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Men with tripod on a beach [B 70626/56] • Photograph

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Summary

Glass plate negative thought to show the Engineers in Chief on the beach at Eucla with the SS Governor Musgrave and another unidentified ship standing offshore. The tripod may be for photographic or survey purposes.

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Physical description

Negative (glass); 12 cm x 16.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1903

Collection

Part of General Collection

Catalogue record

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General notes

This glass plate negative is thought to have belonged to Henry Deane, Chairman of the Engineers in Chief 1901-1909. It was found with a collection of lantern slides under a house in Malvern, Victoria. For information on the lantern slides see record B 70626 in this database.

Historical information

The Engineers in Chief inspected facilities at Eucla for landing railway plant and materials and considered improvements to the port during their examination of country through which the transcontinental railway would pass. See comments in Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper 22 of 1903. The former coastal township of Eucla was abandoned as sand dunes encroached. The town is now located 5 kilometres inland to the north.

Digitisation information

Date

16/06/2009

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,884 x 2,847 pixels (11.1 MP)

Size

33.20 MB

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