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Photograph - Shipwreck Memorial to William Dazell Nicholson, King Island, 1887
Reg. No: MM 91260
- Summary:
- One of thirty-two black and white photographs in an album [two are loose] taken by A J Campbell during a Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria expedition to King Island. The album also includes maps of King Island in the inside front cover and back page and numerous newspaper clippings relating to the expedition. One of the newspaper clippings, written by one of the members of the party, documents the mission of the expedition thus: 'It is our intention, before the introduction of numerous foreign plants and animals rendered it impossible to do so, to ascertain as precisely as we could in the short time at our disposal the fauna and flora indigenous to the island.'
- Description:
- Black and white photograph
- Description Of Content:
- Marble headstone erected on the foreshore on King Island to the memory of Wm. Dazell Nicholson ,'Tilly' Dale and others who perished near this site in the wreck of the ship British Admiral on 23rd May 1874. Photograph taken by Archibald J. Campbell during a scientific expedition by the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria to the island in November 1887. A man, probably a member of the expedition, is taking notes [transcribing the epitaph] near the headstone.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from Museum Victoria Museum Archive, 2006
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 150 mm (Height), 200 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | memorials, natural environment, natural environments, seascapes, shipping, shipwrecks |
| Themes this item is part of: | The Field Naturalist Trip to King Island, 1887, Field Naturalists Exploration to King Island, 1887, Field Naturalists Explorations Party to King Island, 1889, Archibald James Campbell, Naturalist (1853-1929), A.J. Campbell Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Leisure Collection, Migration Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection, Transport Collection, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria |
| Primary Classification: | ENVIRONMENTS |
| Secondary Classification: | Images (To Be Classified) |
| Tertiary Classification: | images (to be classified) |
| Original Caption: | Head stone erected to the memory of Wm. Dazell Nicholson who with 'Tilly' Dale & many others perished in the vicinity in the wreck of the 'British Admiral' 23rd May 1874 |
| Inscriptions: | Handwritten title in black ink on backing board below the photograph: "Head stone erected to th memory of Wm. Dazell Nicholson who with 'Tilly' Dale & many others perished in the vicinity in the wreck of the 'British Admiral" 23rd May 1874.". Handwritten MV catalogue reference in black pencil lower right: "MM 091260". |
| Organisations Depicted: | Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White; 8 in. x 6 in. |
| Place & Date Depicted: | King Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia, 1887 |
| Photographer: | Archibald Campbell, Australia, 1887 |
| Organiser of Expedition: | Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, Tasmania, Australia, 1887 Information ascertained from newspaper reports of the day preserved with the photograph in the album. |
Themes
This item is part of the following themes:
- The Field Naturalist Trip to King Island, 1887
- Field Naturalists Exploration to King Island, 1887
- Field Naturalists Explorations Party to King Island, 1889
- Archibald James Campbell, Naturalist (1853-1929)
- A.J. Campbell Collection
- Images & Image Making Collection
- Leisure Collection
- Migration Collection
- Sustainable Futures Collection
- Transport Collection
- Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
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