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A.J. Campbell Collection
Image: Returning from N. E. Id. with 'Spoils' of the Day."
Source: Museum Victoria
This collection consists of 2,772 images taken by Archibald James Campbell. These are made up of a combination of black and white prints and glass negatives. Many of the images of birds and nests were used by Campbell in his book Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds, including the Geographical Distribution of the Species and Popular Observations Thereon, published in 1900. There is also a significant number of images taken by Campbell on his various field trips around Australia with groups such as the Ornithologists Union, Victorian Field Naturalists, The Working Men's College Photographic Club and his family.
The collection came into Museum Victoria's care on 22 December 1915 and forms part of a much larger holding which includes 1,884 specimens and an archive of letters, manuscripts, notes and sketches. In the early 1990s this collection was separated into two. The archival material most generally related to Campbell's ornithological and the specimens remained in the Ornithology Department and the other images and glass negatives were retrieved from the strong room under the stair in McCoy Hall and registered into the History and Technology Collection. Later in 2006 more albums were discovered in the Museum Library and transfered into the History and Technology collection.
The History and Technology collection breaks down as follows:
518 - Album photographs
1486 - Glass negatives
756 - Photographs
1 - Printers Block
In 1954 A.J's son AG Campbell died and left a large amount of material to the Museum. This material is also held by Museum Victoria - see Ornithology Department.
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Photograph - Bartram's Hut, by A.J. Campbell, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, circa 1890
Image of 'Bartram's Hut' in the Dandgenongs, taken by A.J. Campbell in the 1890s. Part of a large collection of images depicting mainly aspects of the natural environment of south-easte ...
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Photograph - Cutting down Red Gums, by A.J. Campbell, Echuca District, Victoria, 1892
Image of a man chopping Red Gums, taken by A.J. Campbell in the 1892. Part of a large collection of images depicting mainly aspects of the natural environment of south-eastern Australia ...
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Glass Negative - Magpie Lark's Nest, by A.J. Campbell, Australia, circa 1895
Strong deep cup/bowl nest lined with feathers containing 4 eggs.
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Newspaper Clipping - Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, Scientific Expedition to King Is ...
One of three newspaper articles describing the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria expedition to King Island in November 1887. The newspaper clippings are in an album [HT 13687] which co ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Glass Negative - Leadbeater's Possum, National Museum of Victoria, circa 1900
One of 2,772 images from the A.J. Campbell Collection, which consists of black and white prints and glass negatives taken by Archibald James Campbell.
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Newspaper Clipping - Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, Scientific Expedition to King Is ...
One of three newspaper articles describing the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria expedition to King Island in November 1887. The newspaper clippings are in an album [HT 13687] which co ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Glass Negative - by A.J. Campbell, Australia, circa 1900
Two kookaburra nestlings.. One is in a hollow log while the other perches above it.
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Photograph - Junction of Murray & Goulburn Rivers, by A.J. Campbell, Echuca, Victoria, 189 ...
Image of the Junction of The Murray and Goulburn Rivers, taken by A.J. Campbell in the 1894. Part of a large collection of images depicting mainly aspects of the natural environment of ...
From: Echuca, Australia Images: 1 -
Photograph - Junction of Murray & Campaspe Rivers, by A.J. Campbell, Echuca, Victoria, 189 ...
Image of the Junction of The Murray and Campaspie Rivers, taken by A.J. Campbell in the 1894. Part of a large collection of images depicting mainly aspects of the natural environment of ...
From: Echuca, Australia Images: 1 -
Glass Negative - Built-Up Mallee Fowl Mound, by A.J. Campbell, Victoria, 1899
Image taken by A.J. Campbell in preparation for his definitive work, 'Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds including the Geographical Distribution of the Species and Popular Observations ...
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