Henry Vere Barclay photographs taken during survey expeditions in the Northern Territory, ca. 1889-1912

PXA 7189

fonds

ca. 1889-1912

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9627638

50 photographic prints - gelatin silver, albumen
7 prints

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

57 images from Captain Henry Vere Barclay's photograph collection, taken during various survey expeditions. The images comprise:
1. 6 cabinet cards, 3 inscribed in ink on reverse: 'En route, HVS', 'Self in N.T. 1889' and 'My Survey Camp N.T., HVB'
2. 43 photographic prints of expedition members, Aboriginal people and landscapes, some captioned in pencil on reverse, including 'Borroloola' and 'Jay Creek, McDonnell Ranges'. One photograph. which contains culturally sensitive Indigenous information, is RESTRICTED
3. 1 photographic print captioned in ink on reverse 'Donald Mackay's amazing tattoo markings'
4. 7 prints of landscape scenes

Partly restricted - This collection contains confidential, personal and/or culturally sensitive information: Applies to 1 photograph sealed in separate enclosure

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

Requests for access to the restricted photograph will be referred to the Indigenous Services Librarian

Some images are identical to negatives from the National Library of Australia collection "Barclay-Macpherson expedition to the McArthur River and Gulf of Carpentaria regions, Northern Territory, 1911-12", which are attributed to the expedition's official naturalist and photographer Gerald F. Hill.