Papers of John Saumarez Dumaresq, including photographs and papers regarding the Murrumbidgee Irriga...
Papers of John Saumarez Dumaresq, including photographs and papers regarding the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme, ca. 1827-ca. 1922
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ca. 1827-ca. 1922
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0.16 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript, typescript, printed
64 photographic prints (2 boxes) - 29 x 22 cm - gelatin silver
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Out of copyright : Applies to pictorial material only
Copyright status : Photographs created after 1955 are out of copyright
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SERIES 01
Photographs of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme, construction of Burrinjuck Dam and Yanco Experimental Farm, ca. 1907-ca. 1922
SERIES 02
Papers of John Saumarez Dumaresq, ca. 1827-1921
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Full title
Papers of John Saumarez Dumaresq, including photographs and papers regarding the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme, ca. 1827-ca. 1922
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
John Saumarez Dumaresq (1873-1922), rear admiral, had family ties with the Darling family, dating from 1825 when his grandfather, William John Dumaresq came to Australia with his brother-in-law Sir Ralph Darling, and established large pastoral runs in New South Wales.
The pastoralist Samuel McCaughey built the homestead Yanco in 1900 and constru...
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9Namlv0Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Namlv0Y
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9612228
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