901970
- TitlePoster and photographs relating to Eliza Fraser and William Bligh, 1986
- Call numberSV/263
PXA 1668 - Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1986 - Type of material
- Reference code901970
- Physical Description2 photographs - colour - 10.8 x 15.7 cm
1 poster - black & white - 41.8 x 27.2 cm - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Eliza Frazer, ca. 1798-1858? was a passenger on the brig Stirling Castle when it was wrecked on a coral reef off the north-east coast of Australia in May, 1836. She was captured and held by Aborigines for several months, eventually being rescued by a convict named John Graham. - Scope and ContentSV / 263
Poster advertising the exhibition 'Eliza Fraser Castaway' at Stromness Museum, Orkney, April-September 1986.
PXA 1668
Photographs:
House at 42 Dundas Street, Stromness, believed to be Eliza Fraser's home (house in right foreground).
'The Whitehouse', which has a connection with William Bligh (he dined here in 1780). - Copying ConditionsCopyright status:: In copyright - created after 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - General note
Pic.Acc. Update Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.6545 as part of the eRecords Project, 2012-2013 - Conservation note
Poster had been folded, now flattened
Photographs in good condition - Name
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