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Photograph - Judgment Rock, From the Deck of the SS Despatch, Kent Group, Bass Strait, 1890
Reg. No: MM 91488
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- Summary:
- View of Judgement Rock as taken from the Deck of the SS Despatch. This is one of sixty-nine black and white and sepia photographs in a bound album [six of which are loose] taken by A J Campbell during a Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria expedition to Kent Group of islands, Bass Strait in 1890. The album also includes a map of Kent Group in the inside front cover and numerous contemporary newspaper clippings relating to the expedition. The SS Despatch was the ship which transported the expedition from Port Melbourne.
- Description:
- Black and white photograph
- Description Of Content:
- View of Judgment Rock, Bass Strait.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from Museum Victoria Museum Archive, 2006
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 105 mm (Height), 145 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | coastal landscapes, coastlines, islands, landscape photography, landscapes, natural environment, natural history, rural landscapes |
| Themes this item is part of: | Field Naturalist Trip to the Furneaux Group, Part Three, Cape Barren Island, 1890, The Field Naturalist's Club of Victoria Expedition to Kent Group, 1890, Field Naturalist Trip to the Furneaux Group, Part One, circa 1890, Field Naturalist Trip to the Furneaux Group, Part Two, Babel Islands, 1890, The Field Naturalist's Visit to Kent Group, 1890, Field Naturalist Trip to the Furneaux Group (Part Four) - Chappell Island, 1890, Field Naturalist Trip to the Furneaux Group (Part Five) - Conclusion, 1890, Archibald James Campbell, Naturalist (1853-1929), A.J. Campbell Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Leisure Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria |
| Primary Classification: | ENVIRONMENTS |
| Secondary Classification: | Coastal |
| Tertiary Classification: | islands |
| Original Caption: | Judgment Rock (of Flinders), taken from s.s. 'Despatch'. |
| Inscriptions: | Printed in black ink in caption at foot of the page: " 3. Judgment Rock (of Flinders), taken from s.s. 'Despatch'." Museum Victoria catalogue reference handwritten in pencil at foot of the page: "MM 091488". |
| Organisations Depicted: | Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria |
| Format: | Photograph: Sepia; 5½ in. x 4 in. |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Green Island, Furneaux Island Group, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia, 1890 |
| Photographer: | Archibald Campbell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890 Information ascertained from newspaper reports of the day preserved with the photograph in the album. |
| Organiser of Expedition: | Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
Themes
This item is part of the following themes:
- Field Naturalist Trip to the Furneaux Group, Part Three, Cape Barren Island, 1890
- The Field Naturalist's Club of Victoria Expedition to Kent Group, 1890
- Field Naturalist Trip to the Furneaux Group, Part One, circa 1890
- Field Naturalist Trip to the Furneaux Group, Part Two, Babel Islands, 1890
- The Field Naturalist's Visit to Kent Group, 1890
- Field Naturalist Trip to the Furneaux Group (Part Four) - Chappell Island, 1890
- Field Naturalist Trip to the Furneaux Group (Part Five) - Conclusion, 1890
- Archibald James Campbell, Naturalist (1853-1929)
- A.J. Campbell Collection
- Images & Image Making Collection
- Leisure Collection
- Sustainable Futures Collection
- Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
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