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909771
  • Title
    Photocopy of family photograph album and photographs of paintings relating to Walker and Nixon family ca. 1840- ca.1900
  • Call number
    PXA 1509
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1840-ca. 1900
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    909771
  • Physical Description
    photomechanicalprints - photocopies
    23 prints
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Anna Frances Walker, botanical painter, was born on the 23 June 1830 at 'Rhodes', the family home on the Parramatta River at Concord, NSW. She was the third daughter of Thomas Walker and Anna Elizabeth, nee Blaxland, and a grand-daughter of John and Harriott Blaxland who had arrived in the colony in 1807. Marion Laura Walker was her sister. The family went to live in Van Diemen's Land in 1832 on Thomas Walker's property, also called 'Rhodes', on the South Esk River near Longford. After Thomas Walker's death in 1861 the family returned to NSW to live at 'Rhodes' in Concord.
  • Scope and Content
    Photocopy of family photograph album of Marion Laura Garnsey nee Walker.

    Three photographs of paintings of "Rhodes", Longford, Tasmania,
    by Anna (Annie) Frances Walker.

    Photograph of interior of "Rhodes", Strathfield.

    Photograph of tent home at Mt Garnett, North Queensland.

    Photographs of portraits of Louisa Walker and the Norton boys.

    Photographs of paintings by Anna (Annie) Frances Walker.
  • Copying Conditions
    Copyright status:: In copyright - created after 1955
    Rights and Restrictions Information:: May be copied for reference and publication
  • Description source

    Information transferred from pictures accessions register as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
  • Date note

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