Guide to the Keast Burke collection on the history of photography

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PIC/P721; PIC/P742; PIC/P748.PIC/P754; PIC/P758; PIC/P766. PIC/19021; PIC/13562

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 2023

Collection Summary

Creator
Burke, Keast, 1896-1974
Title
Keast Burke collection on the history of photography
Date Range
c.1827- c.1965
Collection Number
PIC/P721; PIC/P742; PIC/P748.PIC/P754; PIC/P758; PIC/P766. PIC/19021; PIC/13562
Extent
61 collection ca. 1000 photographs : b&w ; 24 x 28.9 cm. or smaller.61 negatives : acetate, b&w ; 10 x 12 cm. and smaller.4 slides : glass, lantern, col., wood ; slides 7.3 x 16.2 cm., in frame 10.2 x 17.8 cm.2 invitiations, 9 brochures, 1 poster, 1 newsletter, 2 photocopies, 1 serial, 1 newspaper, newspaper clippings, 2 envelopes, 1 notebook, 2 booklets
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Pictures)

Introduction

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice

Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection may contain names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within these works which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive.

Scope and Contents

Keast Burke collected examples of all types of photographic processes and equipment, and works by Australian photographers. The collection includes specimens of daguerreotype and ambrotype photography; lantern slides; albums of photographs; stereographs; negatives and glass negatives; experimental processes; portraits; landscape and pictorialist photographs; as well as cameras and other equipment.

Also includes a notebook with description of lantern slides, prints, negatives and scrapbook cuttings ; Booklet for a photographic exhibition in Denmark: Den IX Internationale udstilling af fotografisk kunst i Danmark, Charlottenborg i København, 1957 ; Booklet for photographic exhibition in Paris: XIXe salon international de photographie : du 3 au 14 octobre 1924 / organisé par la Société française de photographie et le Photo-Club de Paris.

Patrons are advised this finding aid is incomplete and material will be added to it over time.

Conditions Governing Access

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1585460)

Conditions Governing Use

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Existence and Location of Originals

The material listed in this Finding Aid is available at the National Library of Australia. To request this material, please visit the collection catalogue record here.

Item Descriptions

Class PIC/P721. Collection of ambrotype portraits, 1850 - 1880 - Drawer PIC Drawer PM 7348-7359 #PIC/P721/1-12

Sitters and photographers not known. Some cases incomplete.

Young woman in long sleeved embroidered dress wearing long necklace (Item PIC/P721/1) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7348 #PIC/P721/1

Young boy seated on chair beside vase of flowers, wearing a tunic over long trousers with ornate belt (Item PIC/P721/2) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7349 #PIC/P721/2

Woman seated dressed in ornate lace bonnet and chain around waist (Item PIC/P721/3) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7350 #PIC/P721/3

A girl toddler in lace dress (Item PIC/P721/4) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7351 #PIC/P721/4

Young girl with gingham ribbons on shoulders of dress (Item PIC/P721/5) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7352 #PIC/P721/5

Portrait of father, mother and son (Item PIC/P721/6) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7353 #PIC/P721/6

Portrait of young women in tartan dress holding a book (Item PIC/P721/7) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7354 #PIC/P721/7

Two sisters dressed in striped dresses (Item PIC/P721/8) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7355 #PIC/P721/8

Portrait of man in suit seated and in left hand holding a book (Item PIC/P721/9) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7356 #PIC/P721/9

Unidentified woman with a baby in her lap and two children, all seated in a studio, 1850 (Item PIC/P721/10) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7357 #PIC/P721/10

A girl toddler in striped quilted dress sitting on a table with feet on chair holding a straw hat (Item PIC/P721/11) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7358 #PIC/P721/11

Portrait of a man in suit and topcoat (Item PIC/P721/12) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7359 #PIC/P721/12

Class PIC/P742. Collection of portraits and coastal sceneries / Charles Bennett, ca.1878 - ca.1912 - Drawer PIC Drawer C2 #P742/1-15, 35-51, Piece PIC Glass Plate #P742/16-34

Collection includes family portraits and a self-portrait. Coastal views in England and New Zealand. Views around Sutherland, N.S.W. and Watson's Bay, family groups and scenery. Experimental prints, montages, carbon prints, telephotography, prints on glass, lantern slides and some glass negatives. Most are identified on reverse or on mount.

Patrons are advised this Class is incomplete and material will be added to it over time.

Biographical / Historical

Charles Bennett was an amateur photographer who invented a high-speed dry-plate emulsion for photographic printing in 1878. He and his family left England in 1894 and after some time in New Zealand settled in Sydney at Watsons Bay.

View of ship taken from cliffs at Watsons Bay, New South Wales, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P742/1) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6389 #PIC/P742/1

Waves breaking on Vaucluse, Watsons Bay, New South Wales, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P742/2) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6390 #PIC/P742/2

A women holding an umbrella standing near a waterfall, Sutherland, New South Wales, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P742/3) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6391 #PIC/P742/3

View of Coogee taken from Little Coogee, New South Wales, 1912 (Item PIC/P742/4) - Piece PIC P742/4 LOC Drawer C2

Charles Bennett's wife and daughter sitting on a rock ledge, Sutherland, New South Wales, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P742/5) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6393 #PIC/P742/5

Charles Bennett's daughter standing under a cabbage-tree palm, South Coast, New South Wales, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P742/6) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6394 #PIC/P742/6

Boat docked near bridge over Georges River at Como, New South Wales, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P742/7) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6388 #PIC P742/7

Woman standing on driveway with a cottage in the background, near Helensburgh, New South Wales, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P742/8) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6395 #PIC/P742/8

Beatrice Davenport, nee Bennett, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P742/9) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6396 #PIC/P742/9

Beatrix Dobbie wearing a bathing suit, St Heliers Bay, New Zealand, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P742/10) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6397 #PIC/P742/10

Horse-drawn carriages and buildings, Ipswich, Queensland, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P742/11) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6398 #PIC/P742/11

A cottage under construction, Sutherland, New South Wales, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P742/12) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6399 #PIC/P742/12

Sailing ship on Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P742/13) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6400 #PIC/P742/13

View of Watsons Bay, New South Wales, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P742/14) - Piece PIC BOX P742 #P742/14

The graves of Charles Bennett and his wife Mary Dunsford, Blackheath, ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P742/15) - Piece PIC BOX P742 #P742/15

Class PIC/P748. Freeman Studio staff portraits, Sydney / Freeman & Co, ca. 1900

Includes accompanying printed New Year card signed by M. McKelly, one of Freeman's staff.

Staff of Freemans Studio, 318 George Street, Sydney, ca.1900 (Item PIC/P748/1) - Piece PIC Box P748 #P748/1

Gwen Burns and Alice on the roof of the Freeman Studio, 318 George Street, Sydney, ca.1910 (Item PIC/P748/2) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6782 #PIC/P748/2

Miss Halls, receptionist of Freemans Studio, 318 George Street, Sydney, ca.1900 (Item PIC/P748/3) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6783 #PIC/P748/3

Miss M. McKelly, Freemans Studio, 318 George Street, Sydney, ca.1910 (Item PIC/P748/4) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6784 #PIC/P748/4

Lady with a lace collar and a fan, Sydney, ca.1880 (Item PIC/P748/5) - Piece PIC Box P748 #P748/5

Portrait of a woman wearing a bonnet, lace mittens and a gold chain, ca.1860 (Item PIC/P748/6) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7375 #PIC/P748/6

Created by G & D Hay.

With Best Wishes [printed New Year card signed by M. McKelly, one of Freeman's staff], [n.d.] (Item PIC/P748/7) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 6786 #PIC/P748/7

Class PIC/P745. Carte de visite portraits of adults and children, Orange, New South Wales / Hutchison & Spliet, ca. 1883 - Box PIC Box PIC P754 #P754/1-15

Patrons are advised this Class is incomplete and material will be added to it over time.

Class PIC/P758. Daguerreotype portraits collection of men and women, 1840 - 1850 - Drawer PIC Drawer PM 7317-7323 #PIC/P758/1-7

Portraits of men and women; the sitters and photographers are not known. Some photographs are hand coloured and sometimes gilded.

Portrait of a gentleman, ca. 1885 (Item PIC/P758/1) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7317 #PIC/P758/1

Portrait of a young woman, ca. 1885 (Item PIC/P758/2) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7318 #PIC/P758/2

Portrait of a woman, ca. 1885 (Item PIC/P758/3) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7319 #PIC/P758/3

Portrait of a young woman wearing a lace shawl collar, ca. 1885 (Item PIC/P758/4) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7320 #PIC/P758/4

Portrait of the Reverend John Miles of Bethel, Albany, United States, ca. 1885 (Item PIC/P758/5) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7321 #PIC/P758/5

Portrait of a man seated with waistcoat and gold watch chain, ca. 1885 (Item PIC/P758/5) - Piece PIC P758/5 LOC Drawer C4

Portrait of a gentleman wearing a satin waistcoat and checked jacquet, ca. 1885 (Item PIC/P758/6) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7322 #PIC/P758/6

Portrait of a woman wearing hair decoration, ca. 1885 (Item PIC/P758/7) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7323 #PIC/P758/7

Class PIC/P766. Lantern slide collection, 1860 - 1869 - Drawer PIC Drawer PM 7329-7332 #PIC/P766/1-4

[Woman peeling potatoes, with caption 'A real native'], ca. 1865 (Item PIC/P766/1) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7329 #PIC/P766/1

Cartoon style art.

[Potatoes as a group of figures one sitting on the other shoulders with caption 'Spectaturs'], 1860 (Item PIC/P766/2) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7330 #PIC/P766/2

Cartoon style art.

[Woman in bed sleeping by window with smiling half moon outside with caption 'Come where my love lies dreaming'], 1860 (Item PIC/P766/3) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7331 #PIC/P766/3

Cartoon style art.

[Man frightened by large insect while sleeping in a tree, uncaptioned], ca. 1860 (Item PIC/P766/4) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7332 #PIC/P766/4

Cartoon style art.

Class PIC/19021. Royal Easter Show judge's medallion and related ephemera, 1959 - 1961 - Drawer PIC Object Drawer 26 #PIC/19021/1-9

Includes: Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales judge's medallion on ribbon, 1959; Entry ticket to the Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W.'s Royal Easter Show, 20th to 31st March, 1959; Honorary tickets, Royal Easter Show, 1959 and 1961; Official luncheon ticket for the official dining room in the Grand Stand at the Royal Easter Show, 1959, numbered No. 29; Entry ticket to the Royal Easter Show, 1959, with envelope addressed to Mr. Keast Burke.

Class PIC/13562/84-104. Entries for the Australasian Photo-Review competitions, 1907 - 1956 - Drawer PIC/13562/84-104 LOC Drawer C6

Collection of photographs acquired by Keast Burke, mostly in the pictorialist style from the Australasian Photo-Review competitions. The Australasian Photo-Review conducted monthly competitions for pictorial photographs from 1907 until 1956.

Patrons are advised this Class is incomplete and material will be added to it over time.

Lone cart / Turner, V. (Item PIC/13562/76) - Piece PIC/13562/76 LOC Drawer C6

Tree study / Knispel, C. (Item PIC/13562/77) - Piece PIC/13562/77 LOC Drawer C6

Man concentrating on his work / Goodes, F. (Item PIC/13562/78) - Piece PIC/13562/78 LOC Drawer C6

Rising storm / Lyons, Molly (Item PIC/13562/79) - Piece PIC/13562/79 LOC Drawer C6

Sunset after glow / Taylor, N. F. (Item PIC/13562/80) - Piece PIC/13562/80 LOC Drawer C6

Man reading a newspaper in a doorway / Sims, O. A. (Item PIC/13562/81) - Piece PIC/13562/81 LOC Drawer C6

Two men stacking hay / Odgers, L. V. (Item PIC/13562/82) - Piece PIC/13562/82 LOC Drawer C6

Sewing wheatbags / Strout, D. M. (Item PIC/13562/83) - Piece PIC/13562/83 LOC Drawer C6

The centenarian / Howman, G. F. (Item PIC/13562/84) - Piece PIC/13562/84 LOC drawer C6

The drover and his sheep / Lewis, F (Item PIC/13562/85) - Piece PIC/13562/85 LOC Drawer C6

Seagulls on a beach / Tindall, A. C. (Item PIC/13562/86) - Piece PIC/13562/86 LOC Drawer C6

Woman crossing a street in the rain with an umbrella / Johnson, Rosemary (Item PIC/13562/87) - Piece PIC/13562/87 LOC Drawer C6

Wave breaking on a beach / Jackson, C. (Item PIC/13562/88) - Piece PIC/13562/88 LOC Drawer C6

Two men cutting timber / Strout, D. M. (Item PIC/13562/89) - Piece PIC/13562/89 LOC Drawer C6

Portrait of an artist , H. Septimus Power, Canberra / Tompkins, C. Stuart., ca. 1927 (Item PIC/13562/90) - Piece PIC/13562/90 LOC drawer C6

Portrait of C.J. Dennis at his desk / Tompkins, C. Stuart. (Item PIC/13562/91) - Piece PIC/13562/91 LOC Drawer C6

Country Sunday, men cutting wood / Nasmyth, R. (Item PIC/13562/92) - Piece PIC/13562/92 LOC Drawer C6

Eventide, boats tied up at a jetty / Ford, J. D. (Item PIC/13562/95) - Piece PIC/13562/95 LOC Drawer C6

Class PIC/13562/106-135. Collection of models posing for fashion magazines, ca. 1960s - Piece PIC Cold Store [PIC KB] #PIC/13562/106-135

Collection includes fashion models posing in swimwear and fashionable clothes from the 1960s era.

Patrons are advised this Class is incomplete and material will be added to it over time.

Series PIC/8083. Acetate negatives, 1827 - 1947

61 items,

Patrons are advised this Series is incomplete and material will be added to it over time.

Legs of dancing girls, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/1) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Women buying fruit at the market, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/2) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Leafless tree in the landscape, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/3) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Thwaites men's wear, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/4) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Portrait of unidentified man, "Personality", approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/5) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Woman dancing on the beach with her clothes on a log, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/6) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Portrait of unidentified girl, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/7) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

"Still life study" with vase, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/8) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Unidentified child with a cat, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/9) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Unidentified child crouching, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/10) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Still life, "Man is the Slave", approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/11) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Touring party on horses, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/12) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Wooden cottage and garden, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/13) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Small town at the foot of a hill, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/14) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Wooden cottage, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/15) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Lodging house, West Point Kosciusko rd., Jindabyne, New South Wales, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/16) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Man with beard stands in the garden of a small cottage, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/17) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Bridge over snow river, Jindabyne, New South Wales, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/18) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Woman standing in the doorway of a cottage, approximately 1920,1 (Item PIC/8083/19) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

People walking toward the Kosciusko Hotel, Dainers Gap, New South Wales, approximately 1920, 1 (Item PIC/8083/20) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Group touring in a vintage car, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/21) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Unidentified river in an Australian landscape, approximately 1920, 1 (Item PIC/8083/22) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Small town seen from a hillside, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/23) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Teamsters camp, Adaminaby Plains, New South Wales, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/24) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Mount Gilead, New South Wales, 1827 (Item PIC/8083/25) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Unidentified country town, July 1947 (Item PIC/8083/26) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Establishing the Observatory, Mount Kosciusko, approximately 1900 (Item PIC/8083/27) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Timber farmhouse on a hill, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/28) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Three men in the bush, approximately 1910 (Item PIC/8083/29) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Man on horseback in the bush, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/30) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

five people in a small township, approximately 1900 (Item PIC/8083/31) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Two women and a child in the doorway of a wooden cottage, approximately 1900 (Item PIC/8083/32) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Buckley's Crossing, New South Wales, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/33) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Horse and Carriage travel down Brown Mountain Road, New South Wales, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/34) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Mrs Ecclestone, Coonhoongubla Station, New South Wales, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/35) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

People walking toward the Kosciusko Hotel, Dainers gap, New South Wales, approximately 1920, 2 (Item PIC/8083/36) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Mrs Crisp, Jimenbeuan Station, New South Wales, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/37) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

McKeachie Esq., Delegate Station, New South Wales, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/38) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

McKecknie Esq., Rosedale station, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/39) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

R. Rose, Boloco Station, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/40) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

E. Pratt Esq., Myalla Station, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/41) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Bombala township, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/42) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Queanbeyan township, New South Wales, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/43) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Cooma township, New South Wales, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/44) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Royal side, Cooma township, New South Wales, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/45) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Group of men and women on the Veranda of a farmhouse, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/46) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Three unidentified men in an open top vintage car, approximately 1920 (Item PIC/8083/47) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Three women one man and four children cross a timber suspension bridge, approximately 1910 (Item PIC/8083/48) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Horse and carriage on the street outside terrace houses, approximately 1910 (Item PIC/8083/49) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Team of horses hauling a loaded wagon, approximately 1910, 1 (Item PIC/8083/50) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Team of horses hauling a loaded wagon, approximately 1910, 2 (Item PIC/8083/51) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Team of horses hauling a loaded wagon, approximately 1910, 3 (Item PIC/8083/52) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Team of horses hauling a loaded wagon, approximately 1910, 4 (Item PIC/8083/53) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Team of horses hauling a loaded wagon, approximately 1910, 5 (Item PIC/8083/54) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Team of horses hauling a loaded wagon, approximately 1910, 6 (Item PIC/8083/55) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Team of horses hauling a loaded wagon, approximately 1910, 7 (Item PIC/8083/56) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Team of horses hauling a loaded wagon, approximately 1910, 8 (Item PIC/8083/57) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Team of horses hauling a loaded wagon, approximately 1910, 9 (Item PIC/8083/58) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Team of horses hauling a loaded wagon, approximately 1910, 10 (Item PIC/8083/59) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Team of horses hauling a loaded wagon, approximately 1910, 11 (Item PIC/8083/60) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Team of horses hauling a loaded wagon, approximately 1910, 12 (Item PIC/8083/61) - Box 1, Folder 1

1 item, 10.0 x 12.0 cm, negative : acetate

Series. Assorted photographs, 1830 - 1965

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice

Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection may contain names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within these works which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive.

Scope and Contents

Patrons are advised this Series is incomplete and material will be added to it over time.

Portrait of a woman in a cape wearing a brooch with a gilt chain (Item PIC/P722/3) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7286 #PIC/P722/3

Girl child holding a doll (Item PIC/P729/3) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7300 #P729/3

Silver Falls, Mt Wellington, Tasmania / Beattie, J. W. (John Watt) (Item PIC/P749) - Piece PIC Box PS 1586 #PIC/P749

Studio portrait of a woman in a lace dress, United States, ca. 1905 (Item PIC/P752) - Piece PIC Drawer C4 #P752

Portrait of a young man in a jacket, Sydney / Robert W. Newman & Co. (Item PIC/P753) - Piece PIC Box P753 #P753

Cabbage tree palm in rainforest, Victoria?, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P755/1) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7296 #PIC/P755/1

Beach scene, Victoria?, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P755/2) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7297 #PIC/P755/2

Portrait of Maria Brady, ca. 1857 (Item PIC/P759) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7324 #PIC/P759

Portrait of Thomas Palmer / Shaw, G. B., ca. 1856 (Item PIC/P760/1) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7325 #PIC/P760/1

Portrait of Mrs Mary Palmer / Shaw, G. B., ca. 1856 (Item PIC/P760/2) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7326 #PIC/P760/2

Mother and baby in a garden, ca. 1860 (Item PIC/P761) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7327 #PIC/P761

Portrait of a family, ca. 1860 (Item PIC/P762) - Piece PIC Object Drawer 26 #P762

An outing to Marysville, Victoria / Harvey, J. H. (John Henry) [transparency] (Item PIC/P765) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7328 #PIC/P765

Bas-relief portrait of a woman / Taber, Isaiah West, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P767) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7333 #PIC/P767

Portrait of Mrs John Miles, ca. 1848 (Item PIC/P770/1) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7300 #PIC/P770/1

Portrait of Mary Richardson in narrow waisted dress with lace inserts, ca. 1850 (Item PIC/P770/2) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7301 #PIC/770/2

Portrait of H. Walter Barnett (Item PIC/5458) - Piece PIC Box PIC/5458 #PIC/5458

Hemi Pōmare, London / Claudet, A. (Antoine), ca. 1846 (Item PIC/12305) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 7337 #PIC/12305

Interior of the wool room, Canonbar Station, Nyngan Region, New South Wales / Kerry, Charles H. (Charles Henry), ca. 1900 (Item PIC/13562/1A) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 4838 #PIC/13562/1A

Baling and sampling tobacco, New South Wales [?] / Kerry, Charles H. (Charles Henry), ca. 1900 (Item PIC/13562/2) - Piece PIC Box PS 1435 #PIC/13562/2

Billie, King of the Macquarie, an Aboriginal women sitting in a tent and a dog, New South Wales? / Kerry, Charles H. (Charles Henry) (Item PIC/13562/4) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 4828 #PIC/13562/4

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Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection may contain names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within these works which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive.

Johnston Street Bridge, Melbourne / Morris, Alfred, 1870 (Item PIC/13562/6) - Piece PIC/13562/6 LOC Drawer C1

A waterfall, Victoria?, ca. 1865 (Item PIC/13562/7) - Piece PIC/13562/7 LOC Drawer C1

The Yarra River, Melbourne / Morris, Alfred, 1870 (Item PIC/13562/8) - Piece PIC/13562/8 LOC Drawer C1

Distant view of Gisborne, Victoria, ca. 1865 (Item PIC/13562/9) - Piece PIC/13562/9 LOC Drawer C1

Flood water on Simpson's road, Collingwood, Victoria, 1863 (Item PIC/13562/10) - Piece PIC/13562/10 LOC Drawer C1

Blackened trees after a bush fire, Victoria?, ca. 1865 (Item PIC/13562/11) - Piece PIC/13562/11 LOC Drawer C1

The Moorabool Viaduct, Moorabool, Victoria, ca. 1865 (Item PIC/13562/12) - Piece PIC/13562/12 LOC Drawer C1

View from Black Hill, Ballarat, Victoria, ca. 1865 (Item PIC/13562/13) - Piece PIC/13562/13 LOC Drawer C1

Rock formation at Point Lonsdale, Victoria, ca. 1865 (Item PIC/13562/14) - Piece PIC/13562/14 LOC Drawer C1

View of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne / Morris, Alfred, 1870 (Item PIC/13562/15) - Piece PIC/13562/15 LOC Drawer C1

Prince's Bridge, Melbourne / Morris, Alfred, 1863 (Item PIC/13562/16) - Piece PIC/13562/16 LOC Drawer C1

Bendigo waterworks, Victoria, ca. 1861 (Item PIC/13562/17) - Piece PIC/13562/17 LOC Drawer C1

The Malmsbury Viaduct over the Coliban River, Malmsbury, Victoria, ca. 1865 (Item PIC/13562/18) - Piece PIC/13562/18 LOC Drawer C1

View along a creek bed, Victoria?, ca. 1865 (Item PIC/13562/19) - Piece PIC/13562/19 LOC Drawer C1

New Treasury building, Melbourne, ca. 1870 (Item PIC/13562/20) - Piece PIC/13562/20 LOC Drawer C1

Prince's Bridge, Yarra River, Melbourne, ca. 1870 (Item PIC/13562/21) - Piece PIC/13562/21 LOC Drawer C1

Oriental Bank, Melbourne, ca. 1872 (Item PIC/13562/22) - Piece PIC/13562/22 LOC Drawer C1

Jewish synagogue, Melbourne (Item PIC/13562/23) - Piece PIC/13562/23 LOC Drawer C1

Footbridge to Botanical Gardens, Melbourne / Morris, Alfred (Item PIC/13562/24) - Piece PIC/13562/24 LOC Drawer C1

Pontoon bridge over the Murray River, Echuca, Victoria (Item PIC/13562/25) - Piece PIC/13562/25 LOC Drawer C1

Fern Tree Gully, Victoria, 2 / Morris, Alfred (Item PIC/13562/26) - Piece PIC/13562/26 LOC Drawer C1

Fern Tree Gully, Victoria, 1 / Morris, Alfred (Item PIC/13562/27) - Piece PIC/13562/27 LOC Drawer C1

Melbourne Savings Bank, ca. 1870 (Item PIC/13562/28) - Piece PIC/13562/28 LOC Drawer C1

Parliamentary Library, Melbourne / Morris, Alfred, 1870 (Item PIC/13562/29) - Piece PIC/13562/29 LOC Drawer C1

Old Customs House, Melbourne / Morris, Alfred, 1870 (Item PIC/13562/30) - Piece PIC/13562/30 LOC Drawer C1

The University of Melbourne / Morris, Alfred, 1870 (Item PIC/13562/31) - Piece PIC/13562/31 LOC Drawer C1

Willow trees along the Yarra River, Melbourne / Morris, Alfred, 1870 (Item PIC/13562/32) - Piece PIC/13562/32 LOC Drawer C1

Punt Road flooded, Richmond, Victoria / Morris, Alfred, 1870 (Item PIC/13562/33) - Piece PIC/13562/33 LOC Drawer C1

Botanical Gardens, Melbourne / Morris, Alfred, 1870 (Item PIC/13562/34) - Piece PIC/13562/34 LOC Drawer C1

Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne / Morris, Alfred, 1870 (Item PIC/13562/35) - Piece PIC/13562/35 LOC Drawer C1

Public school at Candelo, Bega, New South Wales / Walter, Charles, ca. 1870 (Item PIC/13562/36) - Piece PIC/13562/36 LOC Drawer C1

M. Bamford Commercial Sales and importers shops along Bourke Street, Melbourne / Morris, Alfred, ca. 1860 (Item PIC/13562/37) - Piece PIC/13562/37 LOC Drawer C1

Remington scouts enjoying lunch after wrecking a Boer home, Yaasfontein, South Africa, 1900 (Item PIC/13562/38) - Piece PIC/13562/38 LOC Drawer C5

Lord Roberts' ammunition columns on route to relieve Kimberley, South Africa (Item PIC/13562/39) - Piece PIC/13562/39 LOC Drawer C5

Lord Roberts' infantry crossing the Zand River, South Africa, 1900 (Item PIC/13562/40) - Piece PIC/13562/40 LOC Drawer C5

British 4.7 inch naval gun on the Boer position at Schwartzkop, South Africa, 1900 (Item PIC/13562/41) - Piece PIC/13562/41 LOC Drawer C5

First train of refugees out of Kimberley after the siege, South Africa, 22 February 1900 (Item PIC/13562/42) - Piece PIC/13562/42 LOC Drawer C5

Aerial view of the docks and harbour, Cape Town, South Africa, 1900 (Item PIC/13562/43) - Piece PIC/13562/43 LOC Drawer C5

Lord Roberts' army advancing toward Johannesburg, 84th Battery and Balloon Corps, South Africa, 1901 (Item PIC/13562/44) - Piece PIC/13562/44 LOC Drawer C5

Royal engineers making a roadway on the steep Velch River Banks, South Africa, 1900 (Item PIC/13562/45) - Piece PIC/13562/45 LOC Drawer C5

Canadians leaving Cape Town for the front, South Africa, 1900 (Item PIC/13562/46) - Piece PIC/13562/46 LOC Drawer C5

Passenger ship entering Fremantle Harbour, Western Australia, 1908 (Item PIC/13562/47) - Piece PIC/13562/47 LOC Drawer C5

Capital city Hobart, Tasmania, 1908 (Item PIC/13562/48) - Piece PIC/13562/48 LOC Drawer C5

View of Brisbane, southeast from the Observation Tower, Queensland, 1908 (Item PIC/13562/49) - Piece PIC/13562/49 LOC Drawer C5

Horse and carriage outside of Parliament House, Brisbane, Queensland, 1908 (Item PIC/13562/50) - Piece PIC/13562/50 LOC Drawer C5

Three children standing on ledge overlooking Hobart, Tasmania / Kilburn, B.W., 1903 (Item PIC/13562/51) - Piece PIC/13562/51 LOC Drawer C5

The Australian Expeditionary Force breaking camp prior to their departure for the front, Broadmeadows, Victoria, 1914 (Item PIC/13562/52) - Piece PIC/13562/52 LOC Drawer C5

Waiting the arrival of the Duke and Duchess during the Duke of York celebrations, Sydney, 1901 (Item PIC/13562/53) - Piece PIC/13562/53 LOC Drawer C5

Review of troops, Commonwealth celebrations, Sydney, 1901 (Item PIC/13562/54) - Piece PIC/13562/54 LOC Drawer C5

Swearing in ceremony of the first Governor General at the Pavillion, Centennial Park, Sydney, 1901 (Item PIC/13562/55) - Piece PIC/13562/55 LOC Drawer C5

Cadets parade at Children's Fete during the Duke of York celebrations, Sydney, 1901 (Item PIC/13562/56) - Piece PIC/13562/56 LOC Drawer C5

Portrait of Bill Clemens / Boyd, T. H. (Thomas H.) (Item PIC/13562/61) - Piece PIC/13562/61 LOC Drawer C1

An elderly woman, resident of Bathurst, New South Wales (Item PIC/13562/62) - Piece PIC/13562/62 LOC Drawer C1

Portrait of a young man, 1 / Boyd, T. H. (Thomas H.) (Item PIC/13562/63) - Piece PIC/13562/63 LOC Drawer C1

Portrait of a young man, 2 / Boyd, T. H. (Thomas H.) (Item PIC/13562/64) - Piece PIC/13562/64 LOC Drawer C1

Portrait of a young woman, 1 / Boyd, T. H. (Thomas H.) (Item PIC/13562/65) - Piece PIC/13562/65 LOC Drawer C1

Portrait of a young girl / Boyd, T. H. (Thomas H.) (Item PIC/13562/66) - Piece PIC/13562/66 LOC Drawer C1

Portrait of a young woman, 2 / Boyd, T. H. (Thomas H.) (Item PIC/13562/67) - Piece PIC/13562/67 LOC Drawer C1

Young girl Rose Richardson / Boyd, T. H. (Thomas H.) (Item PIC/13562/68) - Piece PIC/13562/68 LOC Drawer C1

The bathers, Coogee, New South Wales (Item PIC/13562/69) - Piece PIC/13562/69 LOC Drawer C1

Portrait of a woman wearing decorative hat, 1882 (Item PIC/13562/70) - Piece PIC/13562/70 LOC Drawer C1

Winner of the Walkley award for best news photograph, Jim Fenwick, Brisbane, Queensland, 1965 (Item PIC/13562/71) - Piece PIC Box PS 1588 #PIC/13562/71

Rescue workers on the dredge Kaptajn Nielson, after it overturned in Moreton Bay, Queensland / Fenwick, Jim, 1965 (Item PIC/13562/72) - Piece PIC Box PS 1589 #PIC/13562/72

Herd of cattle on road and drover with horse, ca. 1950s (Item PIC/13562/73) - Piece PIC Box PS 1590 #PIC/13562/73

Dr H.J. Rodda, guest speaker, addressing the inaugural meeting of the South Australian division of the Australian Institute of Photography, Rundle Street, Adelaide, 26 March 1965 (Item PIC/13562/74) - Piece PIC Box PS 1591 #PIC/13562/74

Mr P.G. Norman addressing the inaugural meeting of the South Australian division of the Australian Institute of Photography, Rundle Street, Adelaide, 26 March 1965 (Item PIC/13562/75) - Piece PIC Box PS 1592 #PIC/13562/75

Naked girl in a sunhat / Hollier, M. (Item PIC/13562/93) - Piece PIC/13562/93 LOC Drawer C6

Commonwealth Avenue Bridge from below, looking south, Canberra / Hollier, M., ca. 1965 (Item PIC/13562/94) - Piece PIC/13562/94 LOC Drawer C6

Tony, a workman with a mattock over his shoulder / Mullumby, L. P. (Leonard Peirl) (Item PIC/13562/96) - Piece PIC/13562/96 LOC Drawer C6

Drover counting sheep, New South Wales / Kerry, Charles H. (Charles Henry), ca. 1920 (Item PIC/13562/97) - Piece PIC Box PS 1593 #PIC/13562/97

Architectural drawing of tropical house type A [transparency], 17 December 1946 (Item PIC/13562/98) - Piece PIC/13562/98 LOC Cold Store PIC KB

Architectural drawing of sub tropical house [transparency], 1 December 1946 (Item PIC/13562/99) - Piece PIC Cold Store PIC/13562 #PIC/13562/99

Architectural drawing of tropical house type B [transparency], 23 September 1946 (Item PIC/13562/100) - Piece PIC/13562/100 LOC Cold Store PIC KB

Architectural drawing of tropical house type L [transparency], 17 December 1946 (Item PIC/13562/101) - Piece PIC/13562/101 LOC Cold Store PIC KB

Architectural drawing of tropical house type P, flats [transparency], 10 December 1946 (Item PIC/13562/102) - Piece PIC Cold Store Box PIC/13562 #PIC/13562/102

Portrait of French painter, Gustave Neymark, 2 [transparency], ca. 1900 (Item PIC/13562/103) - Piece PIC/13562/103 LOC Cold Store PIC KB

Portrait of French painter, Gustave Neymark, 1 [transparency], ca. 1900 (Item PIC/13562/104) - Piece PIC/13562/104 LOC Cold Store PIC KB

Four Aboriginal men wearing ceremonial body paint, bone nose jewellery and holding long barbed spears, standing outside a hotel, Darwin, Northern Territory / Kerry, Charles H. (Charles Henry), ca. 1900 (Item PIC/13562/136) - Piece PIC/13562/136 LOC Box A53

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice

Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection may contain names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within these works which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive.

Aboriginal camp, Wiangaree, Richmond River, New South Wales / Kerry, Charles H. (Charles Henry), ca. 1900 (Item PIC/18407) - Piece PIC Box PIC/18407 #PIC/18407

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice

Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection may contain names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within these works which reflect the author's attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive.

Garden gate of Akbar's Tomb, Sikandra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, ca. 1830 (Item PIC/18909) - Piece PIC Drawer PIC/18909 #PIC/18909

Peristyle court at the Temple of Luxor, Egypt, ca. 1840 (Item PIC/18910) - Piece PIC Drawer PIC/18910 #PIC/18910

Lingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India / Dixon, Henry, ca. 1860 (Item PIC/18912) - Piece PIC Drawer PIC/18912 #PIC/18912

Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/18914) - Piece PIC Box PIC/18914 #PIC/18914

Silhouettes of two men in a tunnel, ca. 1920 (Item PIC/18917) - Piece PIC Box PIC/18917 #PIC/18917

Close up of a peacock feather, ca. 1920 (Item PIC/18918) - Piece PIC Box PIC/18918 #PIC/18918

Two large illuminated statues of King Neptune and a crown with a lit row of lights in front, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/18919) - Piece PIC Box PIC/18919 #PIC/18919

Panorama of bushland, Australia / Burke, Keast, ca. 1920 (Item PIC/19024) - Piece PIC Drawer PIC/19024 #PIC/19024

Mother's darling, woman and child, ca. 1875 (Item PIC/19071) - Piece PIC Drawer PIC/19071 #PIC/19071


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