Portrait Wall

Selected from the Winter Photographic collection, these images represent a cross-section of “Burnie Life”.

The Winter Collection comprises over 300,000 photographic negatives assembled by three generations of the Winter family photographers, spanning ninety years of Burnie’s History. Founded by Ernest Albert Winter, Winter’s Studio opened in Cattley Street in 1909.

The images on display depict Burnie and locations across the North-West Coast, as well as photographs taken of weddings, social activities, important events and family portraits. The Winter Collection exists as an extremely valuable local social history archive.

1. Exhibition stall of Radium Motor & Cycle Works, Burnie, owned by Alexander Osborne, c 1920s. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
   
   
2. Staff portion and package butter at the North-Western Co-Operative Dairy Company, c early-mid 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
   
   
3. Visitors wander the paths of Fern Glade, Burnie, early 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
   
   
4. Quarry workers pause work in the basalt column quarry, Marine Terrace, Burnie, late 19th – early 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
   
   
5. Road workers attend a traction engine-powered stone crusher, c early 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
   
   
6.  Girls’ hockey team pose proudly at West Park Oval, Burnie, September 1927 From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
   
   
7. Three girls rush the ball during a spirited game of basketball, c early 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
   
   
8. A teacher watches over her young students as they complete their music lesson, c early-mid 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
   
   
9. Police officers stand on the verandah of the Police Station and Residence, Wilson Street, Burnie, 1928. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
   
   
10. School children and their teachers, c early 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
11. Surf lifesaving carnival, West Beach, Burnie, January 1936. With the Burnie Port complex visible in the background. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
12. Three ladies and a girl in the Clifton Boarding House, Burnie, spinning yarn from fleece, 1915. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
13. Guests at a celebration gather in the front garden of a home, early 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
14. Emu Bay Railway (EBR) Engineer, Iron and Brass Founders, Burnie. Exhibition stall, c early-mid 20th century.  (WC2003.452.2519 Radium Motor & Cycle Works, stall visible in right background) From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
15. A man on horseback drives cattle to graze on seaweed on South Beach, Burnie.  Emu River bridge visible in background. C early-mid 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
16. Spectators fill the grandstand and grounds of West Park, enjoying the New Year’s Day Sports Carnival, Burnie, 1934. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
17. A woman and children stand beneath towering Man Ferns at Fern Glade, Burnie, early 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
18. Staff of the North-Western Co-Operative Dairy Company pose outside their building on the corner of Spring Street and Marine Terrace, Burnie, early-mid 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
19. Children crowd the deck of HMAS Canberra during a visit to Burnie, August 1934. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
20. Staff of The Tasmanian Farmers’ Co-Operative Association pose for a photograph beneath their building’s verandah, Burnie, c 1930s. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
21. Cyclists battle unpaved roads, flanked by pointing spectators, Burnie, September 1933. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
22. A crowd gathers at Burnie’s cenotaph to pay their respects, ANZAC Day, 1934. The cenotaph, originally mounted on basalt column segments, was formerly located in South Burnie’s Oakleigh Park, before relocation to its current location in Burnie Park From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
23. Members of an Australian Rules Football team pose before a grandstand, c early 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
24. Onlookers enjoy the athletic feats at the New Year’s Day Sports Carnival, Burnie, 1934. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
25. The grand Burnie Hotel stands proudly on Marine Terrace, c early 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
26. Boys clamour to peer inside an industrial-sized vat in a butter factory as staff look on, c early 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
27. Two female technicians work in the testing laboratory at the North-Western Dairy Co-Operative Company, c early-mid 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
28. A party of three pose with their rifles at the mouth of the Emu River, South Beach, Burnie, 1883. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
29. Betty Osbourne poses for her portrait as part of a Shirley Temple look-a-like competition. Circa 1930's From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
30. A woman tends the garden of Oakleigh House, South Burnie, late 19th-early 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
31. World War I servicemen and women, and their supporters, march up Cattley Street and turn into Wilson Street, Burnie, early 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
32. Competitors race to complete the Rescue and Resuscitation event at a surf lifesaving carnival, Burnie, 1936. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
33. A group of high school girls enjoy the sunshine on a grassy patch, mid-late 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
34. Wool classers inspect the quality of piles of fleece in Jakins’ Wool Store, early-mid 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
35. Workers pose at the doorways of Jakins’ Wool Store, early-mid 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
36. Two ladies and an infant in a pram pose for a street photographer outside Winter’s Studio on Cattley Street, Burnie, early-mid 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
37. Cyclists of the Dunlop Test Race hurtle towards the finish line, c 1930s. The race ran from Launceston to Burnie and was the precursor to the Dunlop Road Race, which ran from Warrnambool to Melbourne. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
38. Foot race competitors cross the line in a photo finish at Burnie’s New Year’s Day Sports Carnival in 1935. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum
    
    
39. Four students stand before a piano in their schoolroom, c early-mid 20th century. From a glass plate negative, Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum

Large Wall Images

Scoutmaster of the Strahan patrol Bob Waddle poses for a portrait at Winter’s Studio, Burnie, c 1930s. From a glass plate negative. Winter collection, Burnie Regional Museum.

Resourceful Mr and Mrs J. Miles from Burwood, Victoria, dry their clothes on a line rigged on the rear of their car during a visit to Burnie, March 1952. Advocate collection, gift of Fairfax Media Group, Burnie Regional Museum

Reelman Don Smith competes in the Rescue and Resuscitation event at the championship surf carnival at West Beach, Burnie, March 1952. Advocate collection, gift of Fairfax Media Group, Burnie Regional Museum.

Lifesaver Johnny Wiseman