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Photographs relating to trip to France and Ireland [PRG 1602/3/20] • Manuscript

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Summary

An album of 36 photographs covering the 'Murray Cods' trip from Paris to London, showing the Australian Rowing Team waiting to board (aeroplanes shown include the Handley-Page twin engine bi-plane); aerial views of France and the English Channel; Olympic swimming competition, 400 metres; visits to War cemeteries in France, viz. British Cemetery at Corbie, Villers Bretonneux Cemetery, Hamel and Dernancourt battlefields, as they were in 1924; scenes from Ireland, including the Irish National Games; travelling back to Australia on the 'Moolton'; at King's Park, Perth, and his sister Edith and a friend at Murray Bridge. [Green album].

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Physical description

Electronic files (images)
37 electronic files (images) ; 226MB

Dates / Publication details

1924

Creator

Cummings, Robert Arthur

Subject

Murray Bridge Rowing Club
Mooltan (Ship)
Kings Park (Perth, W.A.)
Olympic Games (8th : 1924 : Paris, France)
Voyages and travels 20th century
Cemeteries -- France

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Historical information

R.A. (Bob) Cummings was a member of the 'Murray Cods' rowing team who represented Australia at the 1924 Olympics in Paris, and subsequently at the Irish National Games.

Digitisation information

Date

05/07/2004

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,964 x 2,052 pixels (6.1 MP)

Size

6.10 MB

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