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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: MILLER'S POOL, SOUTH PERTH

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Overview

Sepia coloured photograph showing Mill Point, South Perth. There is a jetty, rowing boats, small yachts and a large, crowded ferry in the view. The ferry is the 'Zephyr' with the South Perth penisular in the background. This is the part the called Point Belches and the Miller's Pool is in the background. The Miller's Pool was being filled by 1939, with actual completion date unknown. This was done as part of the dredging and filling work that was done along the foreshore from Coode Street Jetty along where the Sir James Mitchell freeway is now, and around the point and down to the Milyu Nature Reserve and Marine Park. The present day land mark old flour mill is partially obscured by a tree.

Historical information

Photographic paper and chemicals.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2005.225

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

165 mm

Height or length

115 mm

Keywords

Museum Treasure

Statement of significance

Local history - shows the geography of the Mill Point region before major changes were made to the area.

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