Allen Family photographic albums

Tuesday 2nd May 1911
Tonight Joyce had her coming out Ball at "Carrara" Rose Bay, which I had specially furnished for the occasion. We took a great deal from "Harll"; also from Hilda at "Buyuma; and I got a great deal from Beard Watson"s and other places. We had heavy work all day fixing up the furniture in the various rooms downstairs which we used for the occasion.

This shows the big drawing-room which is really three rooms at "Carrara" taken late in the afternoon after things were fairly finished

"Carrara", Tuesday 2nd May, 1911.

These two pictures show the ballroom which we built off the Carrara verandah. It was really a huge tent about 100 ft. at the widest end, and was nicely draped and decorated inside. It was 15 ft. to 20ft. off the ground in some parts, and therefore had to be built strong. As practically the whole of one side led into the ballroom there was never any crush although there were about 250 people present.

This picture of the ballroom shows the three big windows leading into the drawing-room, also the annex for the musicians. The Musicians' Stand of course had to be built apart from the Ballroom so as not shake all the time the dancing was going on. The first guests arrived at about 8.30, and everything went very well till 1 o'clock when the people began to go away. At 3 a.m. there were 60 or 70 people still dancing. We got home ourselves to "Harll" shortly after 4 o'clock.

Tuesday, 2nd May, 1911
These two photographs show the side of Carrara near the dining room. The wide steps led down into a huge marquee on the tennis court where we had supper at 11p.m. I took Aunt Lucy Dangar in to supper. Uncle A.A. Dangar took Ethel. We had an enormous number of thermos jugs and thermos pots for hot soup, hot peas and hot quail. The supper room held about 150 at the one time

Saturday, 6th May, 1911.
These photographs were taken at Ascot Racecourse where we went this morning in order to see Hammond flying. We had also seen him yesterday afternoon on the same course and thought him very wonderful.

Saturday, 6th May, 1911.
All these photographs of Hammond were taken this afternoon at Ascot Racecourse.

Saturday, 6th May, 1911.
Ascot Racecourse

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4274 Joyce, Kitty & Margaret at the machine

4275 Marcia and Mill, Kitty, Joyce and Margaret going to see the machine at close quarters

4276 Margaret, Joyce, Kitty, Marcia and Mill at the hangar in which Hammond kept his machine

Friday, 5th May, 1911

4346A This photograph of Hammond in his machine was taken by a 'Telegraph' reporter in the Centennial Park this afternoon. He gave me a copy of it.

Saturday afternoon, 6th May 1911.

This afternoon at 3.30 Ethel and I, Colonel Carrington and Margaret motored up to Gladesville in the Fiat car to see the Interstate Boat Race. Six crews competed and the race was won by New South Wales

4719 Margaret standing near the Fiat car

4720 Forbes driving the Fiat car Margaret in front Ethel and Colonel Carrington behind. Taken near Gladesville

4277 We saw the race from the top of the N.S.W. Rowing Association Boathouse

Saturday, 6th May, 1911

Various pictures taken from the Boathouse looking up and down the Parramatta River while the Race was in progress

Saturday, 6th May, 1911

Further views taken after the race was over.

Wednesday, 10th May, 1911.

It was really Marcia's 6th birthday on Monday but for some special reason it was kept up today and the presents given to her this morning.

These photographs of Marcia were all taken on the front steps of "Harll" just after breakfast. Marcia had a party at the Pantomime in the afternoon.

Saturday, 20th May, 1911.

This afternoon Joyce and I went to Killara to call on Mrs Snagge who is living in a house belonging to Mrs Pockley. We found Marcia and Mill, and Mary Jones there also.

4291 View of the flagship "Powerful" taken as we crossed the harbour.

4292 Forbes in the Fiat car in front of Mrs Snagge's house, Killara.

Saturday, 20th May, 1911.

4294 Shady wooded entrance to house at Killara.

4295 On the lawn after tea.

4296 (standing) Mildred and Marcia Lamb.
(sitting) Miss Mary Jones, Joyce, Mrs Snagge.
Joyce went to a dinner and dance aboard the flagship this evening.

Sunday, 21st May, 1911.

Ethel, Margaret, Kitty Leeper, Marcia, Nora Knox and Tempe went of to "Moombara" yesterday afternoon. I went down this morning with Hastings, Joyce and Clive Mort arriving at lunch time.

4297 Hastings, Joyce and Clive Mort pulling at a huge cracker they bought on the way down.

4298 Hastings, Nora Knox, Ethel, Kitty Leeper, Margaret, Clive Mort, Joyce, Marcia and Tempe all waiting to see what was inside the cracker.

4299 Tempe, Ethel, Marcia, Nora, Margaret, Kitty, Claire Mort, Hastings and Joyce just before breaking the cracker.

Sunday, 2nd July, 1911.

I had a party at "Moombara" today consisting of Mr and Mrs Blomfield and Alison Blomfield of New Zealand, Mrs Hope Osborne, the Macarthur twins, Hope Lamb, Joyce, Montague Stephen, Ted Anderson, Captain Norton and Lieutenant Watson of the "Powerful"

4301 On the lawn at "Moombara" after lunch.

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4203 Mrs Hope Osborne, Lieut. Watson, Hope Lamb, Dick Blomfield, Miss Macarthur, Joyce, Montague Stephen, Mrs Blomfield, Captain Norton, Jim Anderson

These are a collection of various pictures of "Moombara" which I got together more for reference that for any other reason.

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Some old photographs of "Moombara" showing the bathing place also my launch "Godema".

1122 Captain and Mrs Napier, Ethel, Denis and Leslie Wilson were in the launch when this photograph was originally taken.

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These are a collection of views taken from "Moombara" verandah, looking up the Port Hacking River

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Further views taken from "Moombara" verandah.

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(middle) These two pictures were taken near Audley, showing the fresh water river above the dam.

(bottom left) This one shows the salt water river looking down towards Port Hacking

These silhouettes were all done at "Carrara" Tuesday 2nd May 1911 on the night of Joyce's Coming-out Ball.

(left) Mrs Adams, formerly Miss Marjory Knox.

(right) Miss Marjorie Lord, afterwards Mrs Henry Osborne.

The artist who did them cut them without a machine of any kind. Some are excellent.

(left) Mrs Shepheard Laidley

(centre) Dr Adams

(right) Miss Holdship

Silhouettes taken at "Carrara", 2nd May, 1911.

(left) Mrs Bayly Macarthur

(centre) Mrs Adrian Knox

(right) Mrs Neville Dangar

(left) Mrs P.A. Rabett.

(centre) Miss Bayly

(right) Mrs Le Patourel.

"Carrara" 2nd May, 1911.

(left) Miss Donkin

(centre) Miss Ross

(right) Miss Turnbull

(left) Miss Valerie Willis afterwards Mrs Oliver Osborne 

(right) Mrs Burdekin

"Carrara", 2nd May, 1911

Silhouettes of various people taken this evening

(left) Miss Bowker 

(centre) Miss Learmonth 

(right) Mrs Turnbull

Sunday 16th July 1911

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Various photographs taken at "Carrara" today.
Hastings and I went down there before lunch and stayed there all day. Joyce and Hope Lamb with us.

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4308 Joyce and Hope Lamb

4309 This shows the new house which is being built on part of Carrara Estate near the big jetty.

Sunday 16th July 1911

These show the extent of the clearing operations at "Carrara"

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Sunday, 16th July, 1911.

These also show the land that has been cleared by the old vegetable garden and in the gully

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"Carrara", 2nd May, 1911.

4317 This is an enlargement of a photograph taken this afternoon. It shows the ballroom on the left and the supper marquee on the right which were used in connection with Joyce's Coming-out dance.

Saturday, 29th July, 1911.

I lunched at Paris House today with H.B. Irving. There were about 15 present including Willie McArthur, Sir Edmund Barton, Ralph Verney, Dr Jamieson, Bernard Wise, Hugh Ward etc. At 3.15 I left the luncheon party and picked up Muriel Dangar, Colonel Carrington, and we went to Gladesville to see the Champion Boat Race between Arnst and Pearce which was won by Arnst easily [Jacob Diedrich 'Richard' Arnst (NZ) vs Henry John 'Harry' Pearce (Aus)]

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Saturday, 29th July, 1911. Taken while the race was in progress. We had a very good view from the top of Towns' Boatshed at Gladesville.

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Parramatta River, Saturday 29th July, 1911.

5140 Taken just at the finish of the Race, Arnst is winning easily

4768 Taken after the close of the race

"Moombara" Sunday, 30th July, 1911.

My party today consisted of Mrs Kirby, Mildred Lamb, Hastings McCarthy, Joyce, Hope Lamb, Margaret, Brian Dowling, Lieutenant Fitzgerald. A lovely day but very windy.

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Lieutenant Fitzgerald, Brian Dowling, Hope Lamb, Joyce, Margaret, Mildred Lamb, Mrs Kilby, Hastings.

Sunday, 6th August, 1911.

H.B. Irving lunched with us at Harll today. After lunch I took him for a drive to South Head and back home through "Carrara". Later on we picked up Mrs Irving at Bernard Wise's house, and I drove them into town

4326 H.B. Irving at "Carrara"

4327 An old picture of Marcia taken at "Moombara", 21st May, 1911.

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Sunday, 13th August, 1911.

I took Mr and Mrs H.B.Irving, Mr and Mrs H.P.Martin, Mr and Mrs Bernard Wise, Harry Stephen and Marcia Lamb to "Moombara" today. Some of us on the way stopped at Hillsdon's Violet Farm to see the violets which were in full bloom

4722 Mrs Irving picking violets at Hillsdon's Nursery

4724 Joyce

4725 Marcia Lamb

4726 Joyce

4726 enlarged Joyce

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"Moombara", Sunday, 13th August, 1911.

4328A Bernard Wise, Harry Stephen, Mrs Wise, Ethel, Marcia Lamb, Joyce, H.B. Irving, Mrs Irving.

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4943 Hillsdon's Nursery.

Madame Melba's Grand Opera Company arrived in Sydney this week and this evening Friday 25th August Mr and Mrs Hugh Ward gave a very large dinner party at Paris House to the members of the Company. About 30 people were present. It was a most amusing and interesting evening. I sat next to Mademoiselle Ranzenburg and Mr Burke. During the evening I met Madame Melba, Mmselle A?????, M. ??and Mme Wayda, Count and Countess de Cisneros , Zeni, McCormack (note - Irish tenor John McCormack) and various others. The Opera company started with Traviata on Saturday 2nd September and the whole season was an enormous success.

4331 Mrs McCormack's two children not far from the "Australia" with their nurse. Mrs McCormack in the car with Forbes

4332 Marcia at "Moombara", 20th August, 1911.

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Menu and autographs from Melba lunch over Enlargement of Print 4334 a photograph taken from "Carrara" 16th July 1911

Menu and autographs from Melba lunch over Enlargement of Print 4334 a photograph taken from "Carrara" 16th July 1911

Menu and autographs from Melba lunch over Enlargement of Print 4334 a photograph taken from "Carrara" 16th July 1911

Menu and autographs from Melba lunch over Enlargement of Print 4334 a photograph taken from "Carrara" 16th July 1911

Menu and autographs from Melba lunch over Enlargement of Print 4334 a photograph taken from "Carrara" 16th July 1911

4334 Enlargement of a photograph taken from "Carrara", 16th July, 1911.

Sunday, 27th August, 1911.

Ethel and I gave a lunch at Paris House to-day at which the following were present. Count and Countess de Cisneros, M. and Mme Wayda, Mlle. Ranzenburg, Signor Zani, Signor Scandiana, also Mr and Mrs Kelly, Miss Rose Johnson, Mildred Lamb, Hastings and Joyce

4335 After lunch we drove to South Head to the Ostrich farm. This picture shows Mlle. Ranzenburg trying to tame an ostrich.

4336 Countess de Cisneros, Mlle. Ranzenburg

4337 Countess de Cisneros

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Sunday 27th August 1911

Later on in the afternoon we all went to "Glenyarrah" to tea with Mrs Kelly where I took some more photographs.

4340 Madame (Wida struck out) Wayds

2019 Some of the party in Mrs Kelly's garden.

4341 Countess de Cisneros

4342 (Standing) Mlle Ranzenburg, Miss Rose Johnson, T.H.Kelly, Zeni, Cisneros Countess de Cisneros (Sitting) Hastings McCarthy, Mrs Kelly, Madame (Wida struck out) Wayda

2020 J.H. Kelly giving Countess de Cisneros some tea

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At "Glenyarrah" Sunday 27th August 1911

4342 enlarged (standing) Mlle Ranzenburg, Miss Rose Johnson, T.H.Kelly, Zeni, Cisneros Countess de Cisneros
(sitting) Hastings McCarthy, Mrs Kelly, Madame (Wida struck out) Wayda

View of Sydney from "Carrara" taken 16th July 1911

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Sunday, 3rd September, 1911

4345 Collaroy Beach on the way to Narrabeen

Sunday 3rd September 1911

4346 View looking over the ocean from top of La Corniche

4347 View looking over Brock's Polo Grounds from the top of La Corniche

After lunch today Ethel, Joyce, Hastings and I motored to Manly to see the new place that Rainaud had taken on the road to Newport. He called it La Corniche. The house was built by Brock for a club some years ago and is very big. We met P.J.Taylor there. He took us over the place as he knew it well.

4348 Hastings, Ethel, Joyce, P.J.Taylor 

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Enlargement of view taken from Brock's House near Newport 3rd September 1911

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Similar enlargement of view taken looking over the Polo Grounds. The road up the hill leads to Barrenjoey

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"Harll", Saturday 9th September 1911

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Various pictures of Joyce at "Harll"

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4732 Ethel on her birthday with Marcia and Joyce

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Sunday 10th September, 1911

Margaret on her 15th birthday with her new puppy "Peter" which she had just received as a present.

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We took Peter down to "Carrara' this afternoon and he enjoyed himself very much in the garden.

Sunday 10th September, 1911

Elwin McCarthy and Esme Rothe also went with us to "Carrara" today. The Azaleas were glorious. We brought home heaps of them

4353 Esme Rothe, Joyce, Elwin McCarthy

4356 Eme, Joyce & Tempe, Margaret & Marcia, Elwin

4357 Just leaving for home in the Fiat car, Ethel in the car

Sunday 17th September 1911

4358 View overlooking the Spit, taken from the road to Manly

Sunday 17th September 1911

4339 View taken from near Narrabeen on the road to La Corniche

Sunday 17th September, 1911

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I had a party to-day to La Corniche consisting of Lieut and Mrs Snagge, Mlle Ranzenburg, Ethel, Joyce, Miss McQuade, Edith Want, Clara Manning, Hastings, J.W.Manson.  We lunched at La Corniche and went on to Pymble and had tea with Mrs Snagge.

4361 Waiting at the Spit for the punt

4362 (standing) Clara Manning, J.W.Manson, Mlle. Ranzenburg, Mrs Want, Ethel, Mrs Snagge (sitting) Joyce, Hastings, Lieutenant Snagge

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Sunday 24th September 1911

I went down to "Moombara" this morning.
Joyce, Peggy McArthur and the Rev. Jack Peshall, RN. also there. Margaret, Marcia and Tempe were staying there with Miss Smythe.

4738 Marcia, Joyce and Tempe

4739 Peggy McArthur, Jack Peshall RN, Joyce

4740 On the tennis lawn at "Moombara"

4741 Margaret practising Taffy over jumps on the tennis lawn

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First day of Randwick Races, 30th September 1911

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Joyce and Ethel taken at "Harll" before they left for Randwick. In the morning we all went to "Lohengrin". We afterwards had supper with the Hope Osbornes at the "Australia", not getting home till 1 a.m.

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Various pictures of Joyce taken during September 1911

Saturday 7th October, 1911

4743 Joyce at 'Harll' before going to the Races

4369 I was too unwell today to go to the Races. Hastings and I went to 'Merioola' which I had bought the last month or so, and which was being altered to suit us. This is the first picture I took of 'Merioola' since I bought it

Saturday 7th October 1911

When I came back from "Merioola", I took these three pictures of 'Harll'. One of them shows the cubby house at the foot of the garden which I afterwards moved to "Merioola".