Alick Wickham, ca. 1910-1920 / photographer Crown Studios, Adelaide
Alick Wickham, ca. 1910-1920 / photographer Crown Studios, Adelaide
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1910-1920
Call Numbers
P1/2138
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photographic print - 13.9 x 8.9 cm - postcard, gelatin silver
Other Descriptions
Level of description
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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Digitised
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Full title
Alick Wickham, ca. 1910-1920 / photographer Crown Studios, Adelaide
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:a5501001
Signature / Inscriptions
"Yours truly, A Wickham" -- autograph on the lower right hand corner of the postcard
Photographer's blind stamp on the lower right hand corner of the postcard
"Father was an Englishman & Mother was a Solomon Islander. Dived from a tower especially constructed (198' 9") high into a pool/ Believed to be the person to introduce the Austr...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs J. Young, November 1982
Pic.Acc.5325
Administrative / Biographical history
Alick Wickham was the son of an English man and a Solomon Islands mother. While at boarding school in Sydney, he is known for introducing the Australian crawl to Australia's Olympic swimmers the Cavill brothers at Bronte. He may also have introduced the surfboard. In 1918 he dived from over 60 metres in front of 70,000 people and was in a coma for...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P1/2138
Record Identifier
YezdNpo9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezdNpo9
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Reference code
954855
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