Accession Number | P02751.087 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W) |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
Date made | c 1908 |
Conflict |
Period 1900-1909 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Two small wood and tin buildings surrounded by a log fence and several large gum trees. A dirt ...
Description
Two small wood and tin buildings surrounded by a log fence and several large gum trees. A dirt road with cart tracks passes in front of buildings and several more buildings can be seen in the background. Note the smoke coming from the largest building in the right of the photograph. 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.