Summary

One of sixty-nine black and white and sepia toned photographs in a bound album [six of which are loose] taken by A J Campbell during a Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria scientific expedition to the Furneaux Group of islands, Bass Strait, in November1893.The album also includes a map of the Kent Group of islands in the inside front cover and numerous contemporary newspaper clippings relating to the expedition.

Description of Content

Four men and a boy collecting mutton-bird eggs on Chappell Island. The boy is holding a basket. In the foreground is a batch of eggs near a wooden case. The group is at the foot of a granite hill in low shrub. Photograph taken by Archibald J. Campbell during an expedition by the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria to the Furneaux Group of islands in November 1893.

Physical Description

Sepia toned photograph mounted on off-white board in bound album with red cloth cover.

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