Photographs, negatives and pictorial material from the John William Earnshaw papers, including his j...
Photographs, negatives and pictorial material from the John William Earnshaw papers, including his journey to New Guinea, 1921-1971
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1921-1971
Call Numbers
PXE 1182 , ON 472
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs and Ephemera
Physical Description
Contents
262 photographs - 31 x 25 cm or smaller - black and white
31 ephemera - 25 x 20 cm or smaller - postcards, newspaper clipping, colour prints on paper
38 negatives - 16.5 x 12 cm or smaller, 68 x 3.5 cm or smaller - nitrate, various formats
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Fonds
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Physical Access Conditions
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : ON 472
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This pictorial material is part of the John W. Earnshaw papers, 1921-1971 at MLMSS 4126
Folder 1
79 photographs - relating to David Collins family; drawings from serial 'Lucy Cooper'; Rear of Royal Hotel, George St; drawing of view of Sydney Cove; Home of Thomas Muir; house occupied by Henry Lawson, North Sydney; headstone of Catherine Cr...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Photographs, negatives and pictorial material from the John William Earnshaw papers, including his journey to New Guinea, 1921-1971
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.5400 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Contextual Information
Source
Donated by Mrs Evelyn C. Earnshaw on behalf of John W. Earnshaw.
Pic.Acc.5400
Administrative / Biographical history
Historian Mr John Earnshaw was in New Guinea from 1926-1928 with Dick Roche. They lived with the natives who were bird-of-paradise hunters and travelled up the Fly River. They were one of group that found the body of German Harry on Deliverance island in 1927. Somerset Maugham had visited German Harry six months earlier and based an article on him.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1182 , ON 472
Record Identifier
nX6OdpEY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6OdpEY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
908915
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