Summary
This image shows the S.S. Despatch in port, possibly in Tasmania. The Despatch carried the expedition party from mainland Australia to the islands, having departed Port Melbourne in December of that year. 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
Ship in port.
Physical Description
Black and white photograph mounted on off-white board in bound album with red cloth cover.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Images & Image Making, Sustainable Futures, Science & Measurement, 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, 1893
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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
Caption below the photograph printed in black ink on white paper: " 29. S.S. 'Despatch.' "
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
145 mm (Width), 105 mm (Height)
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