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Paddle steamer.[F14] [B 74106/13] • Photograph

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Summary

Men loading wood from river bank onto paddle steamer 'Arcadia'. "These wood-sidings, it may be remarked, are almost as much an institution on the Murray as is the fishing industry, practically every river-sider keeping a supply of wood for the steamers". [Emu, 1914, Vol. 13, p. 119].

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Physical description

Photograph (black and white print), 9.8 cm x 7.1 cm.

Dates / Publication details

1913

Photographer

Crompton, Robert

Collection

Part of Murray River Collection

Subject

Crompton, Robert, 1878-1958
Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union
Ornithologists -- South Australia -- Murray River Region (N.S.W.-S.A.)
Murray River (N.S.W.-S.A.)

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Historical information

Robert Crompton was the fourth son of Joseph Crompton, the father of twelve children. Early in life he became interested in birds and joined SAOA in 1906. In 1913 he became Secretary of the S.A.O.A. and held this position until 1920. As Robert was a keen photographer and these photographs were in the possession of his nephew John Crompton, it is assumed that he took some of them. However, there are many sizes of photographs so it is likely that others were taken by other members of the party such as Dudley de Souef, H.B. Slaney, John Mellor and Samuel White. Most of the photos have lettering and/or numbering on the back.

Digitisation information

Date

21/05/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,848 x 3,528 pixels (17.1 MP)

Size

51.33 MB

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