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Photographic postcard showing the Beach House Coolangatta

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • beachcomber australia said:
    Name that cute car! Thought it might have been a Ford E04A Anglia Tourer (1939-48) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Anglia#Anglia_E04A_.281939.E2.... - but maybe not. Whatever it is, I think probably mid 1930s at the earliest date. ??
  • Swordscookie said:
    beachcomber australia I don't remember any of the Anglia's having that sharp rear end. It is a nice looking wee car alright. Is there a little figure on the Radiator cap like the Wolseley?? I don't think its right but see the first in this line www.google.ie/search?q=Wolseley+cars+1930+Hornet&tbm=...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    How about a Morris 8 Tourer? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Eight#Morris_Eight_Series_II . "In 1938 ... disc (Easiclean) wheels replaced the previous "Magna" wire spoked ones" Someone will know for sure ... watch this space ...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Something slightly ironic about discussing CARS on a Maritime Museum site!
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Haha we also branch out into fashion and theatre performers! (See below). We love that these discussions reveal the diversity of stories in the collection :)

    Portrait of singer Miss Patsy / Patsie Hill

    The postcard was created by "Murray Views, Gympie" who seemed to be producing material primarily through the 1940s and 50s, so we agree re the car that the date must be later. Records updated to reflect this.

Kirra Point in Coolangatta, Gold Coast, 1899

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    The small rocky headland Kirra Point separates Kirra Beach to the north and Coolangatta Beach to the south and is noted as one of the world's premier surf breaks. In the past, the surf break was known for producing high-quality barrels. Today sand pumping across the Tweed River mouth has filled it in and changed its character. The name of the neighborhood comes from Kirra Hill (28.1681°S 153.5333°E)[2] which is 27 meters (89 ft) above sea level,[3] which first appears on an 1883 survey plan by surveyor Mr Schneider. Although believed to be an Indigenous name, the specific language and meaning is unknown. For example, in the Yuggera language, kaiyar means white cockatoo while in the Kabi language kirran means fire. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirra,_Queensland
  • Sherrie Ford said:
    I'm fairly certain that the headland in the distance is not Burleigh Heads. The people are most likely on Greenmount point in the foreground with Kirra point in the background.

Coolangatta Beach House

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    See this similar photo of a group at the Beach House, at theState Library of Queensland, same photographers.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Infuriating! What a happy looking bunch!
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Whoops! Just changed the link to the good ol' Trove record. That should do it! They don't look ready for a surf do they? ;)