Photographs mostly of Fernshaw, Victoria, along with views of Sydney, ca. 1872-192- / belonging to t...
Photographs mostly of Fernshaw, Victoria, along with views of Sydney, ca. 1872-192- / belonging to the Jefferson family
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1872-192-
Call Numbers
PXE 1170
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 album (27 photographic prints) - 37 x 30 cm.
9 photographic prints - 22.5 x 28.5 cm. (inside mount) or smaller (36.5 x 41.5 cm. mounted)
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
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Physical Access Conditions
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Box 1
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Scope and Contents
Contents
BOX 1
Album containing 27 photographic prints taken by Nicholas John Caire, mostly in Fernshaw, Victoria, 1872-ca. 1876, all are titled or annotated by John Mathews Jefferson. Includes: Mutterson Watts Bridge Hotel, 1872; Matthew Jefferson felling a tree, ca. 1876; other bush scenes including picture featuring Matthew Jefferson with sons William...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Photographs mostly of Fernshaw, Victoria, along with views of Sydney, ca. 1872-192- / belonging to the Jefferson family
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.3288 as part of the eRecords Project 2011-2012
Published information
Argus of 23 June 1934, titled, 'Beautiful Fernshaw, it's Genesis and Extinction', by E.E.H., mentions 'Archie', significant to the Jeffersons
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Ms I. Jefferson, 21 February 1975
Pic.Acc.3288
Administrative / Biographical history
John Mathews Jefferson, 1859-1932, (grandfather of donor) set up a store at Fernshaw, Victoria, which was later expanded into a hotel and stood beside Watts River.
He had an almost life-long association with the timber trade. He was bom at Kyneton, in Victoria, and spent his early life in the timber trade in Tasmania, and later with the Kauri Ti...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1170
Record Identifier
9AL4g0jY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL4g0jY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
909876
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