Series 1: Photographs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
Series 1: Photographs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
About this item
Full title
Date
1911-1914
Call Numbers
ON 144
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
approximately 2100 negatives - glass plate, colour, black and white
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Series
Arrangement
System of arrangement devised by cataloguer, arranged by format and colour.
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
FILE 1
Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914, panoramic film negatives (ON 144/FP1-FP8).
FILE 2
Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914, whole plate format negatives (ON 144/W1-W189).
FILE 3
Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914, half plate format negatives (ON 144/H1-H71).
FILE 4
Australas...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Series 1: Photographs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
Notes
General note
Images copied from glass and nitrate negatives....
Object History
Between 1959 and 1960 the photographic negatives of the Expedition were transferred from the New South Wales Government Printer to the then Public Library of New South Wales. However, some black and white negatives and the colour autochromes taken on the Expedition were not received by the Library. These are located in the Mawson Antarctic Collecti...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the New South Wales Government Printer, 1959-1960
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Exhibited in
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1911 a group of scientists and adventurers left Hobart under the leadership of Dr Douglas Mawson. They were bound for Macquarie Island and the then unknown parts of Antarctica. The scientists of the expedition produced information that later made an major contribution to knowledge of the region. The exploration of new lands established preceden...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ON 144
Record Identifier
Y0KBD0N1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Y0KBD0N1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
41153
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