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Photography by irvinj
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Photography by Kerry and Co
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This image titled ‘Cook Monument, Kurnell’ was taken by one of the members in our Tyrrell Today group on Flickr. This group is a place for our members to post their contemporary versions to match the locations of our historic images in the Tyrrell Collection. Our image titled ‘’Capt. Cook’s Monument, Kurnell’, Kerry and Co, Sydney, Australia, c. 1884-1917’ was taken by Kerry and Co. Our databse states:

‘This photographic negative is one of 2900 Kerry & Co. photographs in the Powerhouse Museum’s ‘Tyrrell Collection’ once owned by Sydney bookseller, James Tyrrell. Almost all of these negatives are 21.5 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 inch) glass plates and many of those now held by the Powerhouse Museum collection would have been used to create postcards. In addition to the Kerry & Co. Studio images, the Tyrrell Collection at the Powerhouse Museum includes glass plate negatives published by Henry King and a number of other negatives by unattributed photographers’

  • beachcomberaustralia

    It is the dedication of Captain Cook Reserve at the landing place in Kurnell.

    The ceremony happened on Saturday 6 May 1899. The officials and guests arrived by steamers and were brought to the jetty “by the steam punt from Tom Ugly’s Point, above which was carried a framework from which floated a variety of colours.” (See link below)

    A very full description including the speeches is in the Sydney Morning Herald the following Monday 8 May 1899 (page 4). It is an interesting read and really brings this photo to life – trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14213166

    [posted on flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3003583541/ ]

  • http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices Paula Bray

    Thank you for the very informative link to the article beachcomberaustralia!