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- 1908 (Creation)
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1 photograph album ; b&w illustrations : 16 x 23 cm.
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Ralph Verney was Aide-de-camp (A.D.C.) to the Governor, Frederick John Napier Thesiger, (Lord Chelmsford).
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Handmade photograph album with gold embossed title on cover The tour of His Excellency the Governor through Northern & Western Queensland, 1908. Cover has the top left-hand cover torn away thus first words of the inscription on the inside cover is missing: [To Colin] Bell from Ralph Verney in remembrance of a very pleasant tour.
Ralph Verney was aide-de-camp to the Governor. The Governor, Frederick John Napier Thesiger, (Lord Chelmsford) accompanied by the Minister for Lands, Joshua Thomas Bell, left Brisbane on June 13 on a tour in Northern and North-western Queensland.
There are 48 black and white photographs, 5.5 x 8 cm, pasted on to boards. Some photographs appear to be missing. The numbering against the photographs are mostly in reverse order. Photographs have the following captioning:
- Inspector Malone
- Irvinebank
- Constable Dick
- A change of horses
- Forest Home
- An Aboriginal
- Forest Home
- The native cooks at Forest Home
- Main St, Georgetown
- His Excellency’s Goat Escort at Georgetown
- His Excellency’s Goat Escort at Georgetown
- His Excellency’s Goat Escort at Georgetown
- The start from Inverleigh Station
- Warandingo
- Floraville Post Office
- The luggage, Mr Mooney and Mr Smith
- Gregory Downs Hotel
- Burketown bore
- Burketown water supply
- Our hotel at Burketown
- Boundary fence between Queensland and Northern Territory
- Gate in Boundary fence between Queensland and Northern Territory
- A Bore at Rocklands
- Rocklands
- A midday meal
- Colin Bell on the left, His Excellency, and Inspector McGrath on the right
- The Australian Gum Trees
- Our Camp
- A midday halt
- Roughing it
- Packing up in the morning
- Colin Bell (1867-1934) on the trip with the Governor, and his brother Joshua Thomas Bell who was Minister for Lands and The Speaker
- The bath at Rocklands
- The Leichhardt River
- Coming out of the Leichhardt river [in horse drawn carriage]
- On the road
- Starting for the days journey
- The luggage buggy on the road
- On the road
- Harnessing up
- Roughing it
- A midday halt
- An evening camp
- Bales of wool between Burketown and Camooweal
- Native Trackers
- Putting in the horses
- Colin Bell and Fogarty bringing the horses out
- Native Trackers
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Unrestricted access.
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Out of copyright. Able to be reproduced without permission. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
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- English
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Digitised in 2024: D000759.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this photograph album may contain images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. This album contains culturally sensitive depictions of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Parcel 1 Item 1
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Created, Linda Justo, 14-Jul-2021.