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1293160
  • Title
    Box 12: Subject and place file, Burragorang Mountains to Buvelot, ca. 1834 to 1948
  • Call number
    PXA 2113/Box 12
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date

    between ca. 1834 to 1948
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    1293160
  • Physical Description
    103 photographic prints, prints, drawings and clippings (1 box)
  • Scope and Content
    BURRAGORANG MOUNTAINS
    1. Burragorang Mountains, undated
    2 photographs, sepia toned. One on front and one on verso

    BURRAGORANG VALLEY
    2. Burragorang Valley, N.S.W., undated
    Photograph, sepia toned
    3. Burragorang Valley, N.S.W., undated / colour photography by Captain Frank Hurley
    Clipping
    4. Burragorang Valley, N.S.W., undated
    Photograph, black and white

    BURRAWANG
    5. Burrawang, N.S.W. – Churches – Church of England, undated
    Post card, sepia toned

    BURRINJUCK
    6. Burrinjuck, N.S.W., 1908 / Howard & Shearsby, Yass
    “Below site of Barren Jack Dam”
    Post card, sepia toned
    7. Burrinjuck, N.S.W., undated / H & S (=Howard & Shearsby?)
    “Burrinjuck City showing flooded valley”
    Post card, black and white
    8. Burrinjuck, N.S.W., undated / H & S (=Howard & Shearsby?)
    “Barren Jack Tram”
    Post card, black and white
    9. Burrinjuck, N.S.W., undated / H & S (=Howard & Shearsby?)
    “Burrinjuck, from Macpherson’s Creek”
    Post card, black and white
    10. Burrinjuck, N.S.W., undated / Howard & Shearsby, Yass
    “Hauling sand up incline at Barren Jack”
    Post card, black and white
    11. Burrinjuck, N.S.W., undated / Howard & Shearsby, Yass
    Post card, black and white
    12. Burrinjuck, N.S.W., undated / Howard & Shearsby, Yass
    “Greeting from Barren Jack City”
    Post card, black and white

    BURRINJUCK DAM
    13. Burrinjuck Dam, N.S.W., 1908 / Howard & Shearsby, Yass
    “Barren Jack 12.8.08” – at bottom left corner of picture
    Post card, black and white
    14. Burrinjuck Dam, N.S.W., 1920 / H & S
    “Burrinjuck Dam 10.9.20” at foot of picture
    Post card, black and white
    15. Burrinjuck Dam, N.S.W., 1920 / H & S
    “Burrinjuck Dam – Spillway in foreground” – at foot of picture
    Print, black and white
    16. Burrinjuck Dam, N.S.W., 1923
    “Burrinjuck Dam in course of Construction, New South Wales” – verso
    Commonwealth Immigration Office” stamped on verso
    Photograph, black and white
    17. Burrinjuck Dam, N.S.W., undated
    “5.4.18” in bottom right corner of picture
    “Burrinjuck Dam, downstream face. Fourth largest in the world. A larger dam is now being constructed on the Murray & this & dependent works will cost £10,000,000" – verso
    Commonwealth Immigration Office” stamped on verso
    Photograph, black and white
    18. Burrinjuck Dam, N.S.W., undated / Howard & Shearsby Photographers
    “Burrin Juck, Murrumbidgee River” - caption
    Post card, black and white
    19. Burrinjuck Dam, N.S.W., undated
    “Burrinjuck Dam looking downstream” – at foot of picture
    Post card, black and white
    20. Burrinjuck Dam, N.S.W., undated
    “Site of Dam Barren Jack” – below picture
    Photograph, black and white

    BURROWA
    21. Burrowa, N.S.W. – Churches – Roman Catholic Church, undated / Leese & Harte?, Sydney
    “Interior R.C. Church, Burrowa”
    Post card, black and white

    BUSBY, JOHN
    22. John Busby, March 1930
    “The Burial Ground of John Busby, Sydney’s first Water-supply Engineer. Kirbtu [?] Vineyard, Hunter River” – verso
    Photograph, black and white
    23. John Busby, undated
    “Sacred to the memory of John Busby, died 10th May 1859 aged 92 years …” – verso
    Photograph, black and white

    BUSBY’S BORE
    24. Busby’s Bore, c. 1834
    “Busby’s Bore, Hyde Park, about 1834. Four years after W.C. Penfold & Co. Pty. Ltd. Was founded, it was from this spot that Sydney’s first water supply was obtained”
    Print, coloured
    From: W.C. Penfold & Co., Pty. Ltd., Calendar, 1949

    BUSH FIRES
    25. Bush fires, 1927? or 1928?
    “Bushfires sweep through Oatley near railway station 1928?/7?
    Photograph, sepia toned

    BUSH LIFE
    26. Bush life, 1853
    “Old settlement in the bush” / watercolour by Conrad Martens, signed and dated 1853
    Print, black and white
    27. Bush life, c. 1865
    “Bush mailman”
    Print, coloured
    28. Bush life, c. 1883-1892
    Photograph, sepia toned
    29. Bush life, 1885-1890
    Photograph, black and white
    Original at PXA 394, No. 57
    Negative available at ONCY 47:57
    30. Bush life, 1886
    “A bush hawker” / by Frank P. Mahony
    Print, coloured
    Reproduced by the National Bank in 1971 from the engraving by courtesy of Mr. R. Serle, Melbourne
    Typed notes on verso

    31- 50. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry & Co. photographs
    31. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 1
    “On the road” – at foot of picture
    “Dated because of views we have by Kerry which dated about 1890” – hand written note
    Photograph, sepia toned
    32. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 2
    “Bush life: on a selection c 1890” – hand written note
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. at about this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    33. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 3
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. about this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    34. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 4
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. at about this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    35. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 5
    “Bush life: Bullock Team and Sledges, c. 1890” – hand written note
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. at about this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    36. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 6
    “Bush Life: a back country station c1890” – caption
    “Waiting Orders” A Back Country Station” – at foot of picture
    Photograph, sepia toned
    37. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 7
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. we have about this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    38. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 8
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. at about this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    39. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 9
    “A midday halt” – at foot of picture
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. at this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    40. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 10
    “Bush life: a country town, c. 1890”
    “Dated about 1890 because this is when Kerry & Co. were in George St and have other views already dated” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    41. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 11
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. at about this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    42. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 12
    “Dated because [of] other views we have by Kerry & Co. at about this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    43. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 13
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. at about this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    44. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 14
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. at about this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    45. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 15
    “Cattle coming in to water” – at foot of picture
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. at about this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    46. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 16
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. at this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    47. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 17
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. at about this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    48. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 18
    “Bush life: a settler’s home, c. 1890” – hand written note
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. at about this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    49. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 19
    “Dated because of other views we have by Kerry & Co. at this date” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    50. Bush life, c. 1890 / Kerry Photo, Sydney, photograph no. 20
    “Dated because of other views by Kerry & Co. we have that are dated about the same” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    Black and white negative available at FM1 / 1760

    51. Bush life, c. 1890
    “Bush life: on the North Coast, c.1890” – handwritten note
    Photograph, sepia toned
    52. Bush life, undated
    Pictures numbered 32-35 (two dated 1899, others undated)
    Clipping
    From: The A.P.-R. for January, 1943
    53. Bush life, undated
    Pictures numbered 36-39
    Clipping
    From: The A.P.-R. for January, 1943
    54. Bush life, undated
    “School children, Gippsland, Victoria” – verso
    “Commonwealth Immigration Office” stamped on verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    55. Bush life, undated
    “Bush life: a Selector’s Hut on the Darling” – hand written note
    Photograph, sepia toned
    Negative available at FM1 / 1761
    56. Bush life, undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
    “A shepherd’s hut in the back country” – at foot of picture
    Photograph, sepia toned
    57. Bush life, undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
    “A Selector’s Home – New England” – at foot of picture
    Photograph, sepia toned
    58. Bush life, undated, photograph no. 1
    Photograph, sepia toned
    59. Bush life, undated, photograph no. 2
    Photograph, sepia toned
    60. Bush life, undated, photograph no. 3
    Photograph, sepia toned
    61. Bush life, undated, photograph no. 4
    Photograph, sepia toned
    62. Bush life, undated
    Photograph, sepia toned
    Negative available at FM1 / 5192
    63. Bush life, undated
    “Woodcutters at Bellingen” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    64. Bush life, undated
    Photograph, black and white
    Original photograph filed at SV*/Bush L / 2
    Negative available at FM1 / 3230
    65. Bush life, undated
    “The cattle drover’s camp fire” / by Gill
    Print, black and white
    From: Christie’s Sale of Pictures, Lot 69, Gill, 25 February 1972
    66. Bush life, undated
    “Early Breakfast” / by Samuel Thomas Gill
    “Lot 181”
    Print, black and white
    67. Bush life, undated
    “Late Supper” / by Samuel Thomas Gill
    “Lot 182”
    Print, black and white
    68. Bush life, undated
    “Morning” / by S.T. Gill
    Print, black and white
    “… offered for sale by Sotheby’s” - verso
    69. Bush life, undated
    “Noon” / by S.T. Gill
    Print, black and white
    “… offered for sale by Sotheby’s” - verso
    70. Bush life, undated
    “Night” / by S.T. Gill
    Print, black and white
    “… offered for sale by Sotheby’s” - verso
    71. Bush life, undated
    “Wayside Letter Box” – verso
    “Commonwealth Immigration Office” stamped on verso
    Photograph, black and white
    72. Bush life, undated
    “Skulls of two aboriginals found in the side of a tree at old Cashmere Station” – hand written note
    Photograph, black and white
    73. Bush life, undated
    “Possum shooting by Moonlight” / by Edward Roper
    “Gum tree in flower & possums” – inscribed on print
    Print, black and white
    From: Sotheby’s Belgravia Sale of Topographical Paintings, Lot 24
    74. Bush life, undated
    “A bush hut” – at foot of picture
    Print, black and white
    75. Bush life, undated
    “Group of settlers at Bush Post-Office” - verso
    “Commonwealth Immigration Office” stamped on verso
    Photograph, black and white
    76. Bush life, undated
    Post card, black and white
    77. Bush life, undated
    Print, coloured
    78. Bush life, undated
    “[Woojeroo? Bush homestead]” - verso
    Print, black and white
    “Milson’s Photo Store, April 1956, from microfilm at FM1 / 216 of Huxley Papers in the Unwin Library of City & Guilds College, South Kensington” - verso

    BUSH LIFE – N.S.W.
    79. Bush life – N.S.W., undated
    “Sporting Camp, Snowy River, New South Wales” - verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    80. Bush life – N.S.W., undated
    Photograph, sepia toned

    BUSH LIFE – QLD.
    81. Bush life – Qld., 1948 / Photograph E.H. Turnor
    “Bush Rodeo at Warwick, South-west Queensland”
    Clipping
    From: Ford News, January 1948, page 32

    BUSH LIFE – TAS.
    82. Bush life – Tas., 1838
    “On the Ouse River” / by John Glover
    “Lot 58”
    Print, coloured
    83. Bush life – Tas., undated
    “Forest life in Tasmania: the mid-day rest” / by W.C. Piguenit ; T.H. Boyd Photo
    “Art Society of New South Wales” – verso
    Photograph, sepia toned
    84. Bush life – Tas., undated
    “Beattie, Hobart, Tasmania. Gn Huon Road” – verso
    Post card, black and white

    BUSH LIFE – W.A.
    85 - 88 Bush life – W.A., 1893
    Folder with 4 pages of black and white prints
    Originals at PX*D 111
    85. Bush life – W.A., 1893
    f. 12 [Landscape and portrait]
    Print, black and white, of watercolour and pencil sketch
    86. Bush life – W.A., 1893
    f. 14 “Dray coming along clouds of Red Dust Rising”
    Title inscribed in pencil beneath top sketch
    Print, black and white, of two pen and ink and two pencil sketches
    87. Bush life – W.A., 1893
    f. 21 “Sunday Morning” [shows diggers at barber’s, etc.] Title inscribed lower right
    Print, black and white, of pencil sketches
    f. 26 [Horses and drays]
    Print, black and white, of three pen and ink sketches and one pen sketch
    2 prints, black and white, on 1 page
    88. Bush life – W.A., 1893
    f. 28 [Dray, with three small pencil sketches of men and horse]
    Print, black and white, of pen and wash sketch and pencil sketches
    f. 30 [Small portraits, camp]
    Print, black and white, of pen and ink and pencil sketches
    2 prints, black and white, on 1 page
    89. Bush life – W.A., c. 1894
    “Life in the bush” – at foot of picture
    Photograph, black and white
    Original at PXA 498, No. 24
    Negative at ONCY 56:24
    90. Bush life – W.A., 1895
    “A prospector’s chances in W.A.” – at foot of picture
    “Extracted from album … of views of countries visited presumably by J. McDakin Clench (whose ticket was in the album) on a world tour begun … leaving London 5 April 1895 for Albany, W.A.” – verso
    Photograph, sepia toned

    BUSHRANGERS
    91. Bushrangers, 1874
    “Sticking-up the Mudgee Mail 1874” – at foot of picture
    Clipping mounted on board
    From: Supplement to the “Sydney Illustrated News”, June 1874
    92 - 94 Bushrangers and bushranging, c. 1880
    Folder with 3 pages of prints, black and white
    From: “Australasian sketcher, No. 101, vol. viii, 3 July 1880
    92. Bushrangers and bushranging, c. 1880
    “Destruction of the Kelly gang” / drawn by Mr. T. Carrington
    1. Setting fire to Glenrowan Hotel
    2. Ned Kelly lying on bunk in station-master’s house
    3. Scene through the door of the inn, Byrne lying dead on the floor where he fell just in front of the bar”
    Print, black and white, of 3 drawings
    Negative available at FM1 / 3259
    93. Bushrangers and bushranging, c. 1880
    “Ned Kelly at bay” / Carrington (dated 28.6.80)
    Print, black and white
    Negative available at FM1 / 3258
    94. Bushrangers and bushranging, c. 1880
    “Ned Kelly’s armour” / from a sketch made by Mr. T. Carrington
    “Weight 97 pounds”
    1. The helmet, front view 2. Side view of helmet 3. Breastplate 4. Back plate 5. Back lappet 6. Front view of armour
    Print, black and white, of Ned Kelly’s armour
    Negative available at FM1 / 3260

    BUSSELTON
    95. Busselton, W.A. – Churches – St. Marks, undated
    “The oldest Anglican Church in W.A., Busselton” – at foot of picture
    “Diocese of Bunbury, W.A.”
    Card, coloured
    Published by Bon Marché Stores, Perth
    96. Busselton, W.A. – Residences – Cattle chosen, 1937?
    “Cattle chosen. The home of the founders of Bussleton …” / from a watercolour by Amy E. Heap
    Print, coloured
    From: The Western Mail, Christmas Number, 1937

    BUSTARD BAY
    97. Bustard Bay, Qld. – Monuments – Cook, 1928
    “Monument erected on Round Hill, near Gladstone to commemorate the landing there on May 24, 1770, of Captain James Cook”
    Clipping
    From: The Queenslander for May 24, 1928, page 27

    BUTTER FACTORIES
    98. Butter factories – North Coast Co-operative Co., undated
    “At Byron Bay” – verso
    Photograph, black and white

    BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS
    99 - 102 Butterflies and moths, 1861-1884
    Folder with 4 pages with 5 prints, black and white
    PXA 21, f. 104-106, 110,113
    99. Butterflies and moths, 1861-1884
    “Cluster of Bugs Ash Island” – at foot of picture
    Print, black and white
    PXA 21, f. 104
    100. Butterflies and moths, 1861-1884
    1. [Shows caterpillar and moth]. “Upper wing fawn-grey – black spots, speck[led] with black – lower wing delicate rose pink …”
    PXA 21, f. 105
    2. “Phloiopsyche Ramsayii, female”
    PXA 21, f. 106
    2 prints, black and white
    101. Butterflies and moths, 1861-1884
    “Agarista Casuarina (Scott)”?
    Print, black and white
    PXA 21, f. 110
    102. Butterflies and moths, 1861-1884
    [Unlabelled moth]
    Print, black and white
    PXA 21, f. 113

    BUVELOT, A.L.
    103. Abraham Louis Buvelot (artist), undated
    Oil painting of Northcote by the side of Brunswick / by L. Buvelot
    “Picture to be offered for sale by Sotheby’s withdrawn”
    Print, black and white
  • System of arrangement
    Box contents arranged in alphabetical order subject or location.
  • Copying Conditions
    Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years.
    Copyright holder:: This collection has multiple rights owners
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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