Notes: Eleanor Dark (1901-1985). The vehicle, named 'Evangeline' , appears to be a 1919 T75 Napier 40/50 hp, 6 cyl. 6105 cc.
Possibly the Woolloomooloo docks are visible in the background, which would suggest a location on Mrs Macquarie's Rd above the Boy Charlton Pool.
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Repository: Blue Mountains Library - library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/
Part of: Local Studies Collection PF 4105
Provenance: Michael Dark
Links:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Dark
www.varuna.com.au/varunapeople.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Napier_%26_Son
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Notes: Dr Eric Payten Dark MC RAMC (1889-1987) married to Eleanor Dark, novelist.
Format: B&W photograph
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Repository: Blue Mountains Library - library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/
Part of: Local Studies Collection PF4103
Provenance: Michael Dark
Links:
www.vlib.us/medical/dark/dark.htm
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Dr Eric Payten Dark (1889-1987) married Eleanor O'Reilly (1901-1985) at Paddington, Sydney in 1922.
Format: B&W photograph Feb 1, 1922
Rights Info: estate of Michael Dark
Repository: Blue Mountains Library - library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/
Part of: Local Studies Collection PF4102
Provenance: Michael Dark
Links:
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dark-eric-payten-12401
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Dark
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Notes: L-R: Dr Adam, Dr Alfred Alcorn, Dr Ferris, Dr Eric Dark, Osmar White. The location may be in the grounds of Varuna, the Dark family home in Katoomba.
Osmar White left Katoomba in 1928 on assignment in PNG and SE Asia, returning in 1933, he drops off the Katoomba electoral roll after 1934. In 1937 he married Olive Allen in N.Z. In 1942 he was posted to PNG as war correspondent and in 1944 was attached to Gen. Patton's Third Army, where he covered the German surrender and was one of the first journalists to enter Buchenwald. Osmar White has been described as "not only one of the finest correspondents of the Second World War but a visionary writer and philosopher of courage and conviction." - Phillip Knightley
Format: B&W photograph
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Repository: Blue Mountains Library library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Part of: Local Studies Collection PF 1544
Provenance: Michael Dark
Date Range: About 1933-4
Links: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmar_White
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Dark
See the Local Studies Blog for a biography of Dr Eric Dark - bmlocalstudies.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/dark-eric-payten-1...
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Notes: Eric and Eleanor Dark had been searching for years for their own private cave, and decided this was it. Eleanor named it Jerrikellimi and the family spent time there over the years as a retreat from the pressures of life. It was Eleanor herself who, jokingly, when asked what the name Jerrikellimi meant, gave the flippant reply, ‘Retreat of the Dark People’. In actual fact the name, Jerrikellimi is a combination of the family’s Christian names. J (John) ERIK (Erik) ELLI (Eleanor) MI (Michael)
Brian Fox
Format: B&W photo
Date Range: 1943
Location: Blue Mountains National Park
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Repository: Blue Mountains City Library bmcc.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/default/
Part of Local Studies Collection: PF 1583
Provenance: Michael Dark
Links:
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dark-eleanor-12400
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Dark