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04-January-2016
04-January-2016

The marker guide for the 2000 metre rowing course commemorates Milton C. Kent (1888-1965) for his outstanding sporting achievements and service for over 50 years to the Ashfield municipality.

Milton Kent was a pioneer of industrial and aerial photography, a prize-winning airman and a champion sculler. Initially, Kent worked as a sports photographer but by the 1920s he had embraced aerial photography using a specially crafted oblique camera. Over the next 50 years, Kent used his camera to capture the opening of new blocks of land across Sydney, the construction of the harbour bridge and many other events up until his death in 1965.

Location

Address:Dobroyd Parade, UTS Haberfield Club, Haberfield, 2045
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.870278
Long: 151.148226
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Structure
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Sport

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 31st October, 1964
Front Inscription

This Marker Guide For The Haberfield
Rowing Club`s 2000 Metre Regatta Course
Has Been Erected In Honour Of
The Outstanding Sporting Achievements And Service
Over 50 Years To The Ashfield Municipality
                      Of

          MILTON C. KENT
Champion Oarsman - Aviator - Aerial Photographer
Big Game Fisherman - Skeet Shooter - Bowler
             Administrator

         Unveiled By
 The Mayor Of Ashfield
ALDERMAN THE HON. W. C. PETERS, M.L.C.,
               On
Saturday 31st October 1964

 

 

Source: MA
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