Summary
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.
Description of Content
Two women and a child at the foot of the cliffs on Deal Island, Kent Group, Bass Strait. Photograph taken from the lower lighthouse quarters during a scientific expedition to the island by the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria in 1890.
Physical Description
Black and white photograph
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Leisure, Sustainable Futures, Images & Image Making, Childhood, Transport
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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: " 7. Scene from Lower Light Quarters."
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Classification
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
145 mm (Width), 105 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Children, Coastal Landscapes, Coastlines, Islands, Landscape Photography, Landscapes, Lighthouses, Natural Environment, Natural History, Rural Landscapes, Rural Life
