03 High Street

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• Part of 0-3-1 granted to William Barton in 1839

• 3 - 9a High Street
  • General Store
  • Union Hotel (1844 to 1885)
  • Traill's Confectionery and Refreshment Rooms (1921 to 1938)
  • HW Traill Grocery Store (1925 to 1928 +)
• 3 High Street
  • Mustangs Hair Salon (1993)
  • New Norfolk Fruit & Vegie Supplies (1995)
  • Linda's Barber Shop (2007 & 2009)
  • Tasmanian Timber Craft Gallery (2014)
  • Yeah Yeah (2016)
  • Lavie Nails & Lashes

This is the mystery photo that confounded everybody for 15 years. We have now established that the location of this photo is in front of The American Soda Fountain. Click HERE if you are interested to see the process we followed to identify this orphan photo. (Photo courtesy of Ken Traill)

This Beattie photo shows an ANZAC Day Parade passing by 3 High Street - the date on the bottom of the original postcard appears to be 1931 but it is very faint. 17 High Street can be seen on left.

Part of a streetscape taken in 1932 - shows the American Soda Fountain (formerly the Union Hotel) run by A Traill & Sons. The building occupied the site from 3 to 9a High Street.
If you would like to see an AI enhanced version of this image, click HERE

Part of a similar streetscape taken in the 1940s - now showing shops.

Detail from an Ash Bester postcard from around 1956.

A still from the short film "Valley of the Derwent" produced in 1958. State aerial photos show that by 1963 the building had been demolished and replaced with the current single storey shops.

An ad for New Norfolk Fruit & Vegie Supplies from the Derwent Valley Gazette in 1995

Linda's Barber Shop in 2009 (Photo courtesy of Google Maps)

Lavie Nails & Lashes in 2023 (Photo courtesy of Google Maps)