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Thomas Dai

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Royal Melbourne as it once was - photos
« on: December 23, 2019, 12:24:09 PM »
Below are a few old B&W photos of Royal Melbourne that have had some colour added to them.
Includes different course and clubhouse locations and folks involved in the clubs development.

Enjoy.
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The ship on which Alister MacKenzie travelled to Australia, the RMS Otranto.
























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Kalen Braley

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Re: Royal Melbourne as it once was - photo
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2019, 03:27:20 PM »
Thomas,

Looking at the ginormous cop in the first pic made me think of another Australian moment when comparing size... ;D

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David_Elvins

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Re: Royal Melbourne as it once was - photo
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2019, 04:35:26 PM »
For those interested the clubhouse in the second photo is still standing in the middle of suburbia.  16 Turner st, Malvern East.


Worth a look on Google street view.
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James Bennett

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Re: Royal Melbourne as it once was - photo
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2019, 01:53:17 AM »
Kalen Braley
There is still a large cop on #15 West (the par 5 on the other northern paddock).About 100 metres from the green.  It is a 'cross-cop'.
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Mike_Clayton

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Re: Royal Melbourne as it once was - photo
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2019, 03:31:17 AM »
James,


The top aerial it looks like 12 west green (in the bottom right corner of the photo) is still in its original position to the right.
On the bottom photo it looks like it's moved to the current position.

Luke Eipper

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Re: Royal Melbourne as it once was - photos
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2019, 06:24:32 AM »
Thomas, thanks for colourising these photographs. You've done an incredible job. It is really something to see vintage Royal Melbourne in colour.
Merry Christmas.

Tim Martin

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Re: Royal Melbourne as it once was - photos
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2019, 06:32:10 AM »
Thomas-Thanks for taking the time to post these as well as the North Berwick photos. Fantastic!

Marty Bonnar

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Re: Royal Melbourne as it once was - photos
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2019, 07:31:48 AM »
Great stuff, Dai.
Did you do the Pebble Beach one featured on Geoff Shac’s site?
Cheers,
F.
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Tim Martin

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Re: Royal Melbourne as it once was - photos
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2019, 07:42:06 AM »
Great stuff, Dai.
Did you do the Pebble Beach one featured on Geoff Shac’s site?
Cheers,
F.


Marty-I was just looking at Shack’s site and won’t get sick of the old pictures of number 7 Pebble Beach no matter how many times I see them. I don’t know how practical it would be from a maintenance and pace of play stance but it looks glorious in it’s original form.

Thomas Dai

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Re: Royal Melbourne as it once was - photos
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2019, 08:10:33 AM »
Great stuff, Dai.
Did you do the Pebble Beach one featured on Geoff Shac’s site?
Cheers,
F.
I know the photo on Geoff S’s site you mention and in the distant past I’ve done a colour version of the same photo but mine is nothing like the quality of the one Geoff has shown. It seems to be a proper professional colour restoration. Mine are simple amateur versions!
I have a few other now coloured old b&w photos of various courses that I shall in time put onto individual threads.
Photos, plans, sketches and the like are important for historical etc reasons and collating and sharing them is a great way to try to prevent historical information from being lost or forgotten. Not just architecture but other aspects as well such as construction and maintenance. And preservation of ‘nows’ Information for the study and use by future generations is very important too. Such a shame we don’t have more details in collated formats stretching back through the Golden Age to the times Old Tom and Allan Robertson and Co at St Andrews etc.
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Matthew Mollica

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Re: Royal Melbourne as it once was - photos
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2019, 11:34:08 PM »
Thanks so much for posting these. Really enjoyed seeing them.
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Ken Fry

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Re: Royal Melbourne as it once was - photos
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2019, 10:39:24 AM »
Not sure if anyone else is having this issue but...
I can't see the photos!
I'm I doing something wrong??
Ken

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