Unidentified male portrait and copy print of engraving of the Burke & Wills Exploring Party, ca. 1862-1935

SLIDES 37
SV*/Exp/3
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fonds

ca. 1862 - 1935

Graphic Materials, Photographs

916104

1 print - on mount 25.4 x 31.7 cm
1 slide - lantern - 8 x 8 cm

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Windeyer Ralston, 1885-1971, soldier and barrister, was the son of A. G. Ralston. He served in World War 1914-1919 in New Guinea, Gallipoli, Egypt and France and was awarded the D.S.O., 1917 and C.M.G., in 1918. He married Florence Mary Currie in 1927. His brother, Edward G. Ralston served in the Australian Light Horse

Reference:
Library Correspondence

SLIDES 37
Lantern slide of unidentified portrait

SV* / Exp / 3
Copy print of wood engraving of the burial of Mr Burke by Mr Howitt's party. Unsigned. Dated '1862' at lower left corner within engraving. Titled 'Burke & Wills Exploring Party' in pencil at lower centre on mount. Additional title 'The burial of Mr Burke by Mr Howitt's party' at lower right of mount [corner torn]. Print shows five members of the exploring party lowering the body of Mr Burke into a grave beneath a large tree

This pictorial material is part of the Ralston papers, 1891-1935, at MLMSS 1713

Access via appointment - Applies to SLIDES 37

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
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Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.3865 as part of the eRecords Project 2011-2012

Walter Lewis, Maker, Strathfield -- label pasted on lantern slide

Slide dated from costume and format - Curator of Photographs

Lantern slide is cracked along the top

Copy print of Burke's burial torn at left and right-hand corners