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Title
Henry Barclay and party exploring expedition camp at Algebuccina Creek, 188- / photographer unknown
Creator
Batchelder & Co.
Call number
SPG/64
Level of description
fonds
Date

188-
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
903965
Physical Description
1 photographic print - cabinet - 10.8 x 16.8 cm
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Henry Vere Barclay (1845-1917) was born in Bury, Lancashire. He left England for Australia in 1871. He surveyed and explored Central Australia and the Northern Territory between 1877 and 1912. Barclay died in Hawthorn, Victoria.

Reference:
Henry Vere Barclay : Centralian explorer / by B. W. Strong. Darwin : Historical Society of the Northern Territory, 1989
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Created before 1955
General note

Transferred from SPG/Explorers (BM), September 2010
Signatures / Inscriptions

"Here Strathallan & party exploring expedition camp at Algebuccina [i.e. Algebuckina] Creek. Henry Barclay, explorer. (For some time for family reasons adopted the name of H.V. Strathallan)" -- in ink on the reverse
Name
Barclay, Henry Vere, 1845-1917
Subject
Explorers--Northern Territory.
Adult Males
Topic
explorers
camps
Place
Central Australia

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