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| Title: | Darlington, Sydney |
| Authors: | Ellis, M. William John, photographer |
| Issue Date: | 25-Feb-2004 |
| Series/Report no.: | Material relating to railway matters collected by M.William John Ellis over the period 1898-1949. The series contains press cuttings, 159 photographs and 1 photograph album. |
| Abstract: | Photograph of a terrace house front bedecked with flags and a banner. There are two British and two Australian flags. The banner is composed of three horizontal bands of colour, possibly in reference to the French flag, two small circles that contain the letter: A, and a central disc on which is painted: WELCOME/ 1915-1919/ HOME. There are more words attached to the wrought iron lace veranda: THE/ BETTER/ 'OLE. William Ellis' address written on the inside front cover of the album is 304 Abercrombie Street, Darlington, so this image is probably of his own house. Ellis' address occurs on many of his documents and photographs, but while the street and number are always the same, the suburb is sometimes Darlington and sometimes Redfern. The occasion for the welcome home is likely to have been the return of a son who had served in World War I. The terraces feature brickwork facing, scroll decorations on the dividing walls, ornamental wrought ironwork veranda rails and trim, and wrought iron fences. Abercrombie Street ran parallel to the nearby Eveleigh Railway Workshops where Ellis worked for many years. |
| Description: | Inscribed in white on image, l.c.: Darlington 1 5 19
alternative number: K3971
Ellis entered NSW Railways Service in 1882 and retired May 1924. He was a fitter and turner at the Eveleigh workshops and for 13 years was examining fitter and fitter in charge of the Sydney accident train. His career in the Railways was disrupted by an incident in 1909 when he was dismissed from his position because he had suggested to the NSW Railway Commissioner that some senior officers be removed. Ellis maintained they were negligent in their duties to the safety of the train-travelling public. On 25/3/12 a Select Committee recommended that Ellis be reinstated and compensed for losses. The last was done but Chief Commissioner Johnson did not reinstate him. It was only when Johnson left NSW in 1915 that Ellis was re-employed in the workshops. In July 1926 he was a witness in the coronial inquiry into the Aberdeen railway accident of 10/6/1926. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/212 |
| Appears in Collections: | National Union of Railwaymen of Australia
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