G. F. Matthews lantern slides, 1889-1901, with slides by A. H. Gray and Rev. Frank Cash, 1927-1951
G. F. Matthews lantern slides, 1889-1901, with slides by A. H. Gray and Rev. Frank Cash, 1927-1951
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1889-1951
Call Numbers
SLIDES 213
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
352 slides (7 boxes) - 8.2 x 8.2 cm - lantern
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Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Box 1 and Box 7 of this collection are described in two separate item records. You may navigate to these records through the collection hierarchy.
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
BOX 1
Item 01: BOX 1 Views of Brisbane, 1889-1901
BOX 2
35 slides
Views in Brisbane and Sydney, 1895-96, by GFM, including Mosman’s Bay, Double Bay; elephant in Melbourne Zoo, ridden by visitors [slide cracked]; unidentified group of police?; 2 slides of Kikeni women; also Sydney views by GWW; Woolloomooloo Bay, signed H. King [sail...
Alternative Titles
Full title
G. F. Matthews lantern slides, 1889-1901, with slides by A. H. Gray and Rev. Frank Cash, 1927-1951
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The arrest of John Tigney on suspicion of having murdered Gervais Dubrocca (who is pictured in one of these slides) at Sandgate "on the 3rd instant" is reported in The Brisbane Courier, 21 Apr 1890, p5 (accessed via Trove 4 Oct 2012). On Wednesday 14 May 1890, the Brisbane Courier reported on the magisterial inquiry into the murder of Gervais Dubro...
Date note
The printed handbill at MLDOC2420 advertising G. F. Matthews' Jenolan Caves slide show at Corinda School of Arts is dated Friday 24 May, no year. 1895 and 1901 are years in which this date fell on a Friday.
Contextual Information
Source
Donated by Mrs A. H. Gray, February 1975
Pic.Acc.3238
Administrative / Biographical history
G. F. Matthews assistant engineer in the Queensland Post and Telegraph Department and a member of the Queensland Electrical Association. He presented public lantern slide shows of the Jenolan Caves to audiences in Brisbane; a handbill held at MLDOC 2420 advertises one such evening on Friday 24 May [1895 or 1901] at Corinda School of Arts. According...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SLIDES 213
Record Identifier
nM7leXmY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7leXmY
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Reference code
909991
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