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Title
Scene of men at site of marked tree and scene of men beside creek, ca. 1875-1885
Call number
SV/202
SV/203
Level of description
fonds
Date

ca. 1875-1885
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
131014
Physical Description
2 photographs - albumen photoprints - on mount 29.5 x 38 cm
Scope and Content
SV / 202
Scene of men at site of marked tree, ca. 1875-1885

SV / 203
Scene of men beside creek, ca. 1875-1885
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
General note

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.997 as part of the eRecords Project 2011-2012
Attributions / conjectures

Said to possibly be the Burke and Wills Tree at Coopers Creek and an adjacent water hole, although comparison with other views of the same does not bear this out -- information from Library correspondence file
Subject
Photography--Australia--19th century.
Adult Males
Topic
blazes (tree marks)
bush
creeks
horsedrawn vehicles

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