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Launching a canoe on the Patawalonga [PRG 1459/2/1] • Photograph

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Summary

Two men with a canoe on the edge of the Patawalonga River at Glenelg, early morning, 19 November 1948. A dog is sniffing at the upright paddles and houses along the river can be seen on the distance. 'This photo was taken, looking north, from the point where the old bridge met the western bank of the Patawalonga. (This small patch of white sand can just be seen behind the white boat in photo PRG 1459/2/2.) The eastern end of the bridge began where the Buffalo now stands. Apexian Don Paterson was assisting Apexian Doug Mackenzie (in white). Doug's family home is hard to discern next to the white fence in the top right hand corner of the photo. The house with the small tower roof is the only one remaining to this day [2008]. It was the family home of David Krantz.' [Information supplied by Doug Mackenzie].

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Physical description

Photograph (tinted print); 15.2 cm x 20.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1948

Photographer

Rainsford, R. J

Collection

Part of Doug Mackenzie Collection

Subject

Canoes and canoeing -- South Australia -- Patawalonga River
Patawalonga, The (S.A.)

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General notes

One in a series of 14 photographs which 'were taken by Ross Rainsford, in December 1948, to assist Doug Mackenzie to prepare his articles for publication in the 'Glenelg Guardian', 16 December 1948. This was an Apex Club supported protest against the Glenelg Corporation's absurd determination to reclaim the entire Patawalonga basin for sale as building blocks in order to raise finance for a new jetty.'

Digitisation information

Date

28/12/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,363 x 2,533 pixels (8.5 MP)

Size

25.59 MB

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