Accession Number | P02751.269 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W) |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
Date made | c 1909 |
Conflict |
Period 1900-1909 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
A brick house surrounded by large bushes and palm trees, possibly in western NSW. A dirt driveway ...
Description
A brick house surrounded by large bushes and palm trees, possibly in western NSW. A dirt driveway runs down the left side of the photograph towards the house and a fenced paddock covered with low-lying bushes can be seen on the right. 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.