Territory Stories

One of the cottages at Myilly Point

Details:

Title

One of the cottages at Myilly Point,

Photographer

Fletcher, V.,

Photo number

PH0233/0015,

Collection

Harold Snell Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1911,

Location

Myilly Point,

Description

One of the cottages at Myilly Point. Stacks of timber on the ground. Those built on 2 foot cement piles that had galvanised iron ant capping on top of them. The caps looked like upside down saucers. This was to discourage white ants built by Commonwealth Government, these houses were occupied by senior servants or 'silvertails' as they were nicknamed.,

Notes

Date:1911,

Language

English,

Subject

houses,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Related links

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/262820 [Harold Snell : a biography],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/14415,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/14415

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/735524,