Gunning & District Historical Society

Gunning Station from eastern end of No. 1 Platform, 1941. Photo:  Portal into the Past of Sydney & Beyond . Recently I came across some photos taken at the Gunning Railway Station from 1941 from a Facebook group Portal into the Past of Sydney & Beyond , so I decided to take myself off and see if it had changed much in 76 years. Gunning Station from eastern end of No. 1 Platform, 2017. Photo by Leslie Bush. There is something to be said for the power of a photograph. We take thousands of photos these days, but do we cherish them as they once were? To own or have access to a camera was a very rare treat. And how lucky we are that this was so. Gunning Station from western end, 1941. Photo:  Portal into the Past of Sydney & Beyond . There are some phenomenal images from bygone eras where they had to take their time, taking daring risks to make sure they got the shot just right. Gunning Station from western end, 2017. Photo by Lesli...

Lade Vale Tennis Club circa 1900. Photo taken by Augustus Jones, restored by Ray McJannett (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5) From GDHS Secretary Rosemary Spiller: Augustus Jones, local photographer in the 1890s and 1900s.  Ray McJannett is recovering his photos from a collection of glass negatives, but they were jumbled in their boxes, so many are now not identified, such as the Golden Wedding from 1901. Families in Jerrawa and Lade Vale have photos of their relatives and their farms, with the words "Gus Jones Photographer" printed on the card frame. We know Gus shot large groups of people and Ray believes people in Gunning will also have such photos in their family albums. All are welcome to attend Ray's presentation on this important local photographer and on how to look after their old photos, at the History Society's end of year meeting on Saturday, 3 December 2016, at the Foley Centre, Gunning, at 2.30 pm. Guest Blogger Ray McJannett: The Photography of Augustus Jones ...