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Onkaparinga River in flood at Oakbank farm [PRG 1696/7/25] • Photograph

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Summary

Digital copy of a black and white photograph of the Onkaparinga River in flood, having burst its banks at Oakbank on the Frost/Chamberlain farm, with fence posts and paddocks submerged. A house and sheds are in view higher up on a risen bank.

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Physical description

1 photograph (digital copy) : black and white, negative

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1943-1950

Collection

Part of Oakbank Collection

Subject

Rivers -- South Australia -- Oakbank
Floods -- South Australia -- Oakbank
Onkaparinga River (S.A.)

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General notes

Part of a collection comprising digital copies of artefacts, diary and photographs relating to Ernest Arthur Frost's WWI service with the Third Australian Light Horse, and Frost family photographs.

Original not held.

Size of original negative 8.8 x 6 cm.

Historical information

Some years after the death of E.A. Frost, Violet Annie Frost remarried to Charles (Charlie) Chamberlain, and together they owned a farm at Oakbank located a short distance behind the Oakbank Racecourse.

Digitisation information

Date

28/10/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

10,451 x 7,315 pixels (76.4 MP)

Size

152.92 MB

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