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SLIDES 225

Many slides are captioned, dated and signed by Savage. Some slides are half plate size.

Box 1
Warragamba, Nepean about 1929-1934, South Coast, Burragorang [80 glass slides]. Most are uncaptioned. Includes: “Wollondilly River – Burragorang – below Bimlow, Easter 1934”; canoeing; unidentified bridges and weir; “Curracurrong Falls – National Park – about June 1933”; “Walking river near Lilydale – about 1933”; “Uloola Falls – National Park – about 1933”; “Upper Warragamba River – Easter 1934”; “Junction of Nattai & Little Rivers – May 1933”; “Phil. Burney, Little River, May 1933” [woman sitting at entrance to tent, packing]; “Golden Moon Bluff – Little River – from Nattai junction – May 1933”; “Little River. May 1933. Above Golden Moon Lake”; Headstone dedicated to James S. Taylor, “who was drowned 18 December 1870 aged 8 years”; Burning Palms from Burgh Track, about 1932; Garie Beach, about 1933; “Burragorang Valley – from Blattmans – Easter 1934. Photo HG Savage”; “Canoe Club, Warragamba Gorge, about 1935”; “Junction - Heathcote Ck & Woniora River, about 1929, before construction of dam”;  “Cattai Creek & Hawkesbury River – about 1929”; one cracked slide (man shaving)

Box 2
Unlabelled box [81 glass slides]. Approx. half are half plate slides; some are captioned, with map references. Includes: Barrier reef trip by members Sydney Bushwalkers Christmas 1934, including vessels “Morinda” and “Wanganella” (27 half plate slides. 3 broken half plate slides of unidentified views of surf and palms, discarded); Coxs River views, Easter 1934 [label in box also gives date Easter 1935], including gold working on Lett River, Harry Savage and Edgar Yardley[?] , died 194[?]; headstones of Pierce and Mary Collits; Collits Inn with Mt York in background; Hartley Vale; Yorkeys Creek; “Constructing crude water works”; “Erosion before 1935”; Lowther Ford;  Blackheath Creek junction with Coxs River; Long Swamp Creek; Sandy Hook; “Looking down Coxs River from Billy Healy Range”.

Box 3
Barrier Reef Xmas 1934 [103 glass slides]. Most are captioned. Approx. half are half plate slides. Includes Hook Island, Hayman Island; ““Defiance” [open sail boat] at Henning Island”; “Mel Ward of Lindeman Island”; “Transferring luggage from “Canberra” to “Cheerio””; “Esme and Chappie [two women] on track to landing, Hayman Island”; “Mont Embury, Hayman Island”; “Tom Todd, wireless operator, Hayman Island”; “Boyd Lee looking for Bushy Island” [up mast]; loggerhead turtles; “Tom Todd & Bert Hallam, Hayman Island”; “Jock Marshall at work, Bushy Island” [dissecting birds in Pisonia forest?]; “Thel Moir seasick on “Cheerio”, Proserpine to Hayman. Neg. C. Barnes”

Box 4
Warragamba (canoe); Kanangra Walls; Barrington Tops; Blue Gum Forest Blackheath [93 glass slides]. Some are captioned, dated between ca.1935-1939. Includes: “Sanlaville – Batty – Savage – Webber. Blue Gum forest, Blackheath”; Govetts Leap Creek; Grand Canyon; “Sanlaville with gun shot wound in foot” [at camp, Blue Gum Forest, Blackheath]; views from Kanangra, including Mt Gangerang and Mt Coolong, 1939; “Canoe Club, Warragamba Gorge, about 1935”; “Coxs River – start of Canoe Club trip – about 1935”; unidentified house with two men on verandah. One cracked slide, unidentified.

Box 5
Kosciusko Firsts [96 glass slides]. Approx. half are half plate slides. Uncaptioned slides. Includes views of vehicles; snow tractor hauling wooden hut; chalet; Betts C skiers at Perisher Gap signs; burning 2-storey building; walkers; photographers. One slide cracked (group of skiers, standing).

Box 6
Kosciusko Seconds before 1939 [108 glass slides]. Uncaptioned slides. Mostly half plate slides. Includes snow scenes, skiers, chalet, views of Cooma township, dog and horse sleds, Kosciusko bus in snow.

Box 7
Upper Kowmung, Harry & Bob – Colong Caves, Kowmung – Kanangra Walls [83 glass slides]. Includes: “Norm – Ethel – Mother – Charles. The Savages at Kanangra Trig 1939”; sawmilling operation.

Box 8
[Timber box labelled “Coloured Slides”. 60 glass slides, transferred to new box]. Includes snow tractor; [R. W. Savage resting on bunk] “On “Defiance” after accident, Barrier [Reef], Xmas 1935. Neg. C. Barnes”; Canoe Club, Warragamba; Cox River, near Big Bend, Easter 1935; Sunrise – Moon Island Beach, South of Catherine Hill Bay, near Newcastle; Tumut River near thermal pool, Yarrangobilly, Nov 1939; Burning Palms Beach, about 1935; Kanangra Gorge, 1939; Kanangra Walls, Feb 1930; Kosciusko, views from Mt Stilwell, Nov 1939; Lord Howe Island, about 1933. 

Box 9
"Austral" lantern slide box [9 glass slides]. Slides captioned and signed “R Savage”. Kosciusko, Smiggins Hut, Nov 1939; Kosciusko, tractor near Sugarloaf, Nov 1939 (2 slides); Kosciusko, Charlotte Pass Chalet, Nov 1939; Kosciusko,  Perisher from Moon Rock, Nov 1939; Kosciusko, Kerry Course, Nov 1939; Grose River, blue gum forest, 1938; two uncaptioned.

Box 10
15 Kodachrome slides: Lae area, Green Island, Nadzab, Papua New Guinea, each captioned and signed “R W Savage, 7/45” [1945; one May 1945]. Includes 2/1 Forestry Company, Yalu near Lae; Lt. Col. Frank Cox, Lt. Col. Len Ferrar at Nadzab; “March past of 2Bn PIR for HRH, Nadzab”; “Spectators at Pacific Islands Regt parade for HRH”. With handwritten guide cards with headings (out of sequence). 

PXB 630
6 silver gelatin photoprints: medals and trophies awarded to R. W. Savage for NSW Citizen Forces rifle competitions (5); photographic portrait of R. W. Savage (1).

This pictorial material is part of the R. W. Savage family papers at MLMSS 3902

Robert Watkin Savage slides, chiefly relating to bushwalking in New South Wales, ca. 1929-1945, with photographs of sporting awards, ca.1925-1929

A. Photographs and accompanying negatives (PXA 756/1-36 & ON 194/1-56).

1. Album: "Places I have seen". Mainly views of Burragorang Valley (including the Nattai and Wollondilly Rivers and Mounts Kamilaroi and Murrengurry), Kiama, Wattamolla, Berrima Gaol, and panorama from Sublime Point. Also includes the T & G Building, Sydney. (6 negatives are located at ON 194/1-6).

2. Album: "Beautiful Burragorang. The Valley in Pictures". (31 negatives are located at ON 194/7-38).

3-36. Loose photographs: "Holidays at Burragorang Dec. 1937". Includes views of the Nattai and Wollondilly Rivers, the Old Road, and Burragorang House (18 negatives are located at ON 194/39-56).

B. Additional Negatives (ON 194/57-193). 

57-59. Appin Jan. 1 1940.
60-62. Hawkesbury - Peats Ferry 1/9/40.
63-64. Lugarno Ferry.
65-69. Oatley & Sylvester's Castle.
70-78. Church at Rossmore.
79. Macquarie Rivulet, Sth Coast.
80-81. Suspension Bridge, Maldon.
82. Viaduct, Picton.
83-85. MinnaMurra. 
86-95. Night.
96-98. Huskisson, Jervis Bay.
99-106. Wallacia. Extras & Duplicates.
107-109. West Hoxton.
110-137. Burragorang 1948 Feb.
138-147. Ingleburn with the AWAS Brocklehursts Sept. Oct. 1943.
148-150. Kiama.
151. Fisherman (Net). Net winding, Simpson's Beach, Lake Macquarie.
152-159. Public Buildings. [Includes T & G Building].
160-166. Work BDH.
167-177. 150th Birthday Celebrations. [Australian Sesquicentenary].
178-186. 8 Hour Weekend 1941 Wallacia.
187-192. 13/8/44 A.M. Small Negs.
193. [Burragorang?]

Cecil Bayley photographs, negatives and albums, particularly of Burragorang Valley, ca. 1937-1948

Myles Dunphy lantern slides of Blatche's Upper Nattai and Middle Nattai, ca. 1910-1930

Box 13: Myles Dunphy lantern slides of Blatche's Upper Nattai and Middle Nattai, ca. 1910-1930

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Robert Watkin Savage slides, chiefly relating to bushwalking in New South Wales, ca. 1929-1945, with photographs of sporting awards, ca.1925-1929

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Cecil Bayley photographs, negatives and albums, particularly of Burragorang Valley, ca. 1937-1948

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Box 13: Myles Dunphy lantern slides of Blatche's Upper Nattai and Middle Nattai, ca. 1910-1930

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