I think the answer lies in the wisteria ...
There is an excellent slide show of Lodge photos here - news.domain.com.au/photogallery/domain/the-pms-home-in-ca... . No.30 of 37 shows Joseph Lyons, his wife Enid, and eleven (!) children on the lawn in 1939. The plants are all a little larger than in this photo, so this is earlier, probably 1938, as many of the railway carriage decoration photos. (No.28 is also of interest, but is reversed).
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27/Oct/2011 22:03:06
The Lyons family photo is also on Wikipedia (via NLA) -
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30/Oct/2011 23:47:30
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Oh yes, I see the ones under the window sill are much smaller in our photo. You could write a book about dating photos, plant by plant :)
Will pass this info along.
AB
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31/Oct/2011 05:56:05
Hmmm.... The removable nature of plants makes this a hard one to call. Here's another image dated 1950 ... I'm not sure that it helps us out much but see what you think!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TheLodge1950.jpg
-AG
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31/Oct/2011 08:07:19
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw] - AG -
That same image is dated as "ca.1940" here - nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4660686-s204 ,
and "ca.1950" here - nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3572357 !!
Also a colourised version "ca. 1920-ca. 1950" here - www.slv.vic.gov.au/pcards/gid/slv-pic-aab09728/1/pc000049
(Via a Trove pictures search for "The Lodge Canberra")
Clear as mud!
I think a Parliamentary Inquiry and Royal Commission is required ...
not to mention a TV mini series - already done!
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I think the answer lies in the wisteria ... There is an excellent slide show of Lodge photos here - news.domain.com.au/photogallery/domain/the-pms-home-in-ca... . No.30 of 37 shows Joseph Lyons, his wife Enid, and eleven (!) children on the lawn in 1939. The plants are all a little larger than in this photo, so this is earlier, probably 1938, as many of the railway carriage decoration photos. (No.28 is also of interest, but is reversed).
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
The Lyons family photo is also on Wikipedia (via NLA) -
MHNSW - State Archives Collection
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Oh yes, I see the ones under the window sill are much smaller in our photo. You could write a book about dating photos, plant by plant :) Will pass this info along. AB
MHNSW - State Archives Collection
Hmmm.... The removable nature of plants makes this a hard one to call. Here's another image dated 1950 ... I'm not sure that it helps us out much but see what you think! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TheLodge1950.jpg -AG
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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw] - AG - That same image is dated as "ca.1940" here - nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4660686-s204 , and "ca.1950" here - nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3572357 !! Also a colourised version "ca. 1920-ca. 1950" here - www.slv.vic.gov.au/pcards/gid/slv-pic-aab09728/1/pc000049 (Via a Trove pictures search for "The Lodge Canberra") Clear as mud! I think a Parliamentary Inquiry and Royal Commission is required ...
not to mention a TV mini series- already done!MHNSW - State Archives Collection
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Nothing's ever simple it seems! Royal Commission looks like our only option! -AG
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw Eeeeek! You have changed your avatar colour - so red, it makes mine look pink!
pellethepoet
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] Never mind reds under the bed - they're in the Archive! :)
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia http://www.flickr.com/photos/pellethepoet Ooh yes, ours does look extraordinarily red compared to your starfish! Blooood red....and you're right, the starfish is looking faded now. AB
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A decent collection of images of The Lodge taken from contraction to the mid 1930s can be seen at the Discovering Mildenhall's Canberra website.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/canberrahouse That's great, thanks for sharing that link. AB