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J. McDouall Stuart's tree [B 2269] • Photograph

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Summary

[On back of photograph] 'J. McDouall Stuart's Exploring Expedition, 1861-62. Tree marked by J. McDouall Stuart on his arrival at the Indian Ocean, 24 July 1862.' [General description] A tree emblazoned with a large S is in the centre of a view of light scrub. When the Northern Territory was settled, the tree could not be found and there was some doubt that Stuart had reached the north coast at all. His reputation was restored when in 1883 G.R. McMinn, acting Government Resident, located this blazed tree. Inspector Foelsche who was with McMinn took a photograph of it. It was destroyed by fire about 1903.

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Physical description

Photograph; 30.3 cm x 23.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1885

Creator

Gunn, Aeneas J

Collection

Part of Northern Territory Collection

Catalogue record

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General notes

Other versions of this photograph are at B 44583 & B 5050.

Photo published the The Leader newspaper, 22 August 1903, page 36, accompanies a posthumous article by Gunn titled 'Historic trees in northern Australia', page 26.

Digitisation information

Date

16/03/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,575 x 2,799 pixels (10.0 MP)

Size

30.05 MB

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