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90640
  • Title
    Series 02: [Dene B. Fry album of an Australian Museum expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1910]
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXE 1252
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    1905-1910
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    90640
  • Physical Description
    1 album (92 photoprints) - 31.5 x 27 cm.
  • Scope and Content
    Album contains photographs of a collecting expedition along the Great Barrier Reef in 1910, aboard the F.I.S. "Endeavour", including flora, fauna and vegetation of the region.
    Also includes photographs of Australian Museum conchologist, Charles Hedley's expedition to Masthead Island in 1904-5
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Created before 1955
  • General note

    The Federal trawler "Endeavour" was a fisheries investigation ship, which conducted a series of expeditions along the Eastern coastline from 1909-1914
    Reference source: SHIPS FILE / ENDEAVOUR, trawler
    Reference source: Rare and curious specimens : an illustrated history of the Australian Museum, 1827-1979 / Ronald Strahn. Sydney : Australian Museum, 1979. Location Number: ML F507.4/1 Mitchell Library
    Related manuscript material: Fry family papers. Location number: ML MSS 1159 and ML MSS 1159 ADD-ON 2076. Mitchell Library
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Most photoprints are titled
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