Orbost & District Historical Society
Album - Florence M Taylor album, Florence M Taylor, c. 1910-1920s
... ...Bellbird Hotel...East Gippsland Orbost Genoa Cann River Bellbird Hotel Aboriginal camp Mallacoota Florence M Taylor Snowy River Bridge on front cover:
Through the county of Croagingolong, Victoria. ...
This album was compiled by Florence M. Taylor who was the first women in Australia to be an architect, structural and civil engineer, town planner, and publisher. Florence was born in 1879 and died in 1969.
Wikipedia: Florence Mary Taylor CBE (née Parsons; 29 December 1879 – 13 February 1969) was the first qualified female architect in Australia.[1] She was also the first woman in Australia to fly in a heavier-than-air craft in 1909[2] and the first female member of the UK's Institution of Structural Engineers in 1926.[3] However, she is best known for her role as publisher, editor and writer for the influential building industry trade journals established in 1907 with her husband George, which she ran and expanded after his death in 1928 until her retirement in 1961.[4]
All photographs in this Album are attributed to J H Harvey (b1855, d1938), who was a well-known photographer, land surveyor and engineer.
This album is significant because it contains photographs of East Gippsland, from Orbost to the NSW border. All photos were taken by J H Harvey in the early 20th century, and collected into this Album by Florence M Taylor who was Australia's first woman to be qualified as an architect and engineer. A grey covered album with gold lettering on the front and tied with cord along the spine. 8 pages with b/w photos. Some photos have been cut from the Album. All photos are labelled.on front cover:
Through the county of Croagingolong, Victoria. Mrs F. M. Taylor.east gippsland, orbost, genoa, cann river, bellbird hotel, aboriginal camp, mallacoota, florence m taylor, snowy river bridge