Series[UMA-SR-000001984] Photographic prints taken by Jack Lockyer O'BrienAccession[1965.0004] Papers of Jack Lockyer O'BrienIdentifierUMA-ITE-1965000400142Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentAn external view of the Rural Bank building in Yass, New South Wales (also known as the State Bank). Built in 1886, it became a commercial gallery in 1984. John Lockyer O’Brien (1905-1965) was an historian at the University. His collection of about 4,000 photographs was taken in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Many of them capture the architecture and streetscapes of inner-city Melbourne when the area was in transition between its then 19th century topography and working-class status prior to large-scale demolitions to made way for the construction of the Housing Commission high-rise blocks, and middle-class migration back to the inner-city and subsequent renovation and gentrification of its housing. He was also interested in the early architecture of country Victoria and photographed 19th century homesteads, hotels, churches, banks, railway stations, as well as humbler buildings. He and his wife Laurie owned and resided in a double-storey Georgian-style bluestone house in Hanover Street, Fitzroy.
Inscription: "Rural Bank, Yass, N.S.W." is written in ink on the back of the photograph.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemUnitBWP Album 0165Conditions of Use and ReproductionThis image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission of University of Melbourne Archives. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online
O'Brien, Jack, Rural Bank, Yass, New South Wales (c 1958), [UMA-ITE-1965000400142]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 08/12/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/265854
