Robert Watkin Savage slides, chiefly relating to bushwalking in New South Wales, ca. 1929-1945, with...
Robert Watkin Savage slides, chiefly relating to bushwalking in New South Wales, ca. 1929-1945, with photographs of sporting awards, ca.1925-1929
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca.1925-1945
Call Numbers
SLIDES 225 , PXB 630
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
713 slides - 83 x 83 mm. and 53 x 81 mm. - lantern
15 slides - 35 mm. - colour
6 photographs - 12 x 9.5 cm. or smaller - silver gelatin
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Slides are in original boxes (one box replaced) in order as received.
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
SLIDES 225
Many slides are captioned, dated and signed by Savage. Some slides are half plate size.
Box 1
Warragamba, Nepean about 1929-1934, South Coast, Burragorang [80 glass slides]. Most are uncaptioned. Includes: “Wollondilly River – Burragorang – below Bimlow, Easter 1934”; canoeing; unidentified bridges and weir; “Curracurron...
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Full title
Robert Watkin Savage slides, chiefly relating to bushwalking in New South Wales, ca. 1929-1945, with photographs of sporting awards, ca.1925-1929
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Object History
Colonel Savage arranged to place his photographs and papers with the Mitchell Library before his death. Part of his collection was received in February 1973 (PXA 1481, SLIDES 195), and he kept further material to complete the task of identifying the photographs. Following Colonel Savage's death in January 1977, his sister, Mrs Diana Mitchell, prese...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs D. Mitchell, July 1981
Pic.Acc.5003
Administrative / Biographical history
Col Robert William Savage OBE, ED, started walking with the Boy Scouts about 1920 and joined the Sydney Bush Walkers and acquired a camera before 1930. He did all his own processing including enlarging and glass slide making up to the war. After the war he changed over to Kodachrome slides. His bushwalking trips included Yerranderie-Jenolan Caves,...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SLIDES 225 , PXB 630
Record Identifier
1Drm2ER9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1Drm2ER9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
913687
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