64370
- TitleViews of scenery on the Darling and lower Murray during the flood of 1886 / New South Wales Royal Commission, Conservation of Water ; C. Bayliss [photographer], Sydney
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- Call numberPXE 674/vols. 1-2
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1886 - Type of material
- Reference code64370
- Physical Description1 album (40 photoprints) - albumen - 31 x 41 cm.
1 album (39 photoprints) - albumen - 30 x 38.5 cm. - Scope and ContentVOLUME 1
40 photoprints
Title page. New South Wales. Royal Commission: Conservation of Water. Views of Scenery on the Darling and lower Murray during the flood of 1886. [signed at top right] DS Mitchell
1. [Group portrait of seven members of the expedition, including Sydney Morning Herald reporter, Gilbert Parker, Commissioners, J.B. Donkin and F.P. Gipps and photographer Charles Bayliss]
2-3. View of Bourke ; View of Bourke looking down stream
4. A Reach on the Darling River about 40 miles below Bourke
5-6. Jandra Rocks, Darling River ; Distant view of Jandra Rocks, Darling River
7. A Reach on the Darling River below Jandra
8. Homestead - `Yanda' Station, Darling River
9. Wool-washing on Gundabooka Station, Darling River
10-11. Junction of the Darling and Warrego Rivers
12. `Flooded out!' A homestead lease on `Toorale Station', Darling River
13-14. View from Dunlop Range overlooking Louth, Darling River
15-16. Woolshed on `Dunlop' Station, Darling River
17. Homestead `Dunlop' Station, Darling River
18. Group of Aboriginals, `Dunlop' Station, Darling River
19. Lake Woytchugga, near Wilcannia, Darling River
20. Bullock teams, Wilcannia, Darling River
21-22. Mob of 1000 bullocks crossing Darling River at Wilcannia
23. Hospital, Wilcannia, Darling River
24. Waterworks, Wilcannia, Darling River
25-26. Rowing Club, Wilcannia, Darling River
27. Camels with Keeper at Wilcannia, during low river
28. On `Culpaulin' Station, Darling River
29. View of Menindie [i.e. Menindee], Darling River showing effect of sand-drift
30-31. Lake Menindie, near Menindie, Darling River [2 part panorama]
32-33. Woolshed ; Homestead on `Moorara' Station, Darling River
34. View of Wentworth, Darling River
35. Junction of Darling and Murray Rivers, taken from Victorian side
36-37. The Devil's Elbow, Lower Murray River
38. Custom House at the junction of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia
39. Group of Aboriginals `Chowilla' Station, lower Murray River
40. Cliffs at Overland Corner, lower Murray River
VOLUME 2
39 photoprints
This album comprises the same series of photographs as Volume 1 excluding no.1 [Group portrait of seven members of the expedition] - General note
The photograph of the members of the expedition (Vol.1/no.1) appears to have been added in 1929 when it was donated by the wife of one of the Water Conservation Royal Commissioners, J. Donkin.
Another copy of this album is held at PX*D 255 (see contents list available at the Reference Shelves, Original Materials Reading Room, Mitchell Library).
Related printed item: First Report [Cartographic material] : diagrams and plans / New South Wales, Royal Commission, Conservation of Water (DSM/Q626.2/1A2)
Digital order no:Album ID : 852775 - Signatures / Inscriptions
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