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Horn Scientific Expedition [B 10390] • Photograph

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Summary

Members of Horn Scientific Expedition which travelled from Oodnadatta to Alice Springs and the Macdonnell Ranges. They travelled using camels over 3000 kilometres of largely uncharted country. The expedition was sponsored by William Austin Horn who was a wealthy pastoralist and mining magnate. They studied the country of the Arrernte and Luritja people and their natural history specimens and information. A photograph attached to the back of this photograph shows the land over which they travelled.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.7 cm x 7.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1894

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Horn, W. A. (William Austin), 1841-1922
Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia (1894)
Explorers -- Australia, Central
Scientific expeditions -- Australia, Central

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Digitisation information

Date

09/12/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,489 x 2,307 pixels (8.0 MP)

Size

24.18 MB

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