A record of life on a sheep station at Coonamble, Western N.S.W. ca 1880-1900
A record of life on a sheep station at Coonamble, Western N.S.W. ca 1880-1900
A record of life on a sheep station at Coonamble, Western N.S.W. ca 1880-1900
About this item
Full title
Date
1880-1900
Call Numbers
PXE 1639
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
39 photographic prints (1 box) - 16 x 11 cm; 15 x 20 cm - albumen
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
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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Scope and Contents
Contents
Collection of albumen prints, photographer unknown, ca 1880-1900 of sheep properties, Billeroy, Coolbaggie and Terembone, between Coonamble and Dubbo, N.S.W. Prints have been mounted onto board and probably a part of an album.
1. Coolbaggie Creek, 20 miles from Dubbo
2. Coolbaggie Creek
3. Aboriginal grave near Gilgandra. Carved tree...
Alternative Titles
Full title
A record of life on a sheep station at Coonamble, Western N.S.W. ca 1880-1900
Notes
Date note
Images are undated. Dates based on Lloyd's arrival at Terembone in 1868; Jessie Lloyd's death in 1885; the probable age of the men and women and their dress in images 35 to 37; and, Joseph Siddin's death in 1898.
Description source
Most photographs titled below image. Numbers 27-39 are titled by cataloguer.
Numbers 6, 10, 18, 27, 31, and 32 have been reproduced in "Silverleaf, the story of Jessie Lloyd pioneer writer of North Western New South Wales by Joan McKenzie". Titles in brackets are from this book.
Object History
The donor's wife, Ruth Rider was probably the great-granddaughter of Jessie Lloyd. From research in "Silverleaf, the story of Jessie Lloyd pioneer writer of North Western New South Wales by Joan McKenzie", it states that Jessie's daughter, 'Ethel married Joseph Siddins. Their 3rd daughter, Isa, went to New Zealand, married and had one daughter, Rut...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Philip Rider, on behalf of Ruth Rider, November 2003
Administrative / Biographical history
Terembone, and a neighbouring property Billeroy, were Crown leases in the Coonamble area of New South Wales. Billeroy was owned by John Colwell (died 1887) and Terembone by George and Jessie Lloyd who with their daughter, Ethel, in 1868. Terembone like most properties in the district were sheep farms and in the 1870s sheep were washed in a waterhol...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1639
Record Identifier
n88EoAdn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88EoAdn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1179018
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