Summary
View of Judgement Rock as taken from the Deck of the SS Despatch. This is one of sixty-nine black and white and sepia photographs in a bound album [six of which are loose] taken by A J Campbell during a Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria expedition to Kent Group of islands, Bass Strait in 1890. The album also includes a map of Kent Group in the inside front cover and numerous contemporary newspaper clippings relating to the expedition. The SS Despatch was the ship which transported the expedition from Port Melbourne.
Description of Content
View of Judgment Rock, Bass Strait.
Physical Description
Black and white photograph
More Information
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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
Green Island, Furneaux Island Group, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia, 1890
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Photographer
Archibald J. Campbell, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Information ascertained from newspaper reports of the day preserved with the photograph in the album. -
Organiser of Expedition
Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890
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Format
Photograph, 5½ in. x 4 in., Sepia
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Language
English
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Inscriptions
Printed in black ink in caption at foot of the page: " 3. Judgment Rock (of Flinders), taken from s.s. 'Despatch'." Museum Victoria catalogue reference handwritten in pencil at foot of the page: "MM 091488".
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
145 mm (Width), 105 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Coastal Landscapes, Coastlines, Islands, Landscape Photography, Landscapes, Natural Environment, Natural History, Rural Landscapes
