Photograph collections 1-6, n.d.
- Containers:
- Box 9 (MS 10563)
- Component identifier:
- File 120
- Content Summary:
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Small photograph collections originally housed in annotated white NSW National Parks and Wildlife service envelope. Annotation reads: "A. Costin: No. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7." Collection no. 7 missing.
Collection 1; exposed soil/rock profiles, bodies of water (rivers, lakes or waterholes?) hill with rocky outcrops, large rocks, two males. Photos numbered on reverse and wrapped in strip of labelled white paper. Photos appear to match images in contact print set labelled "Roll 2" in file 162.
Collection 2; rock formations, with each photo showing a large rock standing on a pedestal of other rocks. One photo includes a male standing in front of a formation (standing slightly higher than him). Photos numbered on reverse and wrapped in strip of labelled white paper labelled "2". Photos match images on contact print sheet labelled "Roll 2:Le" in file 162.
Collection 3; rocky and hilly landscapes, dry gully, lake surrounded by landscape with patches of snow, rock formations. Also includes the same rock formation found in Collection 2 (see above). Photos numbered on reverse.
Collection 4/set I; landscapes, mainly close-up shots. Subjects include soil with ground cover, rocks, tussock grass, sticks, litter, loose wood, metal fence posts, logs, rocky outcrop, snow-covered slopes, and trees (including snow gums). Photos numbered on reverse from 1 to 36 (with some duplicates, some missing).
Collection 4/set II; landscapes. Subjects include bent fence post, tussock grass, snow-covered slopes, gully. Photos numbered on reverse.
Collection 5; landscapes. Subjects include bodies of water, snow-covered slopes, snow gum growing in between rocks, large rocks, rocky slope, treeless valley, landscape with mountains in background. Male with hat appears in foreground of one photo with snow and rocky slope in background. Photos numbered on reverse.
Collection 6; landscapes. One photo shows mountains in the background; another shows collapsing fence post in field of tussock grass and other plants. Photos numbered on reverse.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn10024871).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn10024871).
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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