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Photographs from the AOU expedition [PRG 335/78/1-51] • Photograph

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/31

'Party leaving for the West Coast' believed to consist of Dr. Horne, Dr. Angove, Mr. Leach, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Barr, Mr. Hall and Mr. Edquist

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/31

'Party leaving for the West Coast' believed to consist of Dr. Horne, Dr. Angove, Mr. Leach, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Barr, Mr. Hall and Mr. Edquist

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/32

Dawn or sunset [very dark image]

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/32

Dawn or sunset [very dark image]

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/33

Thresher [?]

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/33

Thresher [?]

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/34

Team of horses pulling agricultural machine which is clearing vegetation

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/34

Team of horses pulling agricultural machine which is clearing vegetation

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/35

Wallabies [?] sitting between tent ropes

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/35

Wallabies [?] sitting between tent ropes

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/36

Two men amid cattle

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/36

Two men amid cattle

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/37

expedition member outside tent

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/37

expedition member outside tent

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/38

Man with belongings hanging in tree and draped over log

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/38

Man with belongings hanging in tree and draped over log

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/39

Blurred image of bush setting

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/39

Blurred image of bush setting

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/40

Tents at camp

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/40

Tents at camp

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/41

Tents at camp

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/41

Tents at camp

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/42

Blurred bush image

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/42

Blurred bush image

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/43

Wood shelter in among trees

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/43

Wood shelter in among trees

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/44

Looking back along track towards camp

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/44

Looking back along track towards camp

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/45

Shed near trees

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/45

Shed near trees

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/46

Camp scenes

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/46

Camp scenes

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/47

Camp scenes

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/47

Camp scenes

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/48

Camp scenes

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/48

Camp scenes

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/49

Camp scenes

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/49

Camp scenes

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/50

Captain Samuel A. White's picnic to Mount Lofty, October 2 1909, John Fox Mellor fourth from right.

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/50

Captain Samuel A. White's picnic to Mount Lofty, October 2 1909, John Fox Mellor fourth from right.

Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/51

Captain Samuel A. White's picnic to Mount Lofty, October 2 1909, John Fox Mellor fourth from right.

Photographs from the AOU expedition — Photographs from the AOU expedition

White (Family), 1909, Photograph, PRG 335/78/51

Captain Samuel A. White's picnic to Mount Lofty, October 2 1909, John Fox Mellor fourth from right.

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Summary

Photographs taken by S.A. White during the Australian Ornithologists' Union's expedition to 'Eyre's Peninsula, October 1909'. The expedition is documented in a booklet published by White in 1910 under the title 'Ornithologists at Warunda Creek' which features many photographs of the expedition; the photographs in this series are additional to those in the book. Also includes photographs of the Field Naturalist Society outing to Mount Lofty and others at a social gathering on a tennis court.

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Physical description

Negative (B&W);
photograph (B&W print)
2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1909

Creator

White (Family

Subject

Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union
Ornithologists -- South Australia -- Eyre Peninsula

Catalogue record

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Formatted content

PRG 335/78/1: Stationary train alongside small building with 'S.A. Farmers Union' sign on roof at Warunda. Several passengers, both male and female, wait alongside train and next to the building
PRG 335/78/2: Shelter made with wooden poles and thatched roof
PRG 335/78/3: Group of five women and seven men pose for a photograph in bush setting
PRG 335/78/4: Four horses with fence between them
PRG 335/78/5: Large group of men and women attending a suburban tennis party
PRG 335/78/6: Large group of men and women attending a suburban tennis party
PRG 335/78/7: Young girl at tennis party with 'begging' dog
PRG 335/78/8: Young girl at tennis party with 'begging' dog
PRG 335/78/9: Passengers using a ladder to climb on board a wagon which is being pulled by a team of four horses. A fence separates the horses and wagon from a stone dwelling
PRG 335/78/10: Passengers using a ladder to climb on board a wagon which is being pulled by a team of four horses. A fence separates the horses and wagon from a stone dwelling
PRG 335/78/11: Passengers using a ladder to climb on board a wagon which is being pulled by a team of four horses. A fence separates the horses and wagon from a stone dwelling
PRG 335/78/12: Two horse drawn conveyances with people aboard and alongside
PRG 335/78/13: Horse drawn conveyance pulled up alongside a Post and Telegraph Office which has a striped tin roof
PRG 335/78/14: Horse drawn conveyance pulled up alongside a Post and Telegraph Office which has a striped tin roof
PRG 335/78/15: Steam train and carriages. Naturalist Charles Barrett reported that "A special train conveyed us from Port Lincoln. It stopped, not at a station, but in the wilderness, and the truck-load of baggage was dumped beside the rails"
PRG 335/78/16: Steam train and carriages. Naturalist Charles Barrett reported that "A special train conveyed us from Port Lincoln. It stopped, not at a station, but in the wilderness, and the truck-load of baggage was dumped beside the rails"
PRG 335/78/17: Steam train and carriages. Naturalist Charles Barrett reported that "A special train conveyed us from Port Lincoln. It stopped, not at a station, but in the wilderness, and the truck-load of baggage was dumped beside the rails"
PRG 335/78/18: Approaching land from the sea. According to S.A. White "The members of the Australasian Ornithological Union left Port Adelaide by the well-equipped and comfortable steamer 'Rupara' for Port Lincoln on October 5"
PRG 335/78/19: Approaching land from the sea. According to S.A. White "The members of the Australasian Ornithological Union left Port Adelaide by the well-equipped and comfortable steamer 'Rupara' for Port Lincoln on October 5"
PRG 335/78/20: Setting up camp at Warunda, in the district of Wanilla, twenty-eight miles from Port Lincoln
PRG 335/78/21: Setting up camp at Warunda, in the district of Wanilla, twenty-eight miles from Port Lincoln
PRG 335/78/22: Setting up camp at Warunda, in the district of Wanilla, twenty-eight miles from Port Lincoln
PRG 335/78/23: Group of ornithologists and botanists at Sugar Gum camp
PRG 335/78/24: Group of ornithologists and botanists at Sugar Gum camp
PRG 335/78/25: Bush vegetation
PRG 335/78/26: Camp scenes
PRG 335/78/27: Camp scenes
PRG 335/78/28: Camp scenes
PRG 335/78/29: Camp scenes
PRG 335/78/30: Horses and wagon
PRG 335/78/31: 'Party leaving for the West Coast' believed to consist of Dr. Horne, Dr. Angove, Mr. Leach, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Barr, Mr. Hall and Mr. Edquist
PRG 335/78/32: Dawn or sunset [very dark image]
PRG 335/78/33: Thresher [?]
PRG 335/78/34: Team of horses pulling agricultural machine which is clearing vegetation
PRG 335/78/35: Wallabies [?] sitting between tent ropes
PRG 335/78/36: Two men amid cattle
PRG 335/78/37: expedition member outside tent
PRG 335/78/38: Man with belongings hanging in tree and draped over log
PRG 335/78/39: Blurred image of bush setting
PRG 335/78/40: Tents at camp
PRG 335/78/41: Tents at camp
PRG 335/78/42: Blurred bush image
PRG 335/78/43: Wood shelter in among trees
PRG 335/78/44: Looking back along track towards camp
PRG 335/78/45: Shed near trees
PRG 335/78/46: Camp scenes
PRG 335/78/47: Camp scenes
PRG 335/78/48: Camp scenes
PRG 335/78/49: Camp scenes
PRG 335/78/50: Captain Samuel A. White's picnic to Mount Lofty, October 2 1909, John Fox Mellor fourth from right.
PRG 335/78/51: Captain Samuel A. White's picnic to Mount Lofty, October 2 1909, John Fox Mellor fourth from right.

Historical information

Naturalist Charles Barrett, in his publication 'In Australian Wilds', writes "It was in October 1909 that the Australasian Ornithologists' Union held a working camp out on Eyre's peninsula. The party numbered twenty-six, ...There were botanists and entomologists, as well as bird students...". The expedition is mentioned by J.D. Somerville in an article in the 'Port Lincoln Times', 4 December 1936.

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