North Kiama /Bombo settlement, about a decade before Charmian was born there. In the background is the promontory of Bombo Headland, site of the quarry where Charmian's father worked.
Bombo Quarry, where Charmian's father was the resident engineer.
Charmian aged 8.
Charmian aged 14 (portrait by her sister, Margaret Backhouse nee Clift).
Charmian aged 14 in the back yard of 'Hilldrop', where the family had just moved. It was 200 metres up the hill from the first cottage.
'Hilldrop', North Kiama, where the Clift family moved when Charmian was 14 (photo taken 2019).
Charmian aged 19 on Bombo Beach. This photo taken by Charmian's sister Margaret won the NSW section of the Pix Beach Girl Competition 1941..
Lieutenant Clift, aged 20, c. 1944.
Charmian and George on their 'Honeymoon' in Kiama, summer of 1946/47.
High Valley, written collaboratively by Charmian Clift and George Johnston at 'Hilldrop', North Kiama, 1947
Bombo Quarry, 2019.
The Rock Pool at Kiama (photographed 2023). This was where the men and boys swam. There was a separate 'Ladies Pool', further around the harbour. As a young woman, Charmian of course frequented the Rock Pool —swimming faster and more stylishly than the local men.