Photograph - Black Oystercatchers Nest, Furneaux Group, Bass Strait, 1893

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Summary:: One of sixty-nine black and white and sepia toned photographs in a bound album [six of which are loose] taken by A J Campbell during a Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria scientific expedition to the Furneaux Group of islands, Bass Strait, in November1893.The album also includes a map of the Kent Group of islands in the inside front cover and numerous contemporary newspaper clippings relating to the expedition.
Description:: Sepia toned photograph mounted on off-white board in bound album with red cloth cover.
Description Of Content:: A nest with two eggs of the Black Oystercatcher on one of the islands of the Furneaux Group, Bass Strait. Photograph taken by Archibald J. Campbell during a scientific expedition by the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria to the Furneaux Group of islands in November 1893.
Acquisition Information:: Transfer from Museum Victoria Museum Archive, 2006

Discipline:	Technology
Dimensions:	104 mm (Height), 148 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	birds, islands, natural environment, natural history
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, Science & Measurement Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
Primary Classification:	NATURAL SCIENCES
Secondary Classification:	Ornithology
Tertiary Classification:	field observations - nests
Original Caption:	Black Oystercatchers Nest
Inscriptions:	Caption below the photograph handwritten in black ink on backing board: " Black Oyster-catcher's Nest ".
Format:	Photograph: Sepia; 6 in. x 4 in.
Place & Date Depicted:	Green Island, Furneaux Island Group, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia, 1893
Photographer:	Archibald Campbell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Organiser of Expedition:	Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1893