Allen Family photographic albums

Sunday 11th September 1904.
Ethel and I had a driving picnic at Moombara today. We all met at Redfern Railway Station at 10.30 am, travelled by train to Kogarah where we found the club coach and other vehicles waiting for us

813 (enlarged) at Kogarah Station (11am).
Jas Alison drove the drag & on the way to Port Hacking Mr Forbes-Sempill sat on the box. Behind them can be seen Captn Hyde-Parker Miss Walker, Pearl & Captain Wilson while on the back seats were Forbes-Sempill, Mildred Blomfield, Miss Andrews, Charles Campbell, also Captn. Tudor, Ethel & C.R. Burnside. Walter drove Miss Madge Sutter in his sulky. I had Mrs Alison, Clara Manning & Major Marchant in my cart and Manson had Miss Elsie Anderson , Milly and Harry Darley in his motor. Mr & Mrs Geoffrey Fairfax drove direct from town to Moombara in their car

Sunday 11th September 1904

813 The start from Kogarah Station.

814 Manson's motor H Darley, Milly, Miss Anderson

815 a better view of those in the drag & in my cart

816 Something went wrong with Manson's motor about 1 1/2 mils from Kogarah which delayed him about 2 hours. We took Milly and Miss Anderson with us in the cart & drag

Sunday 11th September

817 Walter & Miss Madge Sutter waiting for the punt

818 Miss Sutter on the punt

819 Mrs Alison & Miss Anderson in front Clara Manning & Major Marchant We arrived at Moombara stables at 12.15pm

Sunday 11th September 1904 "Moombara"

820 Forbes-Sempill, Clara, Mrs Alison, Ethel, Capt Tudor
Some of the party walking down to the Lodge from the stables

Reprint of No.630 "Moombara"

821 Pearl, Capt Wilson, Mr Forbes-Sempill, sliding down the bank on tea-trays

Reprint of No 696 View from the balcony showing the South West Arm & Mr Want's house

Sunday 11th September

After lunch some of us went out on the river in the launches Sphinx & Faa-mer

822 Milly, Capt Hyde Parker, Mrs Forbes-Sempill & Wilson, C.R.Burnside, Forbes-Sempill., Walter. 
The launch Faa-mer
Taken from the 'Sphinx'

823 C. Campbell, Miss Anderson, Mr Forbes-Sempill, Ethel, S Wilson, Walter on the wharf before going on the river

824 (enlarged) The return journey from the wharf to the house for afternoon tea

Sunday 11th September 1904

We all left Moombara at 4.30pm and caught the Sydney train at Kogarah arriving at Redfern Station at 6.15

825 Mrs Alison, Miss Anderson & Captn Tudor on the way to the drag

826 Mrs Forbes-Sempill, Mr E P Simpson, Clara, Milly, Forbes-Semphill

827 The Punt at Sylvania (George's River)

Sunday 11th September

These show the coach at Sylvania waiting for the punt.

828 (enlarged) Miss Walker is on the box seat Captn Tudor and Pearl just behind, Ethel & Forbes-Sempill on the back seat of all. L Wilson is on the front

829 (enlarged)

Saturday 17th September 1904

830 Pearl. Pearl & Marcia went to the races with us today. I photographed them at 'Harll' when they got back

831 Marcia

Sunday 18th September "Moombara"

832 Miss Young George

834 George & Miss Young. Mr Lamb and I drove to Moombara today Joyce and Wyn Laidley also. On the train we met George & Miss Young and they spent the afternoon with us

833 Mr Walter Lamb

835 Joyce & Wyn in the boat after lunch with Chivers. George & Miss Young in the dinghy

"Moombara" Saturday 24th September 1904

Ethel and I and the children came down this afternoon for the Michaelmas holidays bringing Janet & Bob Rabett also. Immediately on arrival Joyce, Denis & Bob began to skate on the verandah and they used Janet and Margaret as horses to pull them along. Margaret also had some splendid rides on the tricycle

836 Bob Rabett, Margaret, Joyce

837 Janet, Joyce

838 Margaret, Denis, Bob Rabett

Sunday 25th September 1904 "Moombara"

839 Bob Rabett, Joyce 11 years, Denis 10, Margaret 8, Janet 7

840 Margaret, Joyce, Janet, Denis, Bob. The children's first swim this summer. A lovely warm morning fairly high tide. They certainly did enjoy it!

841 / 842 These give a very good idea of the bathing place. This was taken at 3/4 tide

Sunday 25th September 1904

After he swim I took Joyce Denis and Bob to the shell beach opposite Moombara and we walked round to Simpson's Hotel now kept by Mr Melhuish. Chivers following us in the dinghy. We had a hard pull home against the wind & tide

843 The beach in front of Simpson's Hotel Bob Denis & Joyce in the boat Chivers on the sand 844 The wisteria at the back of the hotel. Joyce at the gate

845 a closer view of the hotel

Saturday 1st October 1904 "Moombara"

846 Mrs Pilcher, Mrs Etheridge waiting for the punt at Tom Ugly's Point

Colonel & Mrs Etheridge & Mr Bertie Pilcher drove to "Moombara" with us today

847 Denis, Joyce, Col. Etheridge.
We went out in the launch Sphynx after lunch and brought the children home from Simpson's Hotel

848 Mrs Etheridge Ethel Mrs Pilcher Col Etheridge
On our way to the stables after afternoon tea (5pm)

Sunday morning 2nd October

(Bottom right in right margin) negative at FMI /1529)

849 Janet, Dundas Margaret, Denis, Hastings. 
A very cold windy morning. (11.30am)

"Moombara"
Sunday 9th October 1904

A very hot day. Walter, Wilfred Nathan and I drove down for the day. Denis and Geoffrey coming too. The boys enjoyed their bathe though the tide was low

850 (enlarged) Geoffrey

851 (enlarged)

"Moombara"
Sunday 16th October 1904

Hastings, Cecil Healey, Denis & Dundas down with me this week We spent Saturday night at "Moombara"

852 Cecil Healey diving

853 Denis, Cecil Healey

854 Cecil Healey

Sunday 16th October 1904 Port Hacking

855 Denis 856 Simpson's launch

857 Denis

858 Cecil Healey in the dinghy

Thursday afternoon 29th October 1904

Boyce and I drove to Manly today to see a poultry farm which I had arranged to lease for Percy MacAfee.

859 Taken from the hill above the Spit Ferry

860 The Homestead at Mr Read's farm

861 Boyce, Barnet

Thursday 20th October (cont'd)

864 Some of the stock at feeding time

863 A.P. MacAfee

"Moombara" Sunday 23rd October 1904

Mr & Mrs Rothe, Eme, Fritz & Joyce came down with us yesterday. We had great fun with the children in the bathing place this morning

864 Fritz in deep water holding onto the lifebuoy

865 Eme using the water wings

866 (enlarged) Joyce pointing out to Fritz the way to swim

Sunday 23rd October (continued)

867 (enlarged) Fritz was slow in wetting himself so Joyce did it for him

868 Rothe, Mrs Rothe We spent the rest of the morning in the launch 'Sphinx'

Wednesday 26th October 1904

Taken on day of Miss Alice Cape's wedding 869 (enlarged) The Misses Stephen, Joyce, Herbert, Marcia, Ethel, Miss Walker, A.W.A., Milly, Margaret 3.5 pm (sic) In Albert Street near the Church

870 (enlarged) arrival of the bridesmaids

871 (enlarged) arrival of the bride in mother's brougham 3.30pm Mr A.J. Cape in the act of getting out

Wednesday 26th October (cont'd)

Wedding day of Miss Alice Cape & W.A. Lang

872 (enlarged) Scene at the Church after the bride had entered 3.34pm

873 (enlarged) After the marriage. Mrs Lang leaving the Church for Hazelmere. 5pm

Wednesday 26th October 1904

874 (enlarged)

875 (enlarged) Maud Want, D. Sellars, Ken Want, Mrs Lang, W.A. Lang, Elizabeth Cape, Mrs Cape, Miss Cape

876 (enlarged) Taken on the lawn at "Hazelmere"

877 (enlarged) Mrs Lang

Moombara Sunday 6th November 1904

Mrs Blomfield, Mildred, Doris Blomfield, Harry Darley, Denis and Dundas came down with me yesterday

878. These photographs show the latest improvements at Moombara.The roofs over the balconettes and the glass on the verandah having just been finished.

879.

880. H Darley

"Moombara" Sunday 6th November 1904

881 This was taken to show the coral trees which I had carted from Kogarah & Sylvania

882 Saturday even' 5.30pm Mildred, Doris, Mrs Blomfield, H Darley, Denis & Dundas having a swim

883 Sunday afternoon 6.45pm Doris, Mildred, Mrs Blomfield, H Darley. Denis & Jacob with "Taffy" Arrival at Kogarah on the journey home

"Moombara" Sunday 13th November 1904

Joyce, Denis, Margaret & Eme Rothe went down on Friday with Florence. Hastings & Cecil Healey followed on Saturday evening and Ethel & I on Sunday morning. We all returned on Monday

884 Joyce, Margaret, Eme 11 am

885 Florence drying Margaret's clothes after she had fallen into the fresh water

886 Ethel arranging tea at the top of South West Arm 5 pm

887 Hastings, Ethel, Cecil Healey. The top of the South West Arm

888 Freshwater waterfall about 1/4 mile from top of South West Arm

Tuesday 15th December [sic] 1904

Taken at the Sale of Duckenfield Cattle at Berry Park
(E W Sparke & R Hill Auctioneers)

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890

891

892

Tuesday 15th December (cont')

893 The milking shed at Berry Park

894 Some of the cattle after sale

895

"Moombara" Saturday 19th November

Ethel and I came down this afternoon bringing with us Mr & Mrs David Anderson, Norah Anderson, Nita Walker, Charles Kilgour and Denis

896 Denis first had a bathe and then although it was high tide he and Nita went oyster gathering

897 Norah, Nita, Mrs Anderson, Ethel, D.Anderson
Taken while Denis was in the water

898 Norah & Nita on the skids near the bathing place

899 David Anderson

Sunday 20th November 1904

Some of us had a lovely bathe before breakfast and at 10.30 we went out on the river in the "Sphinx" stopping at Warumbul for tea at 11.30. We all returned at 4.30pm

900 Ethel, D. Anderson, Mrs Anderson on the verandah after breakfast

901 The launch "Sphinx" leaving Warumbul jetty 12.30pm

902 Nita & Norah looking at my photo book in the sitting room

903 Denis handing Mrs Anderson a stone plate of oysters 1 pm

904 D. Anderson, C Kilgour, Nita, Norah.
Nita finds oysters easier to obtain when the tide is low

Saturday 26th November 1904

Denis developed scarlet fever last Wednesday and in consequence he is isolated with a nurse and the other children are unable to go about as usual. I drove Joyce today first to Ruperra [Boyce Allen's house, Darling Point] to see Primrose & Marian at a distance and then to Bronte Beach where Boyce and Isa drove with their family. On the way we met Maud Want and Miss Madge Suttor and I photographed them

905 Maud in the cart with Miss Madge

906

907 Plumb driving the waggonette with Mother's horses and the Ruperra family. Janet, Bruce and Dundas in front

Saturday 26th November (cont')

908 Bronte Beach showing position of bathing place Boyce, Ida, Isa.

909 The bathing place taken from outside the fence

910 Maria & Joyce playing with a stray dog

911 Maria, Janet, Joyce

Sunday November 27th 1904

Marcia, Joyce and I left Harll at 6.15am and drove all the way to Moombara arriving there about 8.40 am. We stayed there all day getting home again at 6.30 pm. It was a lovely day quite cool

912 This shows the further improvement to the bathing place

913 Joyce

914 Marcia & Joyce just as we were leaving 4.30 pm

"Moombara" Sunday 27th November 1904

Quite the best pictures I have taken of the house since it was finished

Monday 28th November

Joyce Margaret and Florence went today to stay at Moombara so as to avoid the possible chance of infection if they stayed at Harll

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916

917

"Moombara" Sunday 27th November 1904

915 A (enlarged)

"Harll" Thursday 1st December 1904

Marcia and Milly came to see us after coming from a garden party at Admiralty House

918 Marcia

919 Marcia Milly

920 Milly

"Moombara" Wednesday 7th December 1904

We heard this morning that our caretaker's ("Mr Chivers") little daughter at "Moombara" had developed measles. I drove down today leaving at 12.10pm and arranged for them to come to  "Banksia" tomorrow. Charley Bartholomew and A.S. Heywood also came and we fixed upon the best place for a boat place for my new boat

921 Joyce, J.Chivers, Jacob, C Bartholomew, Margaret, A S Haywood 5.45pm on the wharf. Jacob having just caought a large conger eel.

922 Jacob

"Harll"
Monday 12th December 1904

Denis is in great spirits this morning as Dr Jamieson allowed him out on to the balcony

923 Joyce & Denis [sic] came to see him after breakfast

"Moombara"
Sunday 18th December

A hot muggy morning Hastings and I drove to Moombara arriving there about 12.15
At 4 o'clock a violent storm came up with much rain and hail We had a very wet drive at 5 o'clock to Kogarah

924 This shows some of the hailstones on the grass. The river was quite obscured by the rain

925 More hailstones just after the rain

926 taken during the rain to show the water rushing down the stone steps tearing up a flower bed and the grass on its way

Thursday 22nd December 1904

Denis was allowed down on the croquet lawn today for the first time since his illness
So as not to bring any infection inside the house Jacob put up the ladder to the balcony and to his great delight helped Denis down

927 The descent beginning

928 Down at last

929 Denis half way down

Saturday 24th December 1904

930 Denis having his lunch out in the garden

931 Nurse Denis

932 Walter rode in with Geoffrey this afternoon
Geoffrey is on his new pony

Saturday 24th December 1904

I spent some time this afternoon in photographing all the work which Joyce and Margaret have done as presents for Xmas. They certainly deserve great credit as they both worked very hard.

933

934 (enlarged) 

Xmas morning 1904

I was up at 5am and drove to Banksia at 6 to see Joyce and Margaret open their stockings. They had a glorious time and at 7 I took some photos on the verandah showing some of their things.

935 Margaret

936 Joyce

I had difficulty in finding a quiet corner out of the wind

937 at 730 we drove to Harll to see Denis and Ethel. The chilldren were really dressed but we left the nightgowns on to amuse Denis

938 at 10.30 Margaret and Joyce went to church. Joyce to St James with me and Margaret to All Saints with Florence

Xmas 1904

Denis also had a very happy Xmas tho' he misses the children very much.
Ethel stayed with him all the morning and nurse Denis helped him play with all his toys

939 Denis just after breakfast with a few of his toys

940 Denis & Nurse having their Xmas dinner on the croquet lawn

941 Denis loves his new submarine

Xmas 1904

Denis and I had great fun after driving with his railway train and lines

942 We made stations & tunnels & grand curves. When Dundas came I went to Banksia

943 Nurse helping Denis to put his lines right

944 The shady corner of the lawn now used by Denis as a day nursery.

Xmas day 1904

The afternoon at Banksia

945 Joyce waiting for the Rupens children to arrive

946 Joyce, Oswald, Margaret

947 Joyce, Oswald, Margaret, Geoffrey

Xmas 1904

948 Geoffrey Primrose, Oswald, Joyce, Marian

949 Geoffrey, Primrose, Oswald, Joyce, Marian, Margaret & Janet

950 Primrose, Marian, Joyce, Janet & Margaret

6.45pm Time to go home Joyce & Margaret going as far as Harll to say goodnight to Ethel & Denis

"Moombara" Tuesday 27th December 1904

Hastings & Cecil Healey spent their Xmas at Port Hacking. Dundas and I drove down on Monday and brought them home today.

951 Cecil Healey about to dive

952 Hastings

953 Cecil Healey swimming very fast

954 Dundas & Hastings looking on

Thursday 29th December

I went over late this afternoon to McMahon's point and took these photographs of my new motor sailing boat the Albatross - which is nearly finished

955 Holmes' shed & The Albatross taken from the ferry steamer 5.35 pm
(note 15 Jan/05 Name of Boat changed to "Carrara")

956 the "Albatross" on the skids showing the staunchions to hold the awning when using her as a launch

957 The builder "W. Holmes"

Carrara Rose Bay

Taken just before Boyce and Isa left April 1904

(left) Two photographs of the entrance hall

"Harll" 4 January 1905

(top) Dick aged 3 years
Taken by Herbert at Burradoo

958 Joyce & Margaret with their new dolls
purchased out of uncle Fred Dangar's present

959 Mrs Madge Sutton at "Moombara"
She stayed there with Walter & Pearl from Friday 30th December to Tuesday 3rd Jan /05

"Moombara" Sunday 8th January 1905

960 The children fishing from the wharf

961

Florence and Joyce & Margaret also Primrose Marian & Janet went down to Moombara on Thursday 5th January /05. Charles Kilgour and Willie Stawell went there with us on Saturday We then returned on Sunday

962 (enlarged) Harry MacKellar's boat with Mr & Mrs Levic on board passing Moombara

963 Joyce C Kilgour & Marian having a swim

Port Hacking Sunday 8th January 1905

964 The "Sphinx"

965 W Stawell, C.Kilgour, Joyce & Marian, Primrose
on the fresh water at "Audley"

966 (enlarged) Primrose, Marian, Joyce, Mary, W Stawell, C Kilgour
After lunch we came up to Audley in the "Sphinx' travelling by train from National Park to Sydney. Chivers driving the children home

Sunday 8th January 1905

Two views of the freshwater river at Audley taken from the accommodation house.

967 (enlarged)

968 (enlarged) All the children & C.Kilgour, W. Stawell are in the boat

Audley National Park
Sunday 8 Jan /05

969 C Kilgour & Andy at the fountain erected in memory of Mr Critchett-Walker

"Harll" 3rd January 1905

970 These show some splendid staghorn ferns which I bought a few days ago for "Harll"

971 They were mounted on their stands prior to being placed in position

Friday 13th January 1905

972 (enlarged) The new motor boat is now practically completed. We have changed her name from "Albatross" to "Carrara". Ethel had her first run in her this morn'g at 10am Mr Heywood being in charge with Jacob at the engine. Marcia, Milly & Denis also there. This was taken as the boat came up to Rasmussen's shed at Rushcutters Bay.

973 This shows some of the stag horn ferns placed in their proper positions by Mr James.

974 A H K Maxwell and Judge Gibson on Arthur McCarthy's lawn

Saturday 14th January 1905

Arthur & Mary McCarthy's home in Onslow Avenue Elizabeth Bay

975 (enlarged) A.W. McCarthy

976 (enlarged)

977 (enlarged)

Moombara Sunday afternoon 15th January 1905

978 Margaret

979 Joyce

Moombara Sunday afternoon 15th January 1905

There is nothing about "Moombara" which the children love so much as the bathing

980 Margaret

981 Joyce

982 Joyce

983 Margaret & Joyce

Moombara Sunday 15th January

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982 (enlarged)

Two very nice pictures of Joyce

Wednesday 18th January 1905

Jacob brought the "Carrara" to Man of War steps this afternoon at 5 o'clock and I took E W Heywood & Geoffrey Fairfax to Double Bay in her. Everything went very well.

984 Jacob & E W Heywood

985 Taken xxx the seating accomodation aft

986 E W Heywood the designer of the "Carrara"