Historical information

The photograph is from the album of Ivy May Child.
The scene is looking down across the Kalorama Valley in the early 1930s. Probably across the Jeeves and Child properties.

Ivy May Child (1910 – 1989) was the daughter of Arthur Edward (Ted) Child (1878 – 1964) and Ethel May Madden (1888 – 1970). Ted Child was the son of Matthew Francis Child (1839 – 1933) and Martha Jeeves (1857 – 1926). He was the grandson of one of the early pioneers Francis Child. Ivy grew up on the family property on Childs Road and took many photographs. Most of these are glued into her photo album. The album covered the years from c1927 – 1932. Ivy married Henry William Burgess (1906 – 1968) in 1944.
The photographs remain in their original state in the album with individual copies made.

Physical description

Black and white photograph with a post and wire fence in the foreground , hills in the distance and a cultivated area in the centre.

Inscriptions & markings

Written below the photograph in the album: The Valley