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Black and White Photographic Postcard of Sailing Ships in Albany

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c. 1940

Overview

A black and white photographic postcard showing three (3) sailing ships in Albany, Western Australia. One (1) of the yachts is in the foreground with two (2) others in midground. There is a logo of an anchor on a sail of the ship in the foreground. The Albany coastline is behind all three (3) sailing ships. Printed information appears on the reverse of the card along with a space bordered by the words Kodak and Australia for a stamp to be affixed. The postcard is part of the collection of Charles Frederick JACKMAN.

Historical information

Princess Royal Harbour and the adjacent King George Sound have a long history of sailing ships with George Vancouver claiming his ‘discovery’ of the area in 1791 and assessing King George Sound as “The finest harbour in the Southern Hemisphere …” Matthew Finders surveyed the Harbour in the early 1800’s and his work was instrumental in Britain choosing the site as Western Australia’s first settlement. In December 1826 Major Edmund Lockyer arrived with his family on the brig ‘Amity’. A military outpost was established in ‘Frederick’s Town’ and in 1832 the name was replaced with ‘Albany’ by the Governor of the Swan River Colony after Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany. Settlement saw Albany become an important strategic port for mail, cargo, coal and overseas passengers arriving in Western Australia. From 1893 Princess Royal Fortress safe-guarded trade routes and was a vital strategic defence asset in the First World War along with King George Sound being the departure point for the first two convoys carrying Australian soldiers to Egypt who would later land on Gallipoli. In the Second World War Albany again became a strategic defence post as well as an alternative submarine base for the American Navy due to the fear of Fremantle being attacked. In more recent times the Port of Albany has become a large export centre for grain, silicon sand and woodchips whilst receiving superphosphate for farming. The Princess Royal Yacht Club was established in 1909 with sailing being a popular local pastime.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2021.8.16

Item type

Photographs

Postcards

Themes

Photography

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

85 mm

Height or length

137 mm

Weight

4 g

Inscriptions and markings

On back “POST CARD / CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS ONLY”.

Contextual information

Charles Frederick JACKMAN was born on 9 May 1919 in Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. He travelled to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1934, arriving on 23 December via Colombo. JACKMAN enlisted in the 24th Heavy Artillery Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (militia) on 29 July 1937 at the age of eighteen (18). He spent three (3) years and ten (10) days in service at the Princess Royal Fortress, Albany, Western Australia, and qualified as a “Layer” and “Lewis Gunner” before being discharged on 7 August 1940. On 27 August 1940, JACKMAN enlisted in the 5th Veterinary Hospital as and was discharged as “Medically Unfit” on 21 January 1941. He worked locally including at the Freemasons Hotel on Stirling Terrace for three (3) months until July 1941, and the Vacuum Oil Company from 28 June 1943 until 17 January 1946. JACKMAN married Betty Milne at St John the Evangelist Church in Albany on 12 April 1947 and died in Albany on13 July 1985. He is buried in Allambie Cemetery, Albany.

Keywords

Charles Frederick JACKMAN

Princess Royal Harbour

Albany

Place made

Albany, Western Australia, Australia

Year

c. 1940

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness