Historical information

Photograph looks north along High Street from Walker Street with a Northcote line cable tram travelling northward and a large cannon located at right. Two cannons were placed at this point either side of High Street in June 1913 by the Northcote South Ratepayer’s Association. The cannons were originally built in England in 1884/8 5 and installed in Melbourne's South Channel Fort off Sorrento to defend against possible Russian invasion. Cornwell Reserve is now known as High Street Linear Reserve.

Significance

Yields information about High Street Northcote South

Physical description

Postcard with label below photograph and postcard markings on rear.

Inscriptions & markings

On front: 'The Rose Series P 1056 Cornwell Reserve, High Street, Northcote South'; on rear: 'Postcard - A real photograph Produced in Australia'