Territory Stories

Smith Street

Details:

Title

Smith Street,

Photo number

PH0149/0161,

Collection

Joy Collins Collection., PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1974-12-25,

Location

Darwin,

Description

Smith Street showing devastation after Cyclone Tracy. ANZ bank on the left, Woolworths on the right. Galvanised iron strewn on the streets. Renault 84-827 registration heads towards Woolworths, Mini 105-244 registration parked on the right.,

Notes

The Renault 84-827 driving away belonged to the Gould family. Kevin drove from St Mary’s Cathedral, where the family spent the night, because Betty Gould would not go home, up Smith Street toward the Commonwealth Railways office – Arkaba House - which was at the end of Smith Street / Esplanade across the road from the Darwin City Council Chambers, he was on his way back down to the cathedral. Information supplied by Helen Allmich (daughter, Kevin and Betty Gould), 2/12/2014.,

Subject

cyclones, shops, cars, Cyclone Tracy, 1974,

Digital format

3916 x 5000 pixels : 24bpp ; 58.76Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.,

File type

image/tiff.,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/18985,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/18985

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/740610,