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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.
Items per page: 10 50 (showing 81 - 90) 2033 items
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Photograph - 'Volunteer Cooks', by A.J. Campbell, Ferntree Gully, Victoria, 1904
Image taken by A.J. Campbell on a friends and family Christmas camping trip to Ferntree Gully in 1904. The image is part of a Photograph album containing 181 black and white and sepia t ...
From: Ferntree Gully, Australia Images: 1 -
Photograph - 'The 1903 Group', by A.J. Campbell, Lysterfield, Victoria, 1903
Image taken by A.J. Campbell on a family and friends Christmas camping trip to Lyterfield in 1903. The image is part of a Photograph album containing 181 black and white and sepia toned ...
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Glass Negative - by A.J. Campbell, Gippsland South, Victoria, circa 1900
Partly burnt forest on slope.
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Photograph - Part of Camp, by A.J. Campbell, Phillip Island, Victoria, 1902
Image taken by A.J. Campbell on a friends and family Christmas camping trip to Phillip Island in 1902. The image is part of a Photograph album containing 181 black and white and sepia t ...
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Photograph - 'The Cook', by A.J. Campbell, Barry's Range, Victoria, 1902
Image taken by A.J. Campbell on a family and friends Christmas camping trip toBarry's Range in 1902. The image is part of a Photograph album containing 181 black and white and sepia ton ...
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Photograph - 'Part of The Camp', by A.J. Campbell, Lysterfield, Victoria, 1903
Image taken by A.J. Campbell on a family and friends Christmas camping trip to Lyterfield in 1903. The image is part of a Photograph album containing 181 black and white and sepia toned ...
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Photograph - 'Cook & Kitchen', by A.J. Campbell, Lysterfield, Victoria, 1903
Image taken by A.J. Campbell on a family and friends Christmas camping trip to Lyterfield in 1903. The image is part of a Photograph album containing 181 black and white and sepia toned ...
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Glass Negative - Riverscape, by A.J. Campbell, Upper Yarra, Victoria, 1906
Recently burnt forest, river.
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Glass Negative - Emu Wren Nest, by A.J. Campbell, Australia, circa 1895
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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Glass Negative - 'Taking a Boobook Owl's Nest', by A.J. Campbell, Myrniong, Werribee Gorge ...
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 ...
From: Werribee Gorge State Park, Australia Images: 1
