Bob Cummins copies of photographs relating to the bushranger Frederick (Fred) Ward alias Captain Thu...
Bob Cummins copies of photographs relating to the bushranger Frederick (Fred) Ward alias Captain Thunderbolt
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1867-1971, copied 1971
Call Numbers
PXA 2097
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
43 photographic prints
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply : Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years.
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Photographs collected by Bob Cummins from various sources
1. Bit taken from horse on which Thunderbolt was shot
2. Simpson’s Gold Diggers Arms held up by Thunderbolt in one of the classic tales of Australian bushranging. The pub was at Moonan Flat near Scone
3. Ollera store which Thunderbolt and another stripped bare, Christmas Eve 1867
Alternative Titles
Full title
Bob Cummins copies of photographs relating to the bushranger Frederick (Fred) Ward alias Captain Thunderbolt
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Transferred September 2014 from:
P1/Purkiss, Mrs
P1/Ward, Frederick
P1/Ward, Fred `Thunderbolt'
P1/Walker, Alexander Binning
SPF/Bundarra, NSW - Hotels - Green Valley Inn
SPF/Carriages, Coaches and Carts
SPF/Moonan Flat, NSW - Hotels - Simpsons Gold Diggers Arms
SPF/Ward, Frederick - Thunderbolt Centenary, Uralla, may 1970<...
Description source
Titled on reverse of copy prints
Information transferred from pictures accessions register as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Contextual Information
Source
Lent for copying by R. Cummins, April and July 1971
Pic.Acc.2191 (Nos. 1-18)
Pic.Acc.2281 (Nos. 19-43)
Administrative / Biographical history
Bob Cummins, secretary, Thunderbolt Centenary Committee (Thunderbolt Centenary Week, May 16-24, 1970, Uralla, N.S.W.) and author of Thunderbolt : a biography of the last of New South Wales' notorious bushrangers. Moree, N.S.W. : R.K. Cummins, [1987-1988].
Reference:
Library correspondence file
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 2097
Record Identifier
nM7lvdLY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lvdLY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
911222
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