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House, near Alice Springs [B 8385] • Photograph

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Summary

House, belonging to Mr. Ross near Alice Springs. John Ross, drover and explorer, was born in Scotland and arrived in Australia in 1837. In 1870 he was employed by Sir Charles Todd to lead an advance party for the establishment of the Overland Telegraph. From journal of William Henry Tietkens: "At Alice Springs I had the pleasure of meeting with a veteran explorer in the person of John Ross, aged 72 years, who is still hale, active and strong. Took a number of photographs of the station and neighbourhood during my stay here."

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 11.6 x 8.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1889

Photographer

Tietkens, William Henry

Collection

Part of Northern Territory Collection

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Digitisation information

Date

09/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,406 x 2,514 pixels (8.6 MP)

Size

25.70 MB

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