POSTCARD: 'GREETINGS FROM SUBIACO, NEDLANDS, FROM PIER, SUBIACO, W. A.'

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c. 1910

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Overview

Blue and white postcard from the 'Greetings from Subiaco' series, featuring a photograph of the Nedlands foreshore taken from the pier. A small craft called 'Success' is moored to the side of the jetty and a boat shed appears in the centre of the image joined to the pier by a jetty.

In the background there is some detail of the buildings in the background, including the Nedlands hotel. The image also shows an extensive area of bushland along the foreshore.

On the reverse is written: NEDLANDS JETTY / NATIONAL PARKS / BOARD'. There is also in the top LH corner written 'NED / 579'. All written in pencil.

Historical information

This part of the Swan River once belonged within the City of Subiaco's boundaries.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2014.14

Item type

Documents

Themes

Environment
Photography
Popular Culture
Social History

Material

Card

Width

130 mm

Height or length

89 mm

Contextual Information

This part of the Swan River once belonged within the City of Subiaco's boundaries.

William Cadman developed this postcard series to sell in his Subiaco newsagent business.

Keywords

Swan River

Greetings From Subiaco Postcard Series

Year

Statement of significance

This postcard is significant as part of the 'Greetings from Subiaco' postcard series, and for recording aspects of the Swan River and Nedlands Foreshore, which once fell within Subiaco's boundaries.

Aesthetic: Historic: Social: Condition: Interpretive: Representativeness: Rarity:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

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-31.990128329138, 115.81787102331

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