This image was scanned from a photograph in the archives of the School for Deaf Girls, Waratah (formerly known as Waratah Deaf and Dumb Institute) at the Rosary Convent, Waratah, NSW, Australia, held by the University Archives in Special Collections, Auchmuty Library, the University of Newcastle, Australia.

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shoetig: This is a pre 1924 photo, of a Newcastle steam tram ("A" Class motor.."B"class trailer. Given the origin, it is probably taken at the terminus of the Waratah tramline,right outside the convent.