Photograph

Historical information

The photograph is from the album of Ivy My Child.
The area depicted would be looking across the Kalorama Valley with the visible roof tops being the homes of the early settler families.

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 trees and bushes in the foreground and hills in the distance. White shapes scattered throughout the centre are the roofs of buildings.

Inscriptions & markings

Written below the photograph in album: Kalorama

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