Pictures)]
106. Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, with Molly Brown and Haydee Seldon, congratulate Doris Fitton after her performance in Mourning becomes Electra, July-Aug 1948 (published in: Not without heat & dust, p.71) / Sydney Morning Herald
107. [Actress (Waters ?) from the Turret Theatre Company]

ACTORS AND PERFORMANCES
108. Mrs Alan Trevor [Trevar ?] / Montgomery Dunn
109-110. Peter Leslie (a barrister)
111. Charles Walmsley, Shakespearian boy, later worked at Qantas and was dramatic critic for their magazine / Richard McKinney
112. Doris Fitton as her ancestress Mary Fitton in Dark lady of the sonnets, Sydney Repertory Co., [ca. 1924-5] (published in: Not without heat & dust, p.27)
113. Fitton and Clive Coppard [Cappard ?] in The Marquise, 1934 / Nanette Kuehn
114. Marion Johns, Bonnie (?) and Peter Leslie in Picnic, May 1956
115. Ed (?) in A Question of fact, June 1956
116. Carl Levitt and Marcella Burgoyne in Dylan, 1966
117-134. [Unidentified plays]
135-136. Clive Coppard [Cappard ?], Fitton and Arthur Hayles or Nayles in The Marquise (?), 1934
137. The Life of the insects with Robert Roberts and unidentified actor, 1941 (published in: Not without heat & dust, p.51)
138. Fitton as Gertrude in Hamlet, Oct-Nov 1943 and signed "To dear Tug, love and best wishes from Doris."
139-142. Elaine Foster, Ivor Bromley-Smith and Bruce Beeby in Mourning becomes Electra, Dec 1945 / Richard McKinney, Harry Jay
143-144. Fitton, Jean Robertson and John Carlton in the Schiller play Maria Stuart, Nov 1946 (no.143 published in: Not without heat & dust, p.60) / Noel Rubie P/L
145. Fitton as Antigone, Feb 1947 / Noel Rubie P/L
146. Pamela Bromley, John Faassen and John Cameron in Volpone, 1947 / Noel Rubie P/L
147-148. Fitton and Bruce Beeby in Mourning becomes Electra, Feb 1948 / Noel Rubie P/L
149. Fitton and unidentified woman beside the Mourning becomes Electra poster, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Apr 1948 (similar in: Not without heat & dust, p.58)
150. Illuminated Princess Theatre with advertising for the Independent Theatre production of The Little foxes, 1948 / Greegan Studios
151. Fitton in The Little foxes, 1948 / Greegan Studios
152. Diana Perryman (sister of Jill) in Salome, 1949 / Guildford Studios
153. Diana Perryman and Diana Davidson in Dark of the moon, 1950 / Hal Williamson
154-157. Ellen Morgan, Edward Howell, Harold Hinton and Shirley May Donald in Anna Lucasta, Mar-May 1951 (no. 157 published in: Not without heat & dust, p.95) / John Hearder
158. Fitton in Daphne Laureola, Nov 1951 (published in: Not without heat & dust, p.97) / Noel Rubie P/L
159-162. Fitton, Dorothy Whiteley, Frank Thring and Benita Harvey in Black chiffon, Melbourne, 1952 / Harry Jay
163-164. Barbara Wyndon, Noelanne [i.e. Noelann] Gandon, Ethel Gabriel, Doris Fitton, Tony Standen, Louis Wishart, Richard Miekle [i.e. Meikle] in the Anouilh play Colombe, Feb 1953
165. Margaret Roberts (The Apple cart), Aug 1953 / Montgomery Dunn
166. Dennis Carroll and Jane Williams in The Innocents, Jan 1954 (published in : Not without heat & dust, p.101) / Montgomery Dunn
167. Jon Ewing, Robert Laris and Jan Coghlan in Under the sycamore tree, Jan 1955 / Montgomery Dunn
168-169. Ruth Cacknell, Diana Perryman, Brian Barry, Kevin Brennan and Norman Bushman in The Love of four colonels, May 1955
170. Lyndall Barbour in The Rose tattoo, Feb 1956 (published in: Not without heat & dust, p.109) / Montgomery Dunn
171. Marion Johns in Picnic, May 1956 / John Hearder
172. Olive Walter in Camino real, May 1957 / Montgomery Dunn
173-175. Sophie Krantz, Mary Hosking and Donald Kennedy in Member of the wedding, Jan 1958 / Allan Keen
176-183. Ronald (Ron) Frazer, Betina Welch, Connie Hobbs, Letty Craydon and Kevin Brennan in Cat on a hot tin roof, Feb-Mar & Apr 1958 / Gene Lett, Montgomery Dunn
184. Valda Bagnall, Frank Taylor, Fitton and Paul Kathner discuss the production of Under Milk Wood, 1958 (published in: Not without heat & dust, p.110) / Gene Lett
185. Fitton directing Career, 1959
186-188. Fitton, Yvonne McLean (stage manager), Van Radcliffe (mechanist), Gwen (?), Dan Pascoe and and Diana Davidson rehearse Career, 1959
189. [Portrait of unidentified boy]
190. [Watercolour of the set for Career]

MISCELLANEOUS
191-203. [Aerial photographs of the Cronulla peninsula and Kurnell, ca. 1950]
204-225. [World War II photographs: Papua-New Guinea (incl. Nadzab, Yuat River, NGF, beach at Papa, Bulibum nr Lae and Rouna Falls), Philippines]

Dame Doris Fitton : personal photographs, part I, ca. 1900-1980

Most photographs are printed with the AWA and Pix Picture logos at lower left and lower right, respectively, with a typescript caption printed at centre below the image. A small number are ink-stamped and captioned on verso by Gervaise Purcell, Underwood St, Sydney, and Ritter-Jeppesen Studios, Melbourne.

Scenes include crowds at Bradleys Head, Sydney; arrival of Royal Barge and landing ceremony at at Farm Cove with Prime Minister R. G. Menzies, Mr R. G. Casey, and Lord Mayor, Alderman Hills; Royal Procession past Sydney Hospital and Parliament House, Macquarie Street; Lord Mayor's Ball, Sydney Town Hall; the Queen greeting Carole Ann Lopez, aged 10, who made a speech during the visit at Legacy House, Sydney; Sandringham Gardens and Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park; Bondi Beach; Randwick Racecourse; Broadmeadow Showground; Newcastle Steel Works; War Memorial, Dubbo; Bathurst; and scenes at Canberra, Hobart, Devonport, Melbourne, Essendon, Mount Gambier, Brisbane, and Cairns; Duke of Edinburgh inspecting a movie machine which records the path of a rocket plane and inspecting a Jindwick radio-controlled, pilotless plane, at the Long Range Weapons Establishment at Woomera, South Australia; and boarding the royal liner Gothic at Fremantle, farewelled by the Governor-General of Australia, Sir William Slim, Lady Slim, the Governor of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner, and Lady Gairdner. One military parade scene, copyright Sydney Morning Herald, unidentified.

Royal Tour, 1954 / photographs presented by AWA Ltd.

BOX 1

People and events
1. R.P. Eyre ?, ... , Howie ? and F.J. Doran ? on SS Narrabeen
2. [Queue]
3. [Counting money]
4. [Paying 6d at the turnstile]
5-6. [Passengers, ca. 1950]
7. Wally Dohrn, Ted Rowlings, Arthur Clarke in the wheelhouse / Consolidated Press
8. [Passengers on the wharf for] South Steyne, 1938/9
9. W.R. Love and J.W.L. Pye "Sardine jugglers", [Acquarium] / Leicagraph
10. Workshops, Kurraba Point
11-. [Models pose on lifeboat, 195-]
12-14. [Dancers pose on ferries], 1940 / Pix
15-16. South Steyne and West Head, Broken Bay, 195-
17. Commuters on their way to the office from South Steyne, Circular Quay, 1940 / Pix
18. [Mother and toddler at the turnstile, 193-]
19. [Passengers on deck and The Heads], 1940 / Pix
20. Disembarking South Steyne, 1940 / attributed to Dennis Rowe
21. [Indian passengers, 195-]
22. [Men commuters reading on the outside deck, 1940] / attributed to Dennis Rowe
23. Workshops, Kurraba Point
24. [Demonstrating lathe to visiting Asian delegation]
25. Captain Wally Dohrn and Keneally
26-27. Captain F. Tocchini and Asian delegation on board
28. Duke of Gloucester, Manly, 24 November 1934
29. Captain Wally Dohrn on the South Steyne
30. [Three proof sheets of crew and pasengers, identified on the reverse, accompanying notes with facts for a press article]
31. [Eight photographs (5 published) "Ferry makes ocean cruise", Australian women's weekly, December 2, 1953, p.18]
32-33. Archibald Howie, John H. Cross and W.L. Dendy, opening of the Manly Bathing Pavilion, 23 October 1933
34. Passenger on gangplank, Manly, 194-
35. [Woman leaping for the ferry caught by deckhand, 1940 / possibly Pix]

Manly and places
36-39. Great White Fleet postcards, 1908
40-41. Narrabeen postcards, ca. 1935
42. Anzac Memorial and Hyde Park [postcard], ca. 1935
43. SS Balgowlah and bus, Manly wharf, [postcard], ca. 1935
44. Barrenjoey Lighthouse, [postcard], ca. 1935
45. Manly, ideal in winter [postcard], after 1933
46. Anglican Cathedral, Newcastle [postcard] / E.A. Bradford
47. [Surfboat]
48. [Aerial of Manly]
49. [Harbour suburb]
50-51a. Eastern Beach, Geelong (Valentine series postcards, nos 1440, 1471, 2069)
52. [Aerial photographs]
53. Photograph of a poster advertising Manly steamers, tram and bus connections for visitors and tourists
54. [Manly Cove / H. King copy photograph]
55. Manly and Sydney Harbour from Kangaroo Hill / H. King photograph no. 1076
56. Manly and Sydney Heads from Dalley's [Castle] / H. King photograph no. 1079
57-59. Currawong
60-61. HMAS Hobart, Garden Island [from the ferry]
62. [Fort Denison from the ferry]
63. [Circular Quay - copy]
64. [Potts Point and Garden Island from the ferry]

BOX 2

Baths
65-74. Harbour beach [postcards] / photographer W.J. Ward
75. Manly wharf, Corso and baths
76. [Climbing frame] / Sydney Mail
77. Dressing pavilion and tea rooms / photographer Leon Cayley
78. Shark proof Harbour beach [and ferry Curl Curl]
79. [Pavilion, kiosk, first aid and park]
80-81. Manly surf beach / Sydney Mail
82. [Slippery dip] / Sydney Mail
83. [Balancing wheel] / Sydney Mail
84-89. [Baths, balancing wheels and ferry Dee Why]
90-91. [Spanish mission detail, Pavilion] / Art Photo Service, 175 Pitt Street, Sydney
92-94. [Diving]
95. [Pool]
96. [Balancing ladder and horse]
98-99. [Pavilion, boardwalk with diving board and steel beam for balancing wheel] / photographer Leon Cayley
100. [Balancing horse] / photographer W.J. Ward
101. [Pool] / photographer W.J. Ward
102. [Balancing wheel]
103-104. [Pontoons with balancing wheel, diving board and slippery dips]
105. [Pavilion]

Aquarium and rides
106-112. Billy Love transporting a shark into the aquarium / Leicagraph
113-115. [Flying gondola ride] / photographer W.J. Ward

BOX 3

Ferries and ships
116-122. R.P. Eyre (?) and the ferries Burra Bra and Bellubera, Kurraba Point works]
123. [Hydrofoil, Manila (postcard)]
124. Ferries : Brighton and Kuring-gai in drydock
125. Funnels, South Steyne
126. Fairlight, paddle steamer, voyage to Australia
127-133. Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Co. ferry postcards : North Head, Barragoola, Dee Why, South Steyne, Bellubera, Manly and Fairlight
134. Hydrofoil Sun Arrow [postcard]
135. Paddle steamer Royal Alfred, West Circular Quay, 1878 [copy] / NSW Govt. Printer
136. Paddle steamer Brighton founders
137. Ferry West Head
138. Bellubera of Burra Bra and the ferry Kookaburra
139. South Steyne in Cockatoo floating dock, 16 October 1957 / photographer John R. Dabinett
140. Drawing of hydrofoil Fairlight
141. W.L. Dendy yacht Hiawatha, championship winner, 18 February 1899
142. Yacht Independence, / photographer A.C. Green, 251 Nelson Place, Williamstown
143. Bellubera, 1935 / copy of painting by John Allcot
144-145. Ceiling shot and light in one of the steamers, n.d. / Hall & Co.
146-147. Dee Why, No. 3  Kurraba Point wharf, arrived 1928 / Hall & Co.

Operations and maintenance
148-153. [Re-fitting Bellubera with diesel engines and new bodywork,  1935]
154-155. Paddle steamer Brighton [in drydock after collision, 1900 (copy)]
156-158. [Re-fitting Bellubera with diesel engines and new bodywork,  1935]

Series 02: Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company Limited pictorial material, chiefly 1930-1960 / various photographers

BOX 1

Nos 1-21
As Elizabeth I in "Tudor thorns", 1947
Dot Mendoza (d.1986), Spencer Teakle and Austin in "On Monday next", by Philip King, 1949
Austin, William Rees, John Tait, Neva Carr-Glynn in "Clutterbuck", Hobart
Austin, Marjorie Holt and David Nettheim in Banvard Productions, Hobart
Signed portrait of John Hubbard, American star and full cast of "Mary had a little", Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, 1951 / Harry Jay
Audition, Tivoli Theatre, Sydney
Austin, Terry O'Neil, Avril Angers, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne
Paris by Night, Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, 1962 / Royce Rees
Fifi Banvard (1901-1962) and Spencer Teakle (1916-1999) onstage, Hobart
Austin portrait by, and with, the photographer John Hearder, 1952-
Jack Ansett, E.T. Horton, Austin and Bernard Berry (?), Commodore Restaurant, Goulburn Street, Sydney
Austin, John Lee, Mary Parker, Walter Pym, Collins Hilton and June Lansell in "White sheep of the family", 1953

Nos 22-45
Portraits, 1953-1954 / John Hearder
Swimsuit portraits, Melbourne 1952 / Herald Sun
Paul Bacon, David Ng, Austin and others in Singapore, 1951- / John Penrose
Signed portrait of "Roberty Bob" [Robert Burns] as Stewpot in "South Pacific" / Harry Jay
Entertaining the troops, Korea, 1952-
Twenty-first birthday party, 1952
"Ah, wilderness", Hobart
"Cinderella", New Zealand, with The Great Levante
Meteor jet, Korea, 1952
Austin, Charles Norman, Charles Camaleri [Camilleri ?], Nora Burnett, Laurel Mather and Don Cameron, Korea concert party tour, 1952 / Norman L. Danvers
Snow White, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Wedding of Dorothea Dunstan and John Reid, St. Canice's Church, Elizabeth Bay, 8 December, 1951
Portraits of Nellie Lamport

BOX 2

Nos 46-58
Maree Austin, Lucky Grills, Maggie Martin and dancers, Roosevelt Nightclub, ca. 1947-

Nos 59-69
Renee Guerin, Erik Reiman, Rosina Raisbeck, Austin, Norman Yemm and cast of "The  Sound of music", Tivoli Theatre, 1963 / Lawrence Rhodes, Adelaide
Portrait, 195- / Peter J. Theofore, Sydney
Portraits, London, 1965 / Archie Parnell
Retiring as conductor of "Sing Australia" choir, Port Macquarie, 2006
Austin at home, 1989

BOX 3

Nos 70-81
Portraits, 1966 / Charles M. Rafshoon, New York
Portrait, 1955 / John Hearder
Portraits of Marcia O'Brien
Austin in La Traviata, Metropolitan Opera National Company, 1965-1966
The Whit/Lo Singers and portraits of Arthur Whittemore, conductor and Jack Lowe, musical director
Portraits, 197- (with printed curriculum vitae)
Teaching ballet school, Pine Bush, New York, 1975

Nos 82-90
Kathleen Gorham, ballet dancer and friend of Austin in rehearsal, Les Sylphides, Carnaval, Coppellia, Gay Rosalinda and with Robert Domie, Martin Rubinstein / photographers Ivon Murdoch, Pix, Green & Hahn, Hal Williamson and unidentified

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Dame Doris Fitton : personal photographs, part I, ca. 1900-1980

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Royal Tour, 1954 / photographs presented by AWA Ltd.

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Series 02: Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company Limited pictorial material, chiefly 1930-1960 / various photographers

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Maree Austin photographs, ca. 1947-1970, 1989, 2006

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