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
The remains of the Barque 'Altona' - which was sea wrecked in 1877 - on the foreshore at Sea Elephant Bay, King Island. In the distance is Point Campbell. Photograph taken by Archibald J. Campbell during a scientific expedition by the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria to the island in November 1887.
Physical Description
Black and white photograph mounted on off-white card in bound album.
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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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, Tasmania, Australia, 1887
Information ascertained from newspaper reports of the day preserved with the photograph in the album. -
Format
Photograph, 8 in. x 6 in., Black & White
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Language
English
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Inscriptions
Handwritten title in black ink on backing board below the photograph: " Remains of the Barque 'Altona' wrecked 1877 Sea Elephant Bay - Point Campbell in the distance - East Coast.". Handwritten MV catalogue reference in black pencil lower right: "MM 091246".
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Classification
Water transport, Wind power - sailing vessels, Shipwreck images
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
200 mm (Width), 150 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Beaches, Natural Environment, Natural Environments, Natural History, Shipwrecks, Wreckage
