Territory Stories

The remains of Vestey's Meat Works

Details:

Title

The remains of Vestey's Meat Works,

Photo number

PH0255/0125,

Collection

Nancy Eddy Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Bullocky Point,

Description

The remains of Vestey's Meat Works silhouetted against the skyline. During the war years hundreds of troops were accommodated in Vesteys. After the war civilians, desperate for housing, took up their abode too. DX Bakery started their business in part of the extensive buildings. The whole complex was demolished at a cost of 40,000 pounds when the site was needed for the first Darwin High School.,

Notes

Date: Unknown,

Language

English,

Subject

abattoirs, buildings, structures & establishments, high schools,

Digital format

3315 x 5000 pixels : 24bpp ; 49.7Mb,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/57938,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/326658