Album of photographs used in the book "How Australia took German New Guinea : an illustrated record...
Album of photographs used in the book "How Australia took German New Guinea : an illustrated record...
Album of photographs used in the book "How Australia took German New Guinea : an illustrated record of the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force", 1914 / by F. S. Burnell
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1914
Call Numbers
PXA 2165
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 album (99 photographic prints)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Notebook used as photograph album, containing 99 black & white photographs adhered to the pages. Most images have manuscript descriptions in ink, some with names.
The photographs document the activities of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in 1914 under the command of Colonel William Holmes on board HMAS Berrima, and at Palm...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Album of photographs used in the book "How Australia took German New Guinea : an illustrated record of the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force", 1914 / by F. S. Burnell
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
'Fritz S. Burnell, Sydney Morning Herald' -- inscribed in ink on first page of photographs
Published information
Approximately half the images were published in Burnell's book "How Australia took German New Guinea : an illustrated record of the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force" (1914) and an expanded version of the same, "Australia versus Germany : the story of the taking of German New Guinea" (1915)
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from the Mitchell Library Printed Books Collection Q91/223, March 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
Frederick Spencer Burnell (1880-1958), who also wrote as Fritz S. Burnell, was an author and poet. His seventy-one published works include short stories, poetry and travel writings.
Reference:
AustLit. http://www.austlit.edu.au (accessed 21 March 2017)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 2165
Record Identifier
1xqGw4kY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqGw4kY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1006443
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