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View of the Rhodes-Meadowbank punt crossing, Parramatta river, June 1928
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Title:
View of the Rhodes-Meadowbank punt crossing, Parramatta river, 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 1014
Subject:
Blaxland Road (Rhodes, N.S.W.)
Meadowbank (Ryde, N.S.W.)
Parramatta River (N.S.W.)
Hellenie (Meadowbank, N.S.W.)
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.
This view, taken from the Rhodes side of the river looks across the water towards Meadowbank, with the now demolished historic house Hellenie sheltered by tall conifers and Bowden Street curving away uphill from the punt crossing.
Source:
Justice & Police Museum ; FP14_0022_010
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:
56062
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