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Captain Cook's Cottage [PRG 1435/3/70] • Photograph

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Summary

View of Captain Cook's Cottage in the the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne. The cottage was constructed in 1755 in the English village of Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, by the parents of Captain James Cook, James and Grace Cook. The cottage was brought to Melbourne by Sir Russell Grimwade in 1934. Each brick was individually numbered, packed into barrels and then shipped to Australia.

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Physical description

Photograph; 6 cm x 10.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1935

Photographer

Nicholas, R. P

Subject

Captain Cook's Cottage
Architecture, Domestic 19th century

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General notes

One of the photographs from an album compiled by Rowland Proctor (Ron) Nicholas, taken at various locations around South Australia, ca.1935-1939. Other photographs from the album may be viewed by doing a number search on PRG 1435/3.

Digitisation information

Date

23/01/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,579 x 2,163 pixels (7.7 MP)

Size

23.26 MB

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