Summary
This slide forms part of a much larger collection of images from the life and career of Hope Macpherson Black. They document her famous research trips to Macquarie Island as part of the first team of women permitted to research in the Antarctic. Other images document her earlier expeditions around Australia and her wedding in 1965, which under the Marriage Bar at the time required her to resign her position at the peak of her career. Finally a number of images capture her latter career as a science teacher.
Description of Content
Water and algae with interspersed with rocks, land formation in background with person in red jacket, face of a sea lion in bottom right corner.
Physical Description
35mm transparency in mount.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Paul Black, 27 Aug 2012
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Photographer
Hope Black (nee Macpherson), Macquarie Island, Tasmania, Australia, Dec 1959
Believed to have been taken on Hope's first trip Dec 1959 but may have been taken on the second trip Dec 1960. -
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Format
Slide, 35 mm, Colour
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Inscriptions
Handwritten blue ink: 149 Handwritten black ink: Red alga below Durvillea Garden Cove Printed red ink: 8, Made in Australia Verso - printed red and yellow ink: Kodachrome Transparency Processed by Kodak
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Image Dimensions - Mount
50 mm (Width), 50 mm (Height)
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Overall Dimensions
35 mm (Length)
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