‘Mt Kosciuszko’ Ski Trip, 1930

Photograph album

PXA 2108

Presented by Lynette O’Neill, Nov 2014

Thoroughly modern Miss Emily Chambers of Burwood, NSW, was always eager to try the latest fad. Emily and a friend packed their ski gear, paid their £20 and joined the Public Service Ski Club on a ten-day stint at the snow.

Emily’s photo album from this trip captures all energy and enthusiasm of a young woman experiencing early Australian commercial tourism to the snow. Their stay at the Hotel Kosciusko, at Diggers Creek near Jindabyne, from 1 to 11 August 1930, coincided with a heavy snowfall which turned the mountain resort into a veritable winter sports’ paradise.