John Mackay of Clover Creek, NSW standing on the deck of the paddle-steamer Jandra with his back ...

Accession Number P02751.046
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Place made Australia: New South Wales
Date made c 1908
Conflict Period 1900-1909
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Description

John Mackay of Clover Creek, NSW standing on the deck of the paddle-steamer Jandra with his back against the railing. Probably taken near Clover Creek south of Bourke, NSW. One of a series of photographs taken by C. E. W. Bean during two trips he made in 1908 and 1909 to regional NSW as a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald. The purpose of these trips was to research the wool industry of western NSW and the transportation and railway possibilities of the Darling River region. Photographs from the private collection of C. E. W. Bean held at AWM38 3DRL 6673.

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