Series 02: Ker family photographs, 1890s, ca. 1914-1976

MLMSS 6626/Box 2

series

1890s, ca. 1914-1976

Graphic Materials, Photographs

395227

Photographs - 222 b&w, 3 colour

ca. 1914-ca.1927; William Innes Ker's collection of photographs: 1) Innes Ker family of Burta Station, near Broken Hill, including William, his brother Robert, his aunt Sarah, and cousins John, Jean and Gordon [12 b&w]; 2) Group portrait of the 8th Reinforcements, 50th Battalion, Australian Army, 1916; 3) Women and children - Bid Symons, Hope, Madge and Molly are the only identifications [14 b&w]; 4) Unidentified Aboriginal people in the Menindee area, ca.1920 [6 b&w]; 5-6) Sheep stations in western NSW on the Darling River, probably Teryawynia and Yancannia, includes photographs of sheep, drovers, woolsheds, homesteads, the river in flood, early 1920s [91 b&w]
1890s, 1928-1976; Ker Family photographs : mainly of William, Evelyn, Bob, Barry and Jill Ker at Coorain and in Sydney, including studio portraits and school group portraits [80 b&w; 2 col.]
1966, 1975; Jill Ker Conway photographs : with husband John Conway at York University, Toronto, 1966 [1 b&w]; at University of Connecticut, 1975 [1 col.]; at her inauguration as president of Smith College, 1975 [17 b&w]

The photographs have been arranged into groups by Barry Ker and, where possible, identified by him, either on a separate list or by annotation.