Summary

This photograph depicts a group of seven men on horseback, one man standing among them, and a four-wheeled buggy drawn by four yoked horses which carries a man, two women and two children aboard. Spread out in a line, the entire group are posing for the camera. All thirteen are wearing hats and the man and woman in front seat of the carriage are jointly holding an umbrella. The eight men not in carriage are all neatly dressed with long-sleeved shirts, some with sleeves rolled up, trousers, boots and some with fancy belt buckles. The man standing is wearing a vest and horsemen on far right is wearing a Western style necktie. The man in the buggy is wearing a pith helmet, light-coloured shirt with sleeves rolled up, loose collar and necktie. The women, who are only partly visible, appear to be wearing fine hats and one woman can be seen to be wearing a light-coloured, high collar blouse and dark skirt. The child towards front of buggy appears to be a young boy wearing a light coloured, long-sleeved shirt while the other child appears to be a young girl wearing a light-coloured, long-sleeved dress and she has bare feet. There appear to be some cattle in the background to left of photograph. This photograph was taken in the North Queensland outback 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.