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White City, Eveleigh, Sydney

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: M. William John Ellisen_AU
dc.coverage.spatialEveleigh Railway Workshops, Redfern, Sydneyen_US
dc.coverage.spatialHenderson Road, Redfern, Sydneyen_US
dc.coverage.spatialGarden Street, Redfern, Sydneyen_US
dc.coverage.spatialCornwallis Street, Redfern, Sydneyen_US
dc.coverage.spatialEveleigh Street, Redfern, Sydneyen_US
dc.coverage.spatialWilson Street, Redfern, Sydneyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-02-25T22:27:41Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T12:05:36Z
dc.date.available2004-02-25T22:27:41Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-01-05T12:05:36Z
dc.date.createdMay 1914en_US
dc.date.issued2004-02-25T22:27:41Zen_US
dc.description.abstractPhotograph of a railway yard with a view of the city in the distance. Given the inscription on the image, that view presumably includes the plaster structures of the White City amusement park in Woollahra. Large buildings which are probably loco workshops can be seen on the left of the picture and on the right is a goods train and a number of wagons. There are also signal posts, track levers and steam or smoke emissions from activities near the workshops.The Eveleigh railway workshops were built between 1880 and 1886 and they continued to operate until 1989. In 1914 one tenth of NSW Department of Railways employees worked at Eveleigh.en_US
dc.format.extent28360480 bytesen_US
dc.format.mediumBlack and white photographen_US
dc.format.medium8.6cm x 11.3cm (window)en_US
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/207en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/207
dc.language.isoen_AUen_US
dc.relation.ispartofNoel Butlin Archives Centre. ANU Archives Program.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofNational Union of Railwaymen of Australiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMaterial relating to railway matters collected by M.William John Ellis over the period 1898-1949. The series contains press cuttings, 159 photographs and 1 photograph album.en_US
dc.rightsThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.en_US
dc.subject.otherRailwaysen_US
dc.subject.othertrainsen_US
dc.subject.othersteam enginesen_US
dc.subject.otherlocomotivesen_US
dc.subject.otherrailway buildingsen_US
dc.subject.otherrailway linesen_US
dc.subject.otherbuildings, structures & establishmentsen_US
dc.subject.otherpower & telegraph polesen_US
dc.subject.othergoods wagonsen_US
dc.subject.otherrailway yardsen_US
dc.subject.othertown viewsen_US
dc.subject.otherNew South Wales Government Railwaysen_US
dc.subject.otherEveleigh Railway Workshopsen_US
dc.titleWhite City, Eveleigh, Sydneyen_US
dc.typeImageen_AU
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.citationE80-61-161en_US
local.description.notesInscribed in white on image, l.c.: White City Eveleigh/ May 1914en_US
local.description.notesalternative number: K3971en_US
local.description.notesEllis entered NSW Railways Service in 1882 and retired May 1924. He was a fitter and turner at the Eveleigh workshops and for 13 years was examining fitter and fitter in charge of the Sydney accident train. His career in the Railways was disrupted by an incident in 1909 when he was dismissed from his position because he had suggested to the NSW Railway Commissioner that some senior officers be removed. Ellis maintained they were negligent in their duties to the safety of the train-travelling public. On 25/3/12 a Select Committee recommended that Ellis be reinstated and compensed for losses. The last was done but Chief Commissioner Johnson did not reinstate him. It was only when Johnson left NSW in 1915 that Ellis was re-employed in the workshops. In July 1926 he was a witness in the coronial inquiry into the Aberdeen railway accident of 10/6/1926.en_US

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