Photographs - Topographic

  • The ford and bridge, Laura, South Australia, mid 1870s.

    # 41378

    Photographer unknown.

    The ford and bridge, Laura, South Australia, mid 1870s.

    Albumen print photograph, 95 x 136 mm, laid down recto of its original card mount, 250 x 300 mm, with calligraphic manuscript caption in ink in the bottom margin of the mount: ‘S.A. / The Ford and Bridge / Laura’; verso with old ownership wet stamp of ‘W. W. Courtney, Chemist, Cheltenham. Phone 233’; the print …

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  • An important group of photographs of scenes in the Victorian Alps, circa 1900.

    # 40523

    FOXCROFT, Frank L.

    An important group of photographs of scenes in the Victorian Alps, circa 1900.

    Group of 11 (eleven) sepia-tone gelatin silver print photographs, in uniform 140 x 200 mm format, laid down on the photographer’s pale green card mounts, 160 x 235 mm; eight are captioned (see below) and signed by the photographer in the negative ‘F. Foxcroft Photo. Bright’; one is signed, but without caption (scene of an …

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  • [SYDNEY] Watson's Bay and Beach, 1890s.

    # 40501

    RUDD, Charles (photographer and publisher) (1849-1901)

    [SYDNEY] Watson’s Bay and Beach, 1890s.

    Printing out paper print, 140 x 200 mm, numbered 374 in the negative; preserved as issued, mounted on the original green backing sheet, 230 x 190 mm, imprinted in black ink, upper centre: ‘C. RUDD’S NEW VIEWS OF SYDNEY AND VICINITY.’, at l.l. ‘C. RUDD, PHOTO. ARTIST’, at l.r.: ‘151 (Late 162) BOURKE STREET EAST, MELBOURNE.’, …

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  • Mount Remarkable, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, 1875-76

    # 40514

    PERRY, H. R. (ca. 1846-1936)

    Mount Remarkable, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, 1875-76

    Albumen print photograph, 170 x 225 mm, laid down recto of its original card mount, 250 x 305 mm, with manuscript caption in ink in a neat hand: ‘Mount Remarkable’; verso with old ownership wet stamp of ‘W. W. Courtney, Chemist, Cheltenham. Phone 233’; the print is in good condition, with some spotting and a small …

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  • Woolundunga Springs near Port Augusta, 1875-76

    # 40513

    PERRY, H. R. (ca. 1846-1936)

    Woolundunga Springs near Port Augusta, 1875-76

    Albumen print photograph, 170 x 225 mm, laid down recto of its original card mount, 250 x 305 mm, with manuscript caption in ink in a neat hand: ‘Woolundunga Springs near Port Augusta. / Verdant vales and fountains bright, Trees that nod on sloping hills, caves that echo, tinkling rills.’; verso with old ownership wet stamp …

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  • Panorama of the Georges Head Battery and Sydney Harbour, looking across to North and South Head, 1874-75.

    # 40306

    BAYLISS, Charles (1850-1897)

    Panorama of the Georges Head Battery and Sydney Harbour, looking across to North and South Head, 1874-75.

    Two albumen print photographs, in identical 220 x 290 mm format, window-mounted side-by-side to form a contiguous two-part panorama; some light creasing, else very good condition. Two large-format prints forming a panorama of the Georges Head Battery looking east toward the Heads, and capturing the spectacular sweep of the harbour in the middle ground. Bayliss …

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  • Group of original photographs from a Prussian expedition to the Far East and South Seas, 1874-77.

    # 39212

    RIEMER, Gustav Adolf (1842-1899)

    Group of original photographs from a Prussian expedition to the Far East and South Seas, 1874-77.

    Six stereoscopic albumen print photographs, individual images 68 x 68 mm, mounted in identical pairs to the back of the original embossed mounts of thin black card, each 85 x 175 mm, rectos with the photographer’s original pencilled sequence numbers at lower right corners, versos with later pencilled sequence numbers corresponding to the numbers of …

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  • View of Broken Hill mine and smelters. Far West New South Wales, 1890s.

    # 40435

    Photographer unknown.

    View of Broken Hill mine and smelters. Far West New South Wales, 1890s.

    Albumen print photograph, 150 x 200 mm, captioned in negative ‘Broken Hill’; laid down recto of a 19th-century album leaf, with handwritten caption ‘Broken Hill’ in bottom margin; the print is in very good condition, but the mount has some light foxing; verso has an identical format albumen print of a river scene with cliffs …

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  • [GOLD RUSH] Display of gold from the Colony of Victoria at the International Exhibition, London, 1862

    # 40072

    LONDON STEREOSCOPIC & PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY

    [GOLD RUSH] Display of gold from the Colony of Victoria at the International Exhibition, London, 1862

    London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, 1862. Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, 80 x 80 mm each image (arched format), on yellow mount 84 x 173 mm; recto with printed title: The International Exhibition of 1862: No. 141 – N. E. Transcept, and Australian Gold Case; under magnification, the sign on the case reads: The Stamping Machine / Victoria …

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  • Buckland Valley from Mt. Buffalo National Park

    # 39584

    [VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS]

    Buckland Valley from Mt. Buffalo National Park

    [Melbourne, Vic. : Victorian Government Railways, between 1920 and 1930]. Large format gelatin silver print photograph, 260 x 360 mm, printed on thick board, 410 x 510 mm (mount), printed caption beneath image; the print is in superb condition; the mount has some surface loss at top right corner. A great example of the wonderful …

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  • Two views of the Diamond Creek gold mine, near Melbourne, mid 1870s.

    # 39453

    Photographer unknown.

    Two views of the Diamond Creek gold mine, near Melbourne, mid 1870s.

    I. Albumen print photograph, 195 x 260 mm, laid down recto of a 19th-century album page of thin card; fully contemporary manuscript caption in ink to the mount: ‘View of Diamond Creek Gold Mine, near Melbourne’; the print as some minor fading at the edges but otherwise is in very good condition, the excellent clarity …

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  • Mine owners and their families at Cahill's Reward Gold Mining Company's mine near Stawell, Victoria, 1895.

    # 39465

    HEWITT, Charles (1837-1912)

    Mine owners and their families at Cahill’s Reward Gold Mining Company’s mine near Stawell, Victoria, 1895.

    Sepia-tone gelatin silver print photograph, 205 x 155 mm, laid down on its original mount of thickish board; verso of the mount with the wet stamp (in violet) of ‘Stawell Photographic Co., close Railway Station, C. Hewitt, Manager’, and the wet stamp (in red) of ‘Cahill’s Reward Gold Mining Co.’; a superb print – incredibly …

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  • Timber cutting scene, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, circa 1890.

    # 39477

    DAILEY, S. J.

    Timber cutting scene, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, circa 1890.

    Sepia-tone gelatin silver print photograph, 155 x 210 mm; verso with the wet stamp of ‘S. J. Dailey, Photographic Artist, 151 Franklin Street, Adelaide’, and a fully contemporary caption in pencil: ‘Timber cutting, Kangaroo Island, S. A.’; the print has a few short edge tears and some loss at the corners; nevertheless, it is an exceptionally …

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  • [TASMANIA] Apple picking at Glenora

    # 39300

    BEATTIE, John Watt (1859-1930)

    [TASMANIA] Apple picking at Glenora

    [Circa 1890]. Albumen print photograph, in large format 170 x 225 mm; inscribed in the negative: ‘Apple picking at Glenora. 974B. Beattie, Hobart’; unmounted; in very fine condition.

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  • The Yarra. December 17th, 1863.

    # 38857

    The Yarra. December 17th, 1863.

    Albumen print photograph, in large format 190 x 240 mm; laid down on its original mount of thin card, with a fully contemporary caption in pencil to the lower margin: ‘The Yarra. December 17th, 1863’; no photographer’s imprintthe print has some minor scattered foxing and what appears to be a crude attempt at retouching in …

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  • Wheat, Darling Downs, near Warwick.

    # 37798

    QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT TOURIST BUREAU.

    Wheat, Darling Downs, near Warwick.

    [Brisbane : Queensland Government Tourist Bureau, between 1930 and 1940]. Large format gelatin silver print photograph, 300 x 370 mm; window-mounted in the original display mount of heavy board, the mount with manuscript calligraphic captions in ink and circular ‘Queensland Government Tourist Bureau’ with hand-drawn map; this photograph would have been used in either a …

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