Trist family, including Les (Dexter) Trist in New Guinea, ca. 1900-1968
Trist family, including Les (Dexter) Trist in New Guinea, ca. 1900-1968
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1900-1968
Call Numbers
PXE 1363/Boxes 1-2 , ML 1274
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Formats
Physical Description
Contents
60 photographs - 17.5 x 27.2 cm or smaller - gelatin silver
2 photographic prints (postcards) - 8.7 x 13.7 cm and 8.9 x 13.9 cm
3 drawings - approx. 20.3 x 30.5 cm or smaller - pencil
2 textual records - typescript
6 albums (approx. 1043 photographs)
1 photograph - approx. 10.5 x 7 cm in wooden oval frame approx. 23 x 16.7 cm
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Fonds
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Copyright restrictions may apply : Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years.
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Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to ML 1274 only
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Scope and Contents
Contents
PXE 1363/Box 1
3 Photo Albums (approx. 831 photographs)
1. Photographs of Frank and Les (Dexter) Trist, family and friends, including fellow pilot Frank Drayton. Includes photographs of places around Sydney, Royal National Park, Coogee Beach, Stanwell Park and Deniliquin (Queensland), and aerial views of Sydney. Some photographs of his time...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Trist family, including Les (Dexter) Trist in New Guinea, ca. 1900-1968
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.5096 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Date note
Framed photograph dated by cataloguer after comparison with other photographs in this collection that are dated.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Margaret Trist, June 1981
Pic.Acc.5096
Administrative / Biographical history
Frank Mumford Trist was a playwright and president of P.E.N. His wife Margaret Trist (nee Lucas) (1914-1986) was a well known author. They had two children, Leslie Joseph Trist and Naelo Dorothy Trist. Frank's brother, Leslie Joseph 'Dexter' Trist, was a pilot and pioneered flights to the New Guinea gold fields. He died in a plane crash in the jung...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1363/Boxes 1-2 , ML 1274
Record Identifier
9gkdmvr9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkdmvr9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
914046
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