Photograph collections (proofs): Bogong High Plains area, Cobblers, n.d.
- Containers:
- Box 16 (MS 10563)
- Component identifier:
- File 178
- Content Summary:
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Five collections of photographic proofs and one loose proof. Locations photographed include the Bogong High Plains, the Cobberas area (including the Cobberas range) and the area around Mt Cobbler. All of these locations are in the Victorian Alps.
Collection 1 - Bogong High Plains area - contains black-and-white proofs, annotated on reverse. Locations mentioned in annotations include Mt. Feathertop, Hotham, Loch-Hotham Spur, Mt. Loch, Mt. Wills, Mt. Higginbotham, Razorback Subjects include gully erosion, cattle. Photographs enclosed in folded sheet of typing paper, labelled. Numbered as 1 on folded sheet.
Collection 2 - North East Victoria - contains black-and-white proofs, annotated on reverse. Subjects include cirque, erosion, herbfield, bogs, moraine, waterhole, effects of grazing. Locations include Mt. Loch, Mt. Wills, Mt. Bogong, Swindler's Creek, Mt. Hotham, Cobberas, Razorback, Hotham Rd. Photographs enclosed in tab of (otherwise empty) Kodak negative box.
Collection 3 contains black-and-white proofs, annotated on reverse. Locations mentioned in annotations include Cobberas, cirque above Fitzgerald's Hut, Pretty Valley, P.V. [Pretty Valley?] branch of E. Kiewa River, Rocky Valley, Mt. Helse, Spion Kopje, Rocky Valley, Mt. McKay, Mt. Cope, Mt. Nelse. Rocky Creek. Subjects include moraine, smoothed rocks. Photographs enclosed in tab of (otherwise empty) Kodak negative box, labelled "3/305".
Collection 4 contains black-and-white proofs, annotated on reverse. Locations referred to in annotations include White Rocks, Mt. Creek, Mt. Bogong, Falls Creek, Langford's [Cut?], Mt. Nelse, Mt. Bogong, Cleve Cole Hut. Subjects include bog damage, erosion. Photographs enclosed in tab of (otherwise empty) Kodak negative box.
Collection 5 contains black-and-white proofs, annotated on reverse. Locations mentioned in annotations include Mt. Nelse, Mt. Bogong, Langford's Gap, Spion Kopje, Mt. Bogong. Subjects include erosion, bog. Photographs enclosed in tab of (otherwise empty) Kodak negative box, labelled "3/305".
Loose black-and-white proof, annotated on reverse, referring to aspect affect, head of Holland's Creek, bog and heath.
- 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.
Contents
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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