Two men standing beside exposed stones in a North Queensland creek [NQ ID 887]

Frederic Charles Hall Two men standing beside exposed stones in a North Queensland creek [NQ ID 887]. [Image] (Unpublished)

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Item Type: Image
Collection: Reverend Frederic Charles Hall Photographic Collection
Subjects: attire; Australian outback; clothing; Croydon; early 1900s; Einasleigh; Etheridge; Georgetown; gold fields; gold mining history; goldfields; Kidston; Newcastle Range; Normanton; North Queensland history; North Queensland mining; Oaks goldfields; photographs; travel; waterways

Summary

This photograph depicts a water-filled creek, lined with trees. A narrow rock causeway has been constructed across the waterway. On the farside bank, two men stand looking towards the camera. The men appear to be wearing collared shirts, moleskin trousers, boots and felt hats. This photograph was taken in North Queensland but the exact location is unknown.

The photographs in this collection were taken by the Reverend Frederic Charles Hall (1878-1926) during the period 1902-1909 when he was the Anglican Curate appointed to Georgetown in North Queensland. Hall's foremost hobby was photography. He used both a half-plate camera with tripod made by J. Lancaster & Son, Birmingham and a quarter-plate Austral No. 3 made by the Australian company, Baker & Rouse. Glass negatives from Ilford and Austral were used; developing was done by the photographer himself and printing by exposure to sunlight.

Additional Information

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James Cook University gratefully acknowledges Kenwyn Arthur Hall (grandson of the photographer) for his support of the NQHeritage Pilot Project.

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