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Boy at Alice Springs [B 70589/8] • Photograph

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Summary

A boy with two buckets on a shoulder yoke, standing beside an evaporometer, which measures evaporation. According to a researcher, Charles Todd was passionate about weather and all the Telegraph stations had a weather station, and had to report weather data at set times of the day. Alice Springs had this extra item, which is still there with a plaque.

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Physical description

Negative (glass, half plate);
16.6 cm x 12.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1907

Photographer

Bradshaw, Thomas A

Collection

Part of Album Collection

Subject

Evaporation (Meteorology).
Tanks -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs.
Water-Supply -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs.

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of 17 photographs taken from original glass plate negatives by Thomas Bradshaw, who was the officer-in-charge of the Alice Springs telegraph Station from 1899 to 1908. Reminiscences of his daughter Doris Blackwell (nee Bradshaw) in 'Alice on the line' provides a context for these images.

Digitisation information

Date

16/02/2022

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

10,425 x 14,185 pixels (147.9 MP)

Size

295.78 MB

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