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Yass, New South Wales 1949
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Yass, New South Wales 1949 |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y3086W |
| Creator |
Yass Newsagency; Valentine Publishing Company Pty Ltd |
| Covering Dates |
1949 (The date 1949 was written on the original packet in ink.) |
| Extent and Medium |
8 images in 1 folder; The photographs were originally stored in a packet. They have been moved into a brown folder. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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Collection of professional photographs, each 90 x 70 mm, published for the Yass Newsagency by the Valentine Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Sydney and Melbourne. Yass is 43 miles north of Canberra. Its population in 1947 was 3254.
Presented by Miss A.M. Stewart in 1968.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Yass, New South Wales 1949, Y3086W |
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Indexed
This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
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| Index Terms |
| Australia |
| Oceania |
| Yass Newsagency |
| Valentine Publishing Company Pty Ltd |
| RCS/Y3086W contains: |
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General view of Yass, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales]. |
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2
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Cooma Street, Yass, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales]. |
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3
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The Court House, Yass, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales]. |
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4
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The Traffic Bridge, Yass, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales]. |
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5
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Soldiers Memorial Hall, Yass, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales]. |
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6
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'Linton' War Veterans Home, Yass, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales]. |
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7
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Triggs' Memorial Gates, Yass, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales]. Arthur Bryant Triggs (1868-1936) was a pastoralist and art collector. He settled at Yass in 1888, becoming a leading station owner and sheep dealer. He died in Yass in 1936 and the people of the town subsequently erected memorial gates at Victoria Park. |
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8
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Burrinjuck Dam near Yass, N.S.W [i.e. New South Wales]. |
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