Ben Ricketts Environmental Preserve photographs of Sydney Bush Walkers Club trips in New South Wales...
Ben Ricketts Environmental Preserve photographs of Sydney Bush Walkers Club trips in New South Wales, ca. 1928-2008
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1928-2008, predominant 1928-1958
Call Numbers
PXA 7233
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs, Ephemera and Clippings
Physical Description
Contents
218 photographic prints - chiefly black & white
3 photographic postcards
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into three series. Series 1 consists of photographs belonging to Album A, comprising loose photographs collected by Ray Page, including previously framed photographs labelled 'P'. Series 2 consists of photographs from Album B collected by Peter Page, including some loose photographs. Series 3 consists of mostly uncaptioned loose photographs from Ray and Peter Page's individual albums.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
These photographs feature people involved in bushwalking and conservation in the early twentieth century, some as part of the Sydney Bush Walkers (SBW) club. They include several SBW presidents and other bushwalking pioneers involved with SBW such as Jack Debert, Frank Duncan, Harold Chardon and Dorothy Lawry, and close friends of the Pages Paddy a...
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Full title
Ben Ricketts Environmental Preserve photographs of Sydney Bush Walkers Club trips in New South Wales, ca. 1928-2008
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
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Notes
Object History
This collection was previously owned by Ray Page. The photographs were originally arranged in the seperate albums of Ray and Peter Page. Prior to donation to the Library, most photographs were removed from the albums for scanning.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Ben Ricketts Environmental Preserve, April 2019.
Administrative / Biographical history
Born in New Zealand, Ray Page (née Birt, 1902 – 2000) moved to Sydney in 1927, where she became the accountant for Cahill’s Restaurants. She met Peter Page and they joined the Sydney Bush Walkers Club (SBW) when it formed in 1927. It was the first bushwalking club in New South Wales open to both sexes, and attracted many keen female walkers. The Pa...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 7233
Record Identifier
9qoaO2Z1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoaO2Z1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9632346
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