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Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia [B 72713/1-45] • Photograph

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/1

'Part of vegetable garden Powell Creek'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/1

'Part of vegetable garden Powell Creek'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/2

'Escape Cliffs, Northern Territory looking south'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/2

'Escape Cliffs, Northern Territory looking south'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/3

'Pearling lugger Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/3

'Pearling lugger Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/4

'Finniss River near Mount Bennett, looking south'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/4

'Finniss River near Mount Bennett, looking south'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/5

'Escape Cliffs Northern Territory, looking north east'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/5

'Escape Cliffs Northern Territory, looking north east'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/6

'Slain buffalo, Northern Territory'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/6

'Slain buffalo, Northern Territory'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/7

'View from Fort Hill Port Darwin, looking south'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/7

'View from Fort Hill Port Darwin, looking south'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/8

'Jungle ant hills, Port Darwin vicinity'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/8

'Jungle ant hills, Port Darwin vicinity'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/9

'Picnic camp, jungle, Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/9

'Picnic camp, jungle, Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/10

'10 mile jungle, Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/10

'10 mile jungle, Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/11

'Alligator, 20 feet long, Northern Territory'. The man on the right is probably Judge Mitchell

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/11

'Alligator, 20 feet long, Northern Territory'. The man on the right is probably Judge Mitchell

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/12

'Finniss River, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/12

'Finniss River, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/13

'Road from 'Gulnare' jetty, Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/13

'Road from 'Gulnare' jetty, Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/14

'Banyan tree Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/14

'Banyan tree Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/15

'Hotel Victoria, Palmerston, Northern Territory'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/15

'Hotel Victoria, Palmerston, Northern Territory'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/16

'Water scene on Poett's old [coffee] plantation, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/16

'Water scene on Poett's old [coffee] plantation, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/17

'East Point Avenue, Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/17

'East Point Avenue, Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/18

'Banyan tree near Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/18

'Banyan tree near Port Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/19

'Finniss River looking north with Mount Bennett in the background'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/19

'Finniss River looking north with Mount Bennett in the background'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/20

'Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/20

'Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/21

'Wreck of the Australian near Port Essington', wrecked at Vashon Head near Port Essington 17 November 1906

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/21

'Wreck of the Australian near Port Essington', wrecked at Vashon Head near Port Essington 17 November 1906

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/22

'Port Essington'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/22

'Port Essington'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/23

'Waiting for the tide, near Stuart's tree'. This may be Samuel James Mitchell, N. T. Administrator (see also photo B 3875)

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/23

'Waiting for the tide, near Stuart's tree'. This may be Samuel James Mitchell, N. T. Administrator (see also photo B 3875)

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/24

'Large banyan near Stuart's tree'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/24

'Large banyan near Stuart's tree'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/25

'Banyan tree near the site of Stuart's tree, marked by Justice Mitchell, Judge of the Supreme Court, Mr Cecil Freer and Mr W. S. Campbell on the occasion of erecting an iron pole at the same site to mark the precise spot where Stuart's marker tree had grown'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/25

'Banyan tree near the site of Stuart's tree, marked by Justice Mitchell, Judge of the Supreme Court, Mr Cecil Freer and Mr W. S. Campbell on the occasion of erecting an iron pole at the same site to mark the precise spot where Stuart's marker tree had grown'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/26

'Banyan tree', woman in white in front

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/26

'Banyan tree', woman in white in front

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/27

Woman in white in front of large palm tree

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/27

Woman in white in front of large palm tree

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/28

View of garden with family group in the distance

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/28

View of garden with family group in the distance

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/29

Three people by a path through a garden in Darwin. Probably Mitchell family members

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/29

Three people by a path through a garden in Darwin. Probably Mitchell family members

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/30

'Hospital Darwin'

Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia — Photographs of the Northern Territory, Melville Island and Central Australia

1899-1918, Photograph, B 72713/30

'Hospital Darwin'

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Summary

Photographs taken in the Northern Territory, Melville Island, and Central Australia. The collection also includes eight photos taken in Ceylon and one postcard published in 1899 of Jogjakarta 'Lodji Ketjil-djocja'. These have not been digitised. The album may have belonged to members of the Mitchell family.

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Physical description

Photographs (B&W print); various sizes

Dates / Publication details

1899-1918

Collections

Part of Northern Territory Collection
Part of Melville Island Collection

Subject

Mitchell (Family)
Daly Waters Telegraph Station (N. T.)
Banyan tree
Darwin (N. T.)
Finniss River (N. T.)
Melville Island (N. T.)
Port Essington (N. T.)
Powell Creek (N. T.)
Escape Cliffs (N. T.)
Rum Jungle (N. T.)

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Formatted content

B 72713/1: 'Part of vegetable garden Powell Creek'
B 72713/2: 'Escape Cliffs, Northern Territory looking south'
B 72713/3: 'Pearling lugger Port Darwin'
B 72713/4: 'Finniss River near Mount Bennett, looking south'
B 72713/5: 'Escape Cliffs Northern Territory, looking north east'
B 72713/6: 'Slain buffalo, Northern Territory'
B 72713/7: 'View from Fort Hill Port Darwin, looking south'
B 72713/8: 'Jungle ant hills, Port Darwin vicinity'
B 72713/9: 'Picnic camp, jungle, Port Darwin'
B 72713/10: '10 mile jungle, Port Darwin'
B 72713/11: 'Alligator, 20 feet long, Northern Territory'. The man on the right is probably Judge Mitchell
B 72713/12: 'Finniss River, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory'
B 72713/13: 'Road from 'Gulnare' jetty, Port Darwin'
B 72713/14: 'Banyan tree Port Darwin'
B 72713/15: 'Hotel Victoria, Palmerston, Northern Territory'
B 72713/16: 'Water scene on Poett's old [coffee] plantation, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory'
B 72713/17: 'East Point Avenue, Port Darwin'
B 72713/18: 'Banyan tree near Port Darwin'
B 72713/19: 'Finniss River looking north with Mount Bennett in the background'
B 72713/20: 'Darwin'
B 72713/21: 'Wreck of the Australian near Port Essington', wrecked at Vashon Head near Port Essington 17 November 1906
B 72713/22: 'Port Essington'
B 72713/23: 'Waiting for the tide, near Stuart's tree'. This may be Samuel James Mitchell, N. T. Administrator (see also photo B 3875)
B 72713/24: 'Large banyan near Stuart's tree'
B 72713/25: 'Banyan tree near the site of Stuart's tree, marked by Justice Mitchell, Judge of the Supreme Court, Mr Cecil Freer and Mr W. S. Campbell on the occasion of erecting an iron pole at the same site to mark the precise spot where Stuart's marker tree had grown'
B 72713/26: 'Banyan tree', woman in white in front
B 72713/27: Woman in white in front of large palm tree
B 72713/28: View of garden with family group in the distance
B 72713/29: Three people by a path through a garden in Darwin. Probably Mitchell family members
B 72713/30: 'Hospital Darwin'
B 72713/31: 'Banyan tree'
B 72713/32: 'Corner of Residency, Darwin 1910'. ['Residency' is now known as Government House]. Judge Samuel James Mitchell near the flagpole, with jabiru and cat on the lawn
B 72713/33: 'Islands at the entrance to Thursday Island. 23/3/1902'
B 72713/34: 'Creswick Island, Great Barrier Reef'
B 72713/35: Two yachts and a barge 'loading hides, Captains Creek Melville Islands, 40 miles from Port Darwin, August 11, 1905. Captain's Creek lies in this bight between [Gamb?] to the Red Cliffs, see chart'. One of the boats has the number D 65 on the side
B 72713/36: Group of men including several Aboriginal men and a boy on the deck of the boat. Ink caption notes three of these men as E. O. R., Harry, Joe. Message on postcard says 'Just off to Darwin from Captain's Creek, Melville Island with a full load. August 11th, 1905. Distance 40 miles from Port Darwin'
B 72713/37: 'The camp, Captain's Creek, Melville Island. Some of the horses. August 11th, 1905'
B 72713/38: 'Dyaks for Dutch New Guinea from West Borneo 1909'
B 72713/39: 'In MacDonnell Ranges', travellers including several women, with porters
B 72713/40: 'Daly Waters Telegraph Station, negative by W? Holtze'
B 72713/41: 'Stockmen leaving Arltunga for Port Darwin 1900'
B 72713/42: Stone house with broad verandahs, showing casual seating and potted plants. Probably interior view of verandah of the Residency, Darwin ca.1911
B 72713/43: 'Heavitree Gap (MacDonnell Ranges), 4 miles south of Alice Springs (Central Australia) 1902'
B 72713/44: 'Between events at the Darwin races 1915', taken by Ted Ryko, who was a photographer based in Darwin between 11 June 1914 and 27 March 1917
B 72713/45: 'In front of Parliament buildings North Terrace [Adelaide] Tuesday November 12th. The Governor (Sir H. Galway) proclaiming the armistice which Germany signed on the 11 November 1918'.

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