Presbyterian Church of Australia. Board of Ecumenical Mission and Relation photographs, ca. 1880-197...
Presbyterian Church of Australia. Board of Ecumenical Mission and Relation photographs, ca. 1880-1973
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1880-1973
Call Numbers
PXD 1335 , SLIDES 273 , ON 548 , NCY 63 , MAV/FM4/10972
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs and Objects
Physical Description
Contents
Approx. 4581 photographs - 31 x 38 cm. or smaller - chiefly gelatin silver
21 contact sheets - black & white
Approx. 3541 negatives - various sizes - colour and black & white
70 slides - 35mm. - colour
18 slides - lantern
21 reels of slides - 35mm. - black & white
1 transparency - 5.5 x 5.5 cm. - colour
1 plaque - 37 x 26 x 2 cm. - black lacquer and mother of pearl on wood
5 microfilm reels of graphic materials - 35mm. - negative
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Access Conditions
Restricted : Written approval should be sought from Archivist, Uniting Church in Australia Assembly, 16 Masons Drive, North Parramatta, NSW 2151. Tel: 02 8838 8982
Copying Conditions
Restricted
Physical Access Conditions
This material is held in cold storage and requires 3 working days notice to retrieve. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to ON 548
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to SLIDES 273 and NCY 63
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
PXD 1335/BOX 1
Approx. 129 loose and mounted photographs, including Aurukun, Hermannsburg, Ernabella, Mowanjum, Mornington (1), Walgett (1). Mostly undated. Many are captioned, including: ‘Men of Weipa [Aboriginal ex-servicemen] who have been deprived of their hunting ground’; ‘Miss Mary Gillian with kindergarten children’; ‘Matron of TB Hospita...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Presbyterian Church of Australia. Board of Ecumenical Mission and Relation photographs, ca. 1880-1973
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
4 microfilm reels transferred to PMB microfilm collection:
PMB 30: Newspaper cuttings relating to the labour trade between Queensland and the New Hebrides, 1890-1895, collected by the Rev. Dr. John G. Paton (Positive)
PMB 32: Paton, Rev. Frederick J. - New Hebrides Journals, April 23, 1893-Dec. 31, 1908 (Dup. neg)
PMB 33: Paton...
Signature / Inscriptions
"All Ernabella Mission photos. Photographer Rev. H. Aikin (dcd). Surviving wife Dr Margaret Aikin, Toorak, Melbourne" (note found with collection, discarded)
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Presbyterian Church of Australia Committee on Ecumenical Mission and Relations, June 1977, and subsequently presented to the Library by the Uniting Church in Australia Assembly, August 2018.
Pic.Acc.5664
Administrative / Biographical history
"Not infrequently missions were relocated, taking with them their entire Aboriginal population. In 1949 the Kunmunya mission moved to Wotjulum, taking with it most of the coastal Worrorra people, and absorbing the inhabitants of the nearby Munja reserve, which was then closed down. At the same time the coastal peoples from farther north moved into...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 1335 , SLIDES 273 , ON 548 , NCY 63 , MAV/FM4/10972
Record Identifier
92eVEgoY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVEgoY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
909677
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