Summary
One of thirty-two black and white photographs in an album [two are loose] taken by A J Campbell during a Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria expedition to King Island. The album also includes maps of King Island in the inside front cover and back page and numerous newspaper clippings relating to the expedition. One of the newspaper clippings, written by one of the members of the party, documents the mission of the expedition thus: 'It is our intention, before the introduction of numerous foreign plants and animals rendered it impossible to do so, to ascertain as precisely as we could in the short time at our disposal the fauna and flora indigenous to the island.'
Description of Content
Coastal bush scene with a man, woman and two children in front of their timber hut. The woman is holding one of the children in her arms. The house was made from materials salvaged from the wreckage of the ship Loch Leven which went aground on the northern tip of King Island in 1871.
Physical Description
Sepia toned photograph on black card with gold edging.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Home & Community, Images & Image Making, Childhood, Transport, Sustainable Futures
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Museum Archive, Museum Victoria, 13 Dec 2006
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Place & Date Depicted
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Photographer
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Organiser of Expedition
Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, Kent Island Group, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia, 1887
Information ascertained from newspaper reports of the day preserved with the photograph in the album. -
Format
Photograph, 10" x 8", Sepia
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Language
English
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Classification
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
250 mm (Width), 200 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Bush Houses, Children, Families, Houses, Landscapes, Shipwrecks
