Thanks Neil,
The 3rd looks similar to the aerial I have. Nowhere near as big a dogleg.
It's interesting how the bunkering has changed. I know there is almost no MacKenzie left in the course now days, but there seems to be very little Apperly either. Some of the old bunkering seems to make more sense.
Your photos are before St Michael's was constructed. Mine have St Mick's in its early stages.
I recall a conversation between my grandfather and great uncle in the 70s that tied the movement of the green to the need to establish the club's own water source (i.e. The dam to the left of the 4th hole in the current aerials. aka Lake Perrie) Several decades after the end of WW II, the land on which the course was transferred from the Army to National Parks and Wildlife, who asked the club to be self-sustaining with water needs for the course
Frank Perrie-who succeeded my great uncle as Captain of the club in '71 and went on the serve as president from 76-81-was instrumental in getting the dam finally built. The Green was moved in preparation for the dam being built several years before dam construction began. The club was strapped for money throughout the 60s and 70s, so it took a long time for them to actually build it... My earliest memory of the course is around '73 and the 3rd green was already in its current location.
This is considered by the club to be the only significant routing change to the course after Eric Apperly's post-war redesign was completed in time for the club to host the 1953 Australian Amateur.