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Diary and other items belonging to W.A. Crowder [D 8065/9/15(L)] • Mixed material

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Summary

Brass collapsing telescope, or spyglass, used by W A Crowder while a member of the Overland Telegraph Line Construction party 1871-1872. This was also noted in his diary. It has a leather grip and two remaining endpiece leather caps to protect the lens and glass. The eye piece has a small brass sliding lens cover. Length elongated 40 cm. Length collapsed 14.2 cm. Photographic copy only available for reference.

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This image depicts Australian Aboriginal people or aspects of their culture.

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Physical description

Manuscript;
mixed realia
10 cm

Dates / Publication details

1871-1872

Creator

Crowder, William Alfred

Subject

Crowder, William Alfred, 1854-1891 -- Diaries
Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S.A.)

Catalogue record

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Local notes

Contains Aboriginal content

Historical information

William Alfred Crowder was born in South Australia on 3 January 1854, the son of Nathaniel and Emily (nee Hayward) Crowder. He married Isabella Brown McCallum on 25 July 1878 with whom he had four children - William, Margaret, George and Mima. He died on 26 August 1891 aged 37 years.

Digitisation information

Date

26/04/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,060 x 1,582 pixels (4.8 MP)

Size

14.55 MB

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