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, ornithologist and photographer 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
A member of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria seated on the sand at the mouth of the Big River, Flinders Island. Rocks and tea-trees line the foreshore to the right. Photograph taken by Archibald J. Campbell during the Club's scientific expedition to the Furneaux Group of islands in November 1893.
Physical Description
Black and white photograph.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Images & Image Making, Sustainable Futures, Science & Measurement, Leisure
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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, 1893
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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, 1893
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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 an identical photograph [MM 91752] in the same album handwritten in black ink on backing board: " There's no place like Home".
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
140 mm (Width), 100 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Islands, Natural Environment, Natural History, Rivers, Tea Trees
