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Captain Barker Memorial [B 3666] • Photograph

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Summary

This photograph is of the Captain Collet Barker Memorial tablet at St. James' Church Sydney. The text engraved upon it reads: ' Sacred to the memory of Captain Collet Barker of His Majesty's 39th Regiment of Foot who was treacherously murdered by the Aboriginal natives on the 30th April 1831 while endeavouring in the performance of his duty to ascertain the communication between Lake Alexandrina and the Gulf of St Vincent on the south west coast of New Holland. In token of esteem for the singular worth and in affectionate remembrance of the many virtues of the deceased. This tablet is erected by Colonel Lindesay CB and his brother officers.' [On back of photograph] 'Tablet erected in St. James' Church, Sydney. See proceedings of Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, S.A. Branch, Vol. VI 1902-03 page 28'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.3 cm x 16.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1902

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Barker, Collet, 1784-1831
Memorials -- New South Wales -- Sydney

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Digitisation information

Date

05/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,080 x 2,332 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

21.57 MB

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