Summary

This photograph depicts a man and two women sitting at a picnic table at an unknown national park. By-laws can be seen posted on a tree to the left of the picnickers. Very few national parks existed in Queensland at this time so it is possible that this photograph was taken in late 1908 or 1909 at Witches Falls at what is now known as Tamborine National Park but may also have been taken in another state. The man appears to be wearing a light suit of matching coat and trousers over a white collared shirt. Both ladies appear to be wearing shirtwaists with long sleeves and high collars with long skirts and ornate wide-brimmed hats. The picnic appears to be set with proper china, as was the custom, and a hat and two parasols can be seen in the foreground.

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.