Summary

This photograph depicts two young men mounted on saddled horses posed in front of a horse-yard which holds at least four unsaddled horses. The men are well-dressed wearing wide-brimmed hats, long trousers, ironed shirts buttoned up to the collar with full-length sleeves buttoned at cuffs. The rider at left has a chipped enamel cup attached to the back of his saddle. 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.