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Gold Coast views, Queensland, 1940-1960, [album], Vic Telfer, photographer

Label
Gold Coast views, Queensland, 1940-1960, [album], Vic Telfer, photographer
Characteristic
picture
Main title
Gold Coast views, Queensland, 1940-1960
Medium
picture
Responsibility statement
Vic Telfer, photographer
Runtime
http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/not-applicable
Sub title
[album]
Summary
Various views around Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach and Broadbeach Waters, Koala Park, Palm Beach, Currumbin, Kirra and Coolangatta. Photography has a focus on motels, apartments and residences, street scenes and viewsPhotographs of various types of tourist accommodation include: Bali Hai holiday flats, Blue Hills holiday flats; Coral Court holiday units; Florida Car-O-Tel, Miami; La Riviera Tea Rooms, Kirra; Lennons Hotel, Broadbeach; Palm Lodge Flats, Surfers Paradise; San Mateo Caravan Park; Sun Seeker Private Hotel; Surfers Paradise Hotel; Surfside Motel, Surfers Paradise; Tarzana Motel, Coolangatta; Unidentified motel swimming poolFacilities include Jack Davey's Ampol Service Station, Surfers Paradise and the Surfers Paradise Post OfficePhotographs of four private homes illustrate local architecture. Photographs of two blocks of flats being constructedTourist attractions include: The Cafe Cathay and Jack Evans Porpoise PoolBeach views include Coolangatta Beach looking towards Greenmount; Coolangatta seen from Kirra Hill; Kirra Beach showing the Pavilion; the arched entrance to Kurrawa Beach; Currumbin Creek estuary looking north across Palm Beach; Feeding birds at Currumbin SanctuaryVarious views of the Miami Keys canal development including the barge used to pump the sand. Images showing the sand pumping for land reclamation work at Tallebudgera Creek for the future site of Koala Park
Technique
not applicable

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