• Title
  Zane Grey with Striped Marlin and Black Marlin caught off Bermagui, 14 February 1936 / photograph by T. C. Roughley
• Creator
  T. C. (Theodore Cleveland) Roughley, 1889-1961
• Call number
  PXE 1776
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1936
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  9649414
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 photograph - gelatin silver - 24 x 32 cm on mount 31 x 38.5 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  American novelist and angler Zane Grey (1872-1939) visited Australia in January 1936 and set up camp at Bermagui on the NSW south coast to pursue his love of big game fishing. Although remote, Bermagui was recognised as among the worlds best game fishing locations as early as the 1930s. Black, Blue and Striped Marlin of record size pursue the baitfish which congregate in the area during summer months. Marlin are the most prized of all game fishing species, renown for their size and speed, but mostly for the acrobatic aerial display they produce once hooked. Grey was Patron of the Bermagui Sport Fishing Association from 1936 to 1937 and Bermagui’s caravan park was renamed Bermagui Zane Grey Tourist Park in his honour. He also fished at other locations in Australia including the Great Barrier Reef where he made the film White Death in which he had a starring role playing himself. He recounted his Australian experiences in his book An American Angler in Australia (1937). As a result of these exploits, Zane Grey attained great notoriety amongst Australian anglers, his name becoming synonymous with fishing prowess.
  Reference: Library correspondence file
• Scope and Content
  1 large black and white photographic print on annotated cardboard mount, by T.C. Roughley, 14 February 1936. The photograph depicts Grey standing in his Bermagui camp between two marlin hanging by their tails.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed ‘T.C. Roughley’ bottom right.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Roughley, T. C. (Theodore Cleveland), 1889-1961
  
• Subject
  Fishing--New South Wales.
  Fishes--New South Wales.
  Grey, Zane, 1875-1939
  
• Place
  Bermagui (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE18267821

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