Image of South Canberra c1930s

Better be careful, this could easily end up in the ‘grey’ literature and be cited in IPCC publications (much like a now-discredited piece on Himalayan snowmelt).

ConanOfCooma said :

Poor buggers, the drought is so bad the lake is gone!

global warming must have been bad back then!!

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

what else gives the impression that it was 1930s?

If you zoom waaaaaaay in, there’s a guy with an onion on his belt.

yes, i do indeed believe it was the style at the time 🙂

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

I heard Menzies drank it dry after somebody told him the pub was closed.

LOL.

I heard Menzies drank it dry after somebody told him the pub was closed.

I hear that particular drought lasted until the mid ’60s. And to think people complained about the one just finished.

Poor buggers, the drought is so bad the lake is gone!

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

If you zoom waaaaaaay in, there’s a guy with an onion on his belt.

LOL!

mddawson said :

Its an aerial photo taken in the early 1940s most probably by the RAAF.

The circular patch of grass surrounded by trees is Manuka Oval. Stuart St Griffith is on the middle left. Another photo in the series shows the southern part of Griffith/Narrabundah (South of Bannister Gardens) yet to be developed. Houses in Bannister Gardens were completed in the early 40s.

Of course I should have written “Stuart St Griffith is on the middle right.”

The original photos can be viewed most weekdays at the ArchivesACT Reading Room upstairs at Woden Library.

Old Canberran & AussieLyn:
(For supporting map references, Hotel Kingston existed in 1943, and in 1940, but not in 1933)

Hotel Kingston didn’t officially open until Monday, 20 July 1936.
Supportive text from Wednesday 22 July 1936 edition of Canberra Times:
HOTEL KINGSTON
The transfer of the licence for the Hotel Kingston, which was opened on Monday, from Walter Patrick McGrath, of Griffith, to Alexander James Kay, of Canberra, was gazetted yesterday.

Citation:
1936 ‘HOTEL KINGSTON.’, The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926-1954), 22 July, p. 3, viewed 2 November, 2010, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2422766

Context:
(Click here for relevant Canberra Times page, see bottom of middle column, just above the MAKE YOUR OWN COUGH REMEDY AND SAVE MONEY ad)