[Collection of photographs taken on journeys to Purari Plateau 1930-1935]

PXA 632 (v.1-6)

fonds

1930-1935

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs

70742

1 album (338 photoprints) - 26 x 36 cm.
Textual Records (17 leaves)
448 photoprints - 14 x 20 cm. & 20 x 14 cm. or smaller
1 volume of textual material (262 p., 1 map and 2 photoprints) - printed

Volume 1: Leahy - Photographs of New Guinea 1933-1934 [album of 338 photographs] + contents list
Volume 2: Photoprints with a handwritten list of titles compiled by Mr Leahy [Nos. 19,31,41,57,100-101,104,106,278,306 noted wanting 1994]
Volume 3: 173 photoprints, some of which appear to be duplicates of Volume 2
Volume 4: 44 photoprints taken from Lecia reel which was transferred from the Mitchell Library to the National Library in 1966
Volume 5: The Central Highlands of New Guinea / by Michael Leahy. Reprinted from `The Geographical Journal', Vol. LXXXVII No. 3, March 1936.
Volume 6: 225 loose photoprints mostly unidentified, some dated, chiefly of New Guinea landscapes and portraits of indigenous peoples

The Library also holds a collection of `Lantern slides relating to the exploration of the Highlands of New Guinea' by Michael J. Leahy. Location number: SLIDES 1 Mitchell Library

"Copyright by D.J. Leahy - WAU - New Guinea" -- stamped on reverse (v.6)
"Enlarged by Leica Photo Service, Kyle House, Sydney" -- stamped on reverse of some images (v.6)