| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P08151.047 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Album - Page |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Jerilderie |
| Date made | c 1920 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 Period 1920-1929 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Page 47 of an album of photographs either taken or collected by Roy Cecil Phillipps (later ...
Description
Page 47 of an album of photographs either taken or collected by Roy Cecil Phillipps (later Squadron Leader R.C Phillipps MC & Bar DFC) when employed by the pastoralist firm Connor, Doherty & Durack Ltd in the Kimberley region of Western Australia from 1912 until his enlistment in the AIF in April 1915. The photographs were sent to his mother in Perth, Mrs Cecil R. Phillipps, who arranged them in an album and wrote the accompanying captions. Images are 5 scenic photographs depicting the property "Coleambally", north of Jerilderie when owned by Major (later Squadron Leader) Roy Cecil Phillipps MC & Bar DFC. The images are titles "A tank at Coleambally"; "The Woolshed"; "Sheep at Coleambally"; "Roy and Mr Robinson" (his father-in-law, Mr Robert Thomson "Cocky" Robinson, K.C., Attorney General for Western Australia during the First World War) and untitled (transportation of wool bales by horse).