Photographs - Topographic

  • Photographic Views of Victoria

    # 28496

    [NETTLETON, Charles, 1826-1902]

    Photographic Views of Victoria

    Photograph album, quarto (270 x 220 mm), original full black morocco over heavy boards, upper board with gilt-tooled ornament and title, silk endpapers, the front free-endpaper with a contemporary inscription in ink: ‘A Souvenir of Victoria. To Mrs. Rose from A. & S. M. Melbourne, 4th January 1882’; containing [36] albumen print photographs individually mounted …

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  • [MELBOURNE] Railway Pier, Sandridge.

    # 28753

    NETTLETON, Charles (1826-1902)

    [MELBOURNE] Railway Pier, Sandridge.

    [Title from contemporary inscription in ink on mount]. Circa 1870. Albumen print photograph, 135 x 170 mm, laid down on its original 19th century album page; a strong print with rich tonal range; scattered foxing to both the print and mount; verso with another albumen print in identical format, captioned ‘The Royal Mail’ (foxed). One of …

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  • View of Circular Quay, Sydney, taken in early 1859.

    # 28657

    HETZER, William fl. 1850-67

    View of Circular Quay, Sydney, taken in early 1859.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 80 x 77 mm (arched format), original plain grey mount 84 x 172 mm, verso with fully contemporary inscription in ink ‘Circular Quay’ (but lacking Hetzer’s printed label) and an accompanying contemporary caption in ink ‘Circular Quay’; both of the prints are strong and have excellent tonal range; the …

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  • Interior of the Helena Cave; entrance to the Arch Cave; entrance to the Imperial Cave. Jenolan Caves complex, New South Wales, early 1890s.

    # 27968

    KERRY, Charles (1857-1928)

    Interior of the Helena Cave; entrance to the Arch Cave; entrance to the Imperial Cave. Jenolan Caves complex, New South Wales, early 1890s.

    Three albumen print photographs, 150 x 200 mm, unmounted; all blind stamped bottom left ‘Kerry & Co. Photo 308 George Street Sydney’, and all with  captions, studio name and Kerry’s sequence numbers 717, 735 and 782 in manuscript in the negative; one of the versos has a fully contemporary inscription in pencil ‘Jenolan Caves, Western Line’; some …

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  • [SYDNEY HARBOUR] Snail's Bay Regatta, 1885.

    # 27972

    KERRY & JONES

    [SYDNEY HARBOUR] Snail’s Bay Regatta, 1885.

    Albumen print photograph, 140 x 190 mm, unmounted; in manuscript in negative ‘Kerry & Jones Photo / Snail’s Bay Regatta 1885. 273’; verso with fully contemporary inscription in pencil ‘Snail Bay Regatta, Balmain’; in fine condition, with excellent contrast and tonal range. Scarce. No example located on Trove.

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  • Panoramic view of Trial Bay, New South Wales, late 1870s.

    # 28083

    [NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT PHOTOGRAPHER, attributed]

    Panoramic view of Trial Bay, New South Wales, late 1870s.

    Albumen print photograph, 220 x 355 mm, laid down on split card (section of original album page), titled Trial Bay in manuscript in negative bottom right; a superb print with rich tonal range and great clarity, in fine condition (very short edge tear bottom left). Rare early view of the settlement at Trial Bay on …

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  • Children and teachers outside their school building. South coast of New South Wales, 1873.

    # 26486

    TOOSE, Henry

    Children and teachers outside their school building. South coast of New South Wales, 1873.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 62 x 102 mm; verso with imprint of H. Toose, Photographic Artist, [the printed address, Corrimel Street, Wollongong, A few doors from Crown Street, has been crossed out by the photographer], and contemporary inscription in ink ‘Nov. 1st 73’; the albumen print has a little mottling in the negative, …

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  • View of the Hopkins Falls near Warrnambool, Victoria, circa 1870.

    # 27354

    HIDER, James

    View of the Hopkins Falls near Warrnambool, Victoria, circa 1870.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 61 mm (mount), verso of mount with ornate gilt imprint of ‘J. Hider, Photographer. Opposite the Post Office. Warrnambool’; the print is a little pale but is in fine condition. A possibly unrecorded early photographic view of the Hopkins Falls. Situated northeast of Warrnambool on the …

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  • Mission house. Rarotonga, Cook Islands, circa 1890.

    # 26941

    Photographer unknown.

    Mission house. Rarotonga, Cook Islands, circa 1890.

    Albumen print, 190 x 235 mm, laid down on a nineteenth-century album page with slightly later caption in ink beneath the image ‘Mission House Raratonga [sic] 1890 (?)’; tiny amount of loss at top left corner, mild wrinkling, otherwise an unfaded print with nice tones.

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  • Engine house and blast furnace of the Eskbank Ironworks Company, Lithgow, New South Wales, circa 1876.

    # 18275

    Photographer unknown.

    Engine house and blast furnace of the Eskbank Ironworks Company, Lithgow, New South Wales, circa 1876.

    Albumen print photograph, 115 x 185 mm, unmounted; verso with contemporary inscription in pencil ‘Lithgow’; no photographer’s imprint; 15 mm edge tear bottom right, otherwise in fine condition, with excellent tonal range and superb detail of the building’s infrastructure, 11 employees and their dog, and the scarified and partially denuded hillside in the background. An …

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  • Aboriginal group on the shores of Lake Tyers (Bung Yarnda), Gippsland, Victoria. Circa 1886.

    # 26737

    CAIRE, Nicholas John (1837-1918)

    Aboriginal group on the shores of Lake Tyers (Bung Yarnda), Gippsland, Victoria. Circa 1886.

    Albumen print photograph, 145 x 200 mm, laid down on its original mount with printed caption label at bottom margin: ‘Natives on Caligurnie Bay. In the centre of the women on the log may be seen the oldest woman on the settlement, “Kitty”.’; the albumen print is in very good condition with a few mild toning …

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  • Two views of the Kanak village at Gouars, New Caledonia, 1874.

    # 25768

    HUGHAN, Allan (1834-1883)

    Two views of the Kanak village at Gouars, New Caledonia, 1874.

    I. Albumen print photograph, 203 x 153 mm, inscribed in the negative at bottom right ‘Hughan 4-74’, laid down on its original board mount, 370 x 240 mm, the lower margin with contemporary caption in ink in a neat hand: ‘Cases au village de Gouars. Côte Sud Ouest’. II. Albumen print photograph, 153 x 199 …

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  • Kanak men by the waterfall at Canala, New Caledonia, 1874.

    # 25770

    HUGHAN, Allan (1834-1883)

    Kanak men by the waterfall at Canala, New Caledonia, 1874.

    Albumen print photograph, 199 x 151 mm, inscribed in the negative at bottom left ‘Hughan 6-74’, laid down on its original album page of thick card, 320 x 250 mm, verso with contemporary caption in pencil in ink in a neat hand: ‘Cascade à Canala’; a strong print with rich tonal range and excellent clarity; the …

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  • [GOLD MINING] Photograph album compiled by a globetrotting mining engineer between 1900 and 1910, with his unique panoramic views of the King of the Hills mine in Western Australia, and topographical views in West Africa, Colombia, and the Caucasus, many of them documenting gold mining enterprises.

    # 22385

    Photographer unknown.

    [GOLD MINING] Photograph album compiled by a globetrotting mining engineer between 1900 and 1910, with his unique panoramic views of the King of the Hills mine in Western Australia, and topographical views in West Africa, Colombia, and the Caucasus, many of them documenting gold mining enterprises.

    Late nineteenth century photograph album, oblong folio (280 x 370 mm), half calf over black crushed morocco ruled in gilt (heavily worn, front board detached), all edges gilt, containing a total of 150+ silver gelatin photographs (and one albumen print) mounted on thick leaves; over 50 of the photographs were taken with a special panoramic …

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  • Surface Works at No.6 & No.7 Shafts. Band of Hope & Albion Consols, Ballaarat.

    # 4928

    BARDWELL, William, photographer (attributed); NIVEN, F.W., lithographer

    Surface Works at No.6 & No.7 Shafts. Band of Hope & Albion Consols, Ballaarat.

    Registered 8th March 1868. Interior of Battery House at No. 7 Shaft. Circa 1880. Albumen print photograph of a contemporary lithographic print by F.W. Niven, 250 x 350 mm, laid down on its original album leaf of thick card, ‘F.W. Niven‘ inscribed within the lithographed image at upper right, no photographer’s imprint (but a larger …

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  • Suite of ten photographs taken on Allendale or Todmorden Stations near Oodnadatta, South Australia, 1903-04.

    # 25226

    SCOTT, Charles P. (1878-1928)

    Suite of ten photographs taken on Allendale or Todmorden Stations near Oodnadatta, South Australia, 1903-04.

    Ten silver gelatin print photographs, most in format 150 x 200 mm (some smaller), laid down in pairs on rectos of five contemporary board mounts; versos with original owner’s name E. S. Chase inscribed in ink (probably Edward Selwyn Chase, an Anglican minister associated with the Church Missionary Society); the group comprises portraits of local Aboriginal …

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