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Boys playing in a boat at Rivoli Bay [PRG 280/1/36/179] • Photograph

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Summary

Young boys playing around a rowing boat in the shallows at Rivoli Bay, South Australia; the remains of the wreck of a wooden hulled sailing vessel are in the foreground.

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Physical description

photograph; 6 cm x 20 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1923

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Resolute (Ship)
Boats and boating -- South Australia -- Rivoli Bay
Shipwrecks -- South Australia -- Rivoli Bay
Boys -- South Australia -- Rivoli Bay

Catalogue record

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General notes

For duplicate copies see PRG 280/1/36/200 and 202. Also in the Mortlock Library pictorial collection at B50620.

Historical information

Searcy claims that the remains of the vessel are that of the 'Resolute' wrecked circa 1848 in Rivoli Bay; no record exists of such a wreck, but a ship named the 'Resource' was wrecked at the southern end of Rivoli Bay in 1851.

Digitisation information

Date

24/04/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,817 x 1,439 pixels (6.9 MP)

Size

6.94 MB

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