Photographs of the Earl of Hopetoun landing at Circular Quay for the Proclamation of the Commonwealt...
Photographs of the Earl of Hopetoun landing at Circular Quay for the Proclamation of the Commonwealth in 1901; the entrance to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 1873, and photographs of Middle Harbour and the Mosman area in the late 1800s / photographed by David Paterson
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1873-1901, 1977
Call Numbers
PXA 1520 , FM1/5754
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 negative - 35 mm - film
13 photographs - 17 x 21.8 cm or smaller - sepia, gelatin silver
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Includes five photographs [1 albumen photoprint, 1901 and 4 copy prints, 1977] of the Earl of Hopetoun's arrival at Circular Quay for the Proclamation of the Commonwealth in 1901; copy photoprints of views of Circular Quay around 1900 and seven sepia photographs of the Sydney area in the 1800s
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Full title
Photographs of the Earl of Hopetoun landing at Circular Quay for the Proclamation of the Commonwealth in 1901; the entrance to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 1873, and photographs of Middle Harbour and the Mosman area in the late 1800s / photographed by David Paterson
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Six original photographs of the Mosman area, Middle Harbour and Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 1873, were taken by the donor's grandfather, David Paterson, who lived at Neutral Bay in the late 1800s. David Paterson was a close relative of Andrew B. (Banjo) Paterson.
Reference:
Library correspondence 1977
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Contextual Information
Source
Pic.Acc.3928
Some donated and some lent for copying by A.E. Paterson
Administrative / Biographical history
On 13 July 1900 it was announced that the Queen had approved John Hope, the Earl of Hopetoun's appointment as first Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
Australian Dictionary of Biography. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hopetoun-seventh-earl-of-6730...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1520 , FM1/5754
Record Identifier
YEGmO4Vn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGmO4Vn
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Reference code
908642
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