Photographs of Aboriginal rock art and of the Molesworth family, ca.1925-1926

PXE 1488

fonds

ca.1925-1926

Graphic Materials, Photographs

902479

156 photographs - silver gelatin - 38 x 15.5 cm. (largest), 6.5 x 9.5 cm. (smallest)

87 photographs of Aboriginal rock carvings and hand stencils at Ku-ring-gai, Berowra, Turramurra, Frenchs Forest, Glenbrook, Hawkesbury River, ca.1925-1926; convict rock carving at Cowan, and other features. Some are captioned, including: ‘Hill 60 [painted sign on tree trunk], taken 1926 during construction of new northern road at Cowan’; ‘Mother of Death [or Death Mother] rock, Valley of Biamee, French’s Forest, 1925’; ‘[Photograph taken] From tree. Kangaroo Pt Sylvania 14/3/26. 9 red hands in high cave’; ‘Death Bowl at Pymble’; ‘The “Borah” ground at Mooni Chase’ [with roneo typed notes attached to verso]

4 snapshots of rock stencils and carvings in envelope marked ‘Unidentified July 1926’

Photoprints made from nitrate negatives, May 1989:
Aboriginal carvings at Ku-ring-gai rail station, 8/8/26 (4 photoprints)
Aboriginal carvings. Valley of Biamee Frenchs Forest carvings No 1 rocks, 1925 (10 photoprints)
Aboriginal carvings, Palm Beach, Feb 7 1926 (5 photoprints)
Aboriginal carvings. Frenchs Forest (Biamee) No 2 rock, 1925 (6 photoprints)
Negatives of Ivy, children and self, Feb[?] 1926 Palm Beach, Feb[?] 1926 St Albans (40 photoprints)

One custom printed Christmas card, 1921, featuring photograph of Aboriginal rock carvings, Valley of Biamee, French’s Forest, NSW, greetings from Mr & Mrs Vol Molesworth.

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

This pictorial material is part of the Voltaire Molesworth - papers, 1894, 1911-1932, at MLMSS 71