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View of the Rhodes-Meadowbank punt crossing, Parramatta river, beside John Whitton railway bridge, June 1928
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Title:
View of the Rhodes-Meadowbank punt crossing, Parramatta river, beside John Whitton railway bridge, June 1928
Creator:
New South Wales. Police Dept.
Date:
1928
Format:
photographic glass plate negative: b&w; 4.75 x 6.5 in.
Inscription:
Emulsion Side, ink: Rhodes Punt tragedy 1012.
Subject:
Blaxland Road (Rhodes, N.S.W.)
Parramatta River (N.S.W.)
power & telegraph poles
railway bridges
timber yards
A. & E. Ellis Ltd, Timber Merchants
Description:
Part of an archive of forensic photography created between 1912 and 1964. This image is one of a series of 15 negatives contained in box no. 1006-1020, three of which negatives relate to an accident in which a woman drowned when a car in which she was a passenger was accidentally driven into the river off a punt causeway on a wet evening and conditions poor visibility.
In the view, looking towards the Rhodes side of the river, the timber yards of A.& E. Ellis are a prominent feature of the riverbank.
Source:
Justice & Police Museum ; FP14_0022_012
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Museums of History NSW to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
56061
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