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Title
Date(s)
- 1884-1893 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
2 albums.
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Repository
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Collection previously titled as: Photographs, 1884-1893
Collection alternatively titled as: Sidney Richardson Collection
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two hundred and three (203) photographs of Queensland towns from circa 1880s to1890s, and 211 black & white 35mm negative derivatives with 13 proof sheets.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Items arranged alphabetically by place name and numbered sequentially.
Album 1:
Bowen, Items 1-12;
Bundaberg, Items 13-20;
Cairns, Items 21-29;
Cairns-Herberton Railway, Items 30-51;
Charters Towers, Items 52-71;
Clermont, Item 72;
Cooktown, Items 73-80;
Gladstone, Item 81;
Herberton, Items 82-85;
Hughenden, Item 86;
Ingham, Items 87-94;
Innisfail, Items 95-97;
Mackay, Items 98-107;
Maryborough, Items 108-115.
Album 2:
Mount Morgan, Items 116-136;
Mourilyan Harbour, Item 137;
Normanton, Item 138-140;
Port Douglas, Items 141-142;
Ravenswood, Items 143-150;
Rockhampton, Items 151-158;
Station Bores, Items 159-160;
Thursday Island, Items 161-167;
Townsville, Items 168-209;
Unidentified, Items 210-211.
Negatives and proof sheets.
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Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright expired.
Language of material
- English
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Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
Roberts, Pamela, (2013). Black Oxford : the untold stories of Oxford University's black scholars. Oxford Signal Books.
Watson, D., McKay, J., & Queensland Museum. (1994). Queensland architects of the 19th century : a biographical dictionary. Brisbane: Queensland Museum.
Notes area
Note
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased.
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Status
Revised
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, SJB, 22-Nov-2022.
Revised, Linda Justo, 18-Jul-2022. Revised, AM, 12-Jul-2022. Revised, Linda Justo, 2-Jul-2021. Revised, AM, 04-Mar-2020. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.