Belltrees 1901 / John McFadyen
Belltrees 1901 / John McFadyen
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1901
Call Numbers
PXA 471
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 volume (36 albumen prints, including 2 panoramas) - 26 cm x 31.5 cm
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Finding aids
Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The album contains photographs of the Belltrees estate in the upper Hunter Valley and documents the events of November 1-4, 1901, including photographs of the annual sports day and local race meeting which celebrated the end of the season's shearing. The Belltrees community including members of the White family, stockmen, and their families and the...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Belltrees 1901 / John McFadyen
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Tyrell's Bookshop label inside front cover. The photographs were published in the Sydney Mail in November 1901.
Keyword subjects:
Belltrees Station (Hunter River Region, N.S.W.)
Belltrees Public School (Hunter River Region, N.S.W.)
Hunter River District (N.S.W.)
St James' Church of England (Belltrees, N.S.W.)
social life
Signature / Inscriptions
The photographs are not signed.
Attributions / Conjectures
Attributed to John McFadyen of the Sydney Mail in White, Judy. Land settlement and selection in the Belltrees region ... Newcastle, Uni. of Newcastle, 1988 Auchmuty Library publication, no. 7, p.68 (ML Q333.3099442/1)
Date note
Date and collection title from album cover. Each photograph is titled in ink on mount, five are dated.
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from Printed Books collection, 1990 (formerly at Q981.4/B)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 471
Record Identifier
1DrmzvN9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1DrmzvN9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
846394
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