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Roper River [B 417] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Officials at the Overland Telegraph camp posing next to a wagon. All of the men are wearing full beards and two of them are in tall riding boots. [On back of photograph] 'Overland Telegraph party / Taken by Capt. Sweet at the Roper River in 1872 / (see letter from Sir Chas. Todd to his wife, March 2, 1872.) From right to left : A.J. Mitchell / C. Todd / R.C. Patterson / J.A.G. Little (afterwards Pt. Darwin postmaster)'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.0 cm x 14.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1872

Creator

Sweet, Samuel White

Collection

Part of Roper River Collection

Subject

Telegraph -- Northern Territory -- Roper River -- Employees
Clothing and dress -- Northern Territory -- Roper River

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Digitisation information

Date

14/02/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,118 x 2,301 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

7.20 MB

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