Two boys standing near the waterfall at Cup and Saucer
Creek, Canterbury.
Photo taken 1901.
[Negative no. 10445ps]
The waterfall and creek
were popular swimming spots for local children. The children
swam in the 'lagoon' and climbed under the fall of water
over the sandstone rocks.
Photo taken about 1920's.
[Negative no. 31196ps]
Work on cementing the bed and banks of Cup and Saucer Creek began in 1928 when the government agreed to undertake concreting the upper reaches
of the river as part of "depression relief" work.
Photo taken about 1980's.
[Negative nos. 10445ps, 20034ps, 31196ps]
The site is at the bottom of Woolcott
Street a few hundred metres from where the creek flows in
Cooks River. Denniss's Tannery operated near where Cup an
Saucer Creek flows into Cooks River.
