albury

Date 1880 ?

beachcomber australia Of course!

"The Albury Post Office was constructed on the site of the original telegraph station in 1878-80, to a design by James Barnet." from - www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_... The same article goes on about the clock tower being added in the 1920s, but it seems to be very much in evidence in this photo above. "According to the NSW Heritage Register entry, the clock tower was added during the 1920s. Other sources including Fiddian and Warmington and Ward variously date the tower structure as being as early as 1913. However, a number of early photographs dated c. 1900 and c. 1906 show the building with the tower already constructed in its present form." This photo proves the clock tower was part of James Barnet's original design and construction, as for many of his Post Offices. Current view with additions to the left www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/heritage/photodb/imagesear...

beachcomber australia Thanks for your research into this one; from those links you provided it certainly seems like the addition of the clock tower was a bit of a mystery. As you say, this photo, dated 1880, shows it must have been part of the original design. AB

Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection I emailed the database manager of the Heritage website www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_04_2.cfm?itemid=5045452 . See if we can get history rewritten!

Military Records; recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewIma...

It’s almost 50-50 split between late 20s and early 30s cars in this photo, which indicates that there could have been enough time for some recovery from the Depression in the automobile purchases in Albury when the photo was taken. I suggest the photo is no earlier than 1935-38 – the 1st & 2nd sedans on the left have characteristic mid-later 30s “bustle” boots. 1st car is a 1936 US styled vehicle – maybe an OIdsmobile or a Reo or a Studebaker. It’s the sweep at the rear of the front and back fenders/mudguards that suggest 1936 styling, along with the trunk/boot shape. 4th car on the right is maybe a Airflow model from the Chrysler/ De Soto stable – that little bright line on bottom of the rear fender skirt is, I think, the chrome stylised strip featured on the Airflows 1934-38. I can’t pick out any vehicle that I would date after 1938, if I had to be exact I’d veer to 1936. JennysOld Cars

I think there's a clue in the Hume Weir Cafe ...

There is another image looking the other way. They have to be contemporary. More new old cars . . .

So far the date has been narrowed down to 1935-1940. The cars have been a good identifier in this one, but also the buildings (and lack of). AB

A cigarette card from the late 20's looking the other way to the main photo. Apparently from slightly further up the street.