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#15094 - Obelisk at Cabarita

Resource ID
Location
15094
Photograph 1391
Title/subtitle
Obelisk at Cabarita
Picture
Obelisk at Cabarita
Format
Photograph
Publisher
19 June 1938
Physical description
Black & white photograph
Summary
Obelisk at Cabarita in memory of "William Black"
Availability
Not for loan. Copies available for purchase.
Notes
Cabarita is a suburb in Sydney on the Parramatta River. The obelisk is probably in memory of William Beach (not Black), a sculling champion who won his first world title in the 1880s on the Parramatta River. The obelisk was erected in 1938.