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Burke's Tree [B 5615] • Photograph

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Burke's tree, Innamincka. The following notes are taken from a sheet attached to the back of the photograph. '....sad task. It was south-west of [Tootawatchie?] and in flooded country. The spot was about forty miles from Innamincka and a little to the north-west. Mr Kenny, before leaving the place made certain a white man was buried there. The description of a swamp with eucalypts and a claypan close at hand would easily fit many places in the district especially after a fall of rain. No one regretted it more than Mr Kenny when in 1913-14 he had all arrangements made to re-visit the Cooper and was unable to get away. It is a pity he was unable to revisit the spot as no doubt some of the natives would have remembered him and helped him. I enclose a photo of another "L" marked tree on the Cooper about twelve miles below the junction of the Thomson on Retreat station (east bank). I will be pleased to let you have any information re Mr Kenny or the Cooper that I may possess. Yours faithfully RE Larcombe.

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Physical description

Photograph;

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1907

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Burke, Robert O'Hara, 1821-1861
Trees -- South Australia -- Innamincka

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Digitisation information

Date

06/07/2005

Format

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Resolution

2,211 x 3,156 pixels (7.0 MP)

Size

20.97 MB

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