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View on the Patawalonga [PRG 1459/2/10] • Photograph

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Summary

Early morning view from the Patawalonga of the river bank, about where Stanley Street now meets the river frontage, 19 November 1948. 'The location of these trees can be clearly identified in photo PRG 1459/2/8. At high tide, as shown here, it was possible to thread the canoe through a very obscure, narrow channel and beach right under the shade of the trees. This was the location of the secret picnic site that Doug Mackenzie shared with his dog, as told in his story entitled "The Smelly Old Patawalonga. A Boy's Own Wonderland" [PRG 1459/3]. A large part of a later subdivision, bounded on the north by a newly created Anderson Avenue and Stanley Street to the south, was compulsorily acquired and held for years by the state government as provision for a new channel to the sea. This was to be immediately south of Anderson Avenue and is clearly shown on page 105 of Doug Mackenzie's book "Glenelg and the Patawalonga" [PRG 1459/1] as it appeared in the "The Advertiser" on 21 March 1950. When this plan was later scrapped the Government sold off the subdivision at a very nice profit indeed.' [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

Patawalonga, The (S.A.)

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Date

28/12/2007

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Resolution

3,374 x 2,560 pixels (8.6 MP)

Size

25.94 MB

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