Summary

This photograph depicts a man and woman riding in a two-horse, four-wheeled buggy near a small cluster of buildings. The woman is dressed in a simple, dark-coloured skirt and light-coloured striped blouse with a wide-brimmed cloth hat, and boots. The man, who is partially obscured by the woman, wears a wide-brimmed felt hat, light-coloured collared shirt, and trousers with braces. The woman holds the reins while the man holds a whip. The cluster of buildings appear to be sheds or other outbuildings; one has a pipe chimney protruding, and the one behind the horses seems to be of more substantial construction with a solid roof and walls.

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.