Summary
Album containing thirty-two black and white photographs [two are loose] taken by A J Campbell during a Field Naturalists Club of Victoria expedition to King Island. The album also includes a map of King Island in the inside front cover and back page and numerous newspaper clippings relating to the expedition.
Description of Content
Album containing thirty-two black and white photographs [two are loose] taken by Archibald J. Campbell during a Field Naturalists Club of Victoria expedition to King Island. The photographs depict: the natural environment of the island; shipwreck sites and relics on the island; and wallaby hunters' campsites. Other photographs are of the party's various campsites. The album also includes a map of King Island in the inside front cover and back page and numerous newspaper clippings relating to the expedition.
Physical Description
Album containing thirty two black and white photographs. The album is covered in red cloth. The cover is embossed in black ink and gold leaf with a bird and butterfly design and inscribed "SCRAPS" in blue letters on a gold background.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Leisure, Sustainable Futures, Transport
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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
Archibald J. Campbell, King Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia, 1887
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Inscriptions
Embossed on cover in blue letters on a gold-leaf background: "SCRAPS" Handwritten inside front cover in black ink: "Map showing tracks & camps of "The Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria's Expedition to King Island, Bass Straits, November 1887."
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
25.2 (Length), 30.5 (Width), 3 (Height)
Page size in the album containing three newspaper clippings
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Keywords
Camp Sites, Camping, Horses, Hunters, Hunting, Landscapes, Natural Environment, Natural History, Photography, Rural Landscapes, Rural Life, Shipwrecks
