Burragorang Valley / Reg Johnson, photographer
Burragorang Valley / Reg Johnson, photographer
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
not after 1960
Call Numbers
PXD 1383
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
2 photographs - approx. 33.5 x 50.8 cm, in mount 50.5 x 65.5 cm and approx. 41 x 58.4 cm, in mount 63.3 x 78.3 cm - gelatin silver
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Burragorang Valley / Reg Johnson, photographer
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.6319 as part of the eRecords Project 2013-14
Signature / Inscriptions
One photograph is signed lower right corner: Reg/Johnson
Date note
No date. Photograph taken before the Burragorang Valley was inundated with water in the late 1950s after the building of Warragamba Dam was completed.
Conservation note
Very good condition
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Royal Botanical Gardens Library, 1987
Pic.Acc.6319
Administrative / Biographical history
Before Warragamba Dam was built, the Burragorang Valley, located on the Wollondilly River and surrounded by high cliffs, was a rich farming area and popular tourist destination. In the 1940s, the valley was earmarked as the site for a new dam and in the 1950s the Sydney Water Board began buying up properties and resuming land for the catchment area...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 1383
Record Identifier
nQR22gG1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQR22gG1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
902481
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