Collection of negatives taken by J. Bailey and F. Birtles on an expedition through Central Australia and Cape York, 192-? / John Bailey and F. Birtles

NCY 3/1-380
ON 61/111-112

fonds

192-?

Graphic Materials, Photographs

826254

Microfilm : MAV/FM4/9970

2 negatives - glass - 5.6 x 8.2 cm
339 negatives - film, black and white - 35 mm

Original nitrate negatives (ON 61 / 1-110; ON 61 / 113-378) destroyed after copying

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009.

Contents list is also filed in first box of the collection.
Copy film negatives mounted on aperture cards.
No proof sheets available

Original negative numbers ON 61

On Saturday, 13 February 1915 Birtles left Sydney for a six month long motoring tour following Burke and Wills' track. Birtles took a movie camera and made a cinematographic record of the journey. Birtles reached Broken Hill on 25 February and Adelaide on 1 March, where he spent two weeks recovering from an illness, before driving to Burra, Port Augusta, Quorn, and Maree to Cooper Creek. Birtles reached Normanton on Saturday, 5 June 1915, and then drove to Melbourne via Cape York, Einasleigh, Hughenden, Tambo, Roma, Toowoomba, and Brisbane, arriving in Melbourne at the end of September 1915 having covered 7,000 miles in seven months.

Reference:
Francis Birtles. http://en.wikipedia.org/ (accessed November 10, 2011)