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In Gibberagong Creek, from Big Wattle Point, Station 311

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    I think there is a comma after "Point" - ie "Station 311". The only Gibberagong I can find is a track alongside Cowan Creek in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Was Cowan Creek once named Gibberagong Creek? Amazingly you can now walk along the track from the comfort of your armchair !! GoogleMapsStreetView - goo.gl/maps/5gn6o - not this particular view.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    That is Mr Eccleston Du Faur on the left, paddling with his trousers rolled up. Which implies the photo is one of a series taken in 1899. See comments etc -
  • beachcomber australia said:
    [https://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Yes, I think a lot of the place names have changed over the years. I remember 7 months ago trying to find a detailed online map of Kuring-gai from c.1900, with no luck. It strikes me that due to Mr Du Faur's work in opening up and protecting the Chase, it became a more attractive and much easier place to get to by rail and/or steamer. Consequently more photographers came - I am thinking of all those 'unidentified' photos in the Phillips Collection (PhM) and Hall (ANMM). Watch these spaces ... !
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Eureka! 1910 Kuring-gai interactive online map FOUND !! Gibberagong is an alternative name for Cockle Creek, to the west of Bobbin Head. There is enough information for a thesis in this map - www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-rm3117-s1-sd&r...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Aha! The photo's title "station 311" is explained by a table at the top left of the map, which gives the distances from various railway stations in chains. www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-rm3117-s1-sd&r... 1 chain = 0.0201168 kilometres (or 80 chains to 1 mile), so 311 chains = 6.26 kilometres. I bet Mr Du Faur supplied all the information and detail for the map, with his background as a draftsman and surveyor for the Surveyor-General's Office and Crown Lands Office. See his bio - adb.anu.edu.au/biography/du-faur-frederick-eccleston-3448

Sydney Sanatorium, Wahroonga NSW

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection