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Y30742A Photographs of St. Kitts, circa 1900
Y30745A Photographs of Dominica, circa 1910
Y3075C Photographs of Trinidad, 1911-1912
Y30771B Photographs of Grenada, circa 1890
Y30773B Photographs of St. Vincent, circa 1900-1910
Y3078A Views in British Honduras, circa 1911
Y3081A Geological Survey of West Australia photographs
Y3081B Photographs of agriculture and scenery in Western Australia circa 1910
Y3085O Photographs of Queensland agriculture, industry and scenery circa 1910
Y3086U Agriculture and scenery in New South Wales
Y3091C The Fijian Coconut Industry, circa 1905
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Title Geological Survey of West Australia photographs
Reference Y3081A
Creator Geological Survey of West Australia
Covering Dates 1896–1908
Extent and Medium 84 images in 2 albums; The photographs are in good condition.
Content and context

Two soft-covered albums containing prints, generally measuring approximately 150 x 110 mm. The prints are uncaptioned but have identifying negative numbers corresponding to those in the archives of the GSWA: all information has been kindly supplied by J.H. Lord, Director, Geological Survey, Department of Mines, Perth, on the basis of these numbers. The photographs themselves show landscape, geological formations and mining activity in West Australia and were taken by various photographers as follows: Becher, S.J., Mines Department, WA (?1896-1897), Temporary Inspector of Mines, Northern Goldfield; Blatchford, T., GSWA 1897-1899, geologist; Campbell, W.D., GSWA 1898-1909, geologist; Gibson, C.G., GSWA 1900-1910, geologist; Greehams Studio, commercial firm (?possibly Greenham and Evans); Irwin, R.H., Mines Department draughtsman (n.d.); Purdie, A., West Australian Newspaper Co.; Simpson, E.S., GSWA 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist; Simpson, W.W., no information, possibly local professional photographer; Woodward, H.P., Government Geologist, GSWA 1887-1895, Deputy Government Geologist, GSWA 1904-1917.

Further information

Indexed

These albums are available on microfiche: Australasia, fiche numbers 10-11.

Index Terms
Australia
Oceania
Western Australia
Geological Survey of Western Australia
RCS/Fisher/Y3081A contains:
1 View of Illagi (Murgurra) Pool, Nabberu District. 122 x 94 mm. A view looking across a tree-lined pool on the Kimberley stock route. Photograph by H.W.B. Talbot. Negative No. 422.
Creator: Talbot, H W B, fl 1900-1920.
Good condition..
1908
2 Native paintings in gorge near Trig Hill. 122 x 91 mm. A view showing aboriginal designs on a rock face in the Nabberu District. Photograph by H.W.B. Talbot. Negative No. 430.
Creator: Talbot, H W B, fl 1900-1920.
Good condition..
1908–1909
3 Bush scene, Irwin Spring. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking eastward over woodland near the Irwin River, with a wooden fence and a brook in the foreground. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 356.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
11 Feb. 1908
4 View of the west end of Lake Violet. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing the curving western end Lake Violet in the Wiluna District. On the horizon in the distance can be seen the buildings of the Gwalia Consolidated Mine. Photograph by C.G. Gibson. Negative No. 377.
Creator: Gibson, C G, fl 1900-1910, geologist.
Good condition..
5 River Irwin, Mingenew District. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking north east across the flooded Irwin River towards coal workings (Reserve 2297) on the far bank. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 329.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
29 Jul. 1907
6 Glaciated boulder, Irwin River, Upper Irwin District. 107 x 151 mm. A view looking west at a glaciated boulder embedded in the blue clay of the Irwin River Bank. A pick is placed in the foregound as an indication of scale. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 338.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
25 Oct. 1907
7 View in Upper Irwin District. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking across grass and woodland three-quarter mile below Yangewah Pool south of the granite boundary crossing the Lockier River. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 345.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
19 Nov. 1907
8 View north of Irwin River Falls, Upper Irwin District. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing a pool surrounded by rocks. 'View north of falls above Badgerer Pool at the crossing of the gneiss boundary on Irwin River'. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 340.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
21 Oct. 1907
9 View to west of Monument Hill, Boulder, Kalgoorlie Area. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking across scrubland towards a small rocky hill. In the middleground a man is seated in a pony-trap. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 56.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
9 Jan. 1901
10 Baked slate [?] Walsh's Quarry, Kalgoorlie District. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing a sheer rockface containing a vertical stratum of baked slate (?sheared porphyrite) in a quarry in the Kalgoorlie District. Photograher E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 60.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
1901
11 View on the Chapman River, Geraldton Area. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking across the Chapman River towards the further wooded bank. The photograph, taken near the mouth of the Chapman River, shows the riverbed in the foreground and a bank of foraminiferal limestone on the far side. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 60.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
17 May 1903
12 Undersurface of Western Australian obsidianites, Coolgardie/Kalgoorlie area. 152 x 97 mm. A view showing seven types of rounded stones which have the appearance of man-made artefacts: 'these are not artefacts, but a natural phenomenon; they are now referred to as tektites. Their origin is still controversial. The photograph was published as plate VII of GSWA Bulletin 6, where individual locations are given'. Photograph by Greehams Studio. Negative No. 65.
Creator: Greehams Studio.
Good condition..
1901
13 View westward of Sunday Island Bay, Derby Area. 142 x 102 mm. A view at sunset looking over Sunday Island Bay from the now abandoned Sunday Island Mission. The mission cutter 'Rita' is moored near the beach in the foreground. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 453.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
6 Jun. 1908
14 View north-west from north side of Sunday Island, Derby area. 152 x 108 mm. A view looking seaward from Sunday Island showing gneissic granite formations on the beach in the foreground. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 454.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
6 Jun. 1908
15 Rami of Sthenurus occidentalis. 151 x 107 mm. A studio photograph showing the jawbone of a type of kangaroo, found in Mamoth Cae, Magaret River District. Photograph by W.W. Simpson. Negative No. 468.
Creator: Simpson, W W, fl 1900.
Good condition..
Jan. 1909
16 View on Ponton River. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing the riverbed of the Ponton River, with a thin trickle of water at the centre of its course and bushes on the far bank. Two pack camels stand at the left of the print. Photograph by C.G. Gibson. Negative No. 474.
Creator: Gibson, C G, fl 1900-1910, geologist.
Good condition..
Oct. 1908
17 View of Irwin River, Dongara area. 152 x 107 mm. A view from a hillside looking over the meandering Irwin River and its debouchment into the sea in the distance. A photograph 'taken from roadnear west end of cemetery'. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 515.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
16 May 1905
18 Granite outcrop, Greenough Area. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking over hilly land with a granite outcrop projecting from beneath Jurassic fossiliferous beds in the foreground. 'The fossiliferous limestone occurs where the man is standing [on a hill in the background]'. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 515.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
God condition..
8 Mar. 1909
19 Fallowfields Saltworks, Lynton Station, Hutt Lagoon. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing men at work loading salt into trucks mountd on a wooden railway track. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 525.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
22 Apr. 1909
20 Salt stack, Fallowfields Saltwaorks, Lynton Station, Hutt Lagoon. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking over scrubland towards a pile of salt stored in an enclosure of sand-filled sacks. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 526.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
22 Apr. 1909
21 Granite rocks five miles north of Ponton River. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing rounded granite boulders on grassland north of Ponton River. Photograph by C.G. Gibson. Negative No. 477.
Creator: Gibson, C G, fl 1900-1910, geologist.
Good condition..
Oct. 1908
22 Coastal scene, Eyre south coast. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking west showing limestone cliffs and the sea five miles west of Twilight Bore. Photograph by C.G. Gibson. Negative No. 477.
Creator: Gibson, C G, fl 1900-1910, geologist.
Good condition..
Nov. 1908
23 Freshwater spring, Twilight Cove, Eyre, South coast. 152 x 108 mm. A view showing a small freshwater spring at the foot of a cliff, with a cluster of vegetation around the water. Photograph by C.G. Gibson. Negative No. 487.
Creator: Gibson, C G, fl 1900-1910, geologist.
Good condition..
Nov. 1908
24 Granite rocks and waterhole at Belladonia. 152 x 108 mm. A view showing sheep and horses watering at a pool. The waterhole itself is lined in the background by huge rounded granite boulders. Photograph by C.G.Gibson.
Creator: Gibson, C G, fl 1900-1910, geologist.
Good condition..
Nov. 1908
25 View of Coongan River two miles south of Marble Bar. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing the Coongan River in the foreground with a rocky cliff beyond. Photograph by W. D. Campbell. Negative No. 539.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
26 View of Doolena Gorge on Coongan River, Pilbara area. 107 x 151 mm. View showing a huge rock spur in the Doolena Gorge. A loaded wagon drawn by a large horse team stands on level ground in the foreground. Photogrpah by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 540.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
27 View of Jasper Bar in the Coongan River, Pilbara Marble area. 152 x 108 mm. A view looking along the Coongan River with a spur of white jasper jutting out into the river in the foreground. It is the presence of this mineral which gives the Marble Bar area its name. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 541.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
28 Bullock team near Davis River, Pilbara. 152 x 108 mm. A view showing a large bullock team and wagon standing in a woodland clearing in the Pilbara area. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 542.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
29 Morgan's Ball Mill, 'Dumpling Gully', Greenbushes. 138 x 80 mm. A view showing partially cleared bush with the timber mill buildings in the background. Photograph by H.P. Woodward. Negative No. Film 10.
Creator: Woodward, H P, fl 1887-1917, government geologist.
Good condition..
30 Hydraulic sluicing, 'Dumpling Gully', Greenbushes area. 138 x 82 mm. A view showing a worker operating a hydraulic sluicing pipe in claering at 'Dumpling Gully'. Photograph by H.P. Woodward. Negative No. Film 10.
Creator: Woodward, H P, fl 1887-1917, government geologist.
Good condition..
31 Wild flowers in (?) Nokenana Valley, Northampton area. 152 x 108 mm. A view showing a hillside covered in (?) everlasting daisies, probably taken at the same time as plate 38. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. A.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
Aug. 1902
32 Wild flowers in (?) Nokenana Valley, Northampton area. 152 x 108 mm. A similar view to plate 31. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. B.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
Aug. 1902
33 (?)Tuart Forest, Coastal Plain, south of Perth. 152 x 108 mm. A view showing grassy woodland with two mwn seated beneath a tree in the foreground. 'Tuart Forest' occurs 'intermittently along the Coastal Plain southwards from Perth towards Bunbury in areas of limestone outcrop'. Photographer unknown. Negative No. C.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..
34 Entrance to limestone cavern, Margaret River area between Bunbury and Augusta. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing a small party of men and women at the entrance to a large limestone cave. Photogrpaher unknown. Negative No. D.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..
35 Limestone Hills, Willow Gully, Northampton area. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking across level scrubland towards the sharply pointed Razorback Mount. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 22.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
15 May 1903
36 Razorback Mount, Oakabella, Northampton area. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking across level scrubland towards the sharply pointed Razorback Mount. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 22.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
15 May 1903
37 View from Razorback Mount, Oakabella looking 285. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking past the sharp summit of Razorback Mount (on which a man stands) towards level wooded land in the distance. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 24.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
15 May 1903
38 Wild flowers (?) Nokenana Valley, Northampton area. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing (?) everlasting daisies growing on hillside, with Kings Mount, Sugarloaf Peak and Razorback Mount in the far distance. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 26.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
21 Aug 1902
39 View of Waterfall Gold Mine, Boorara, Kalgoorlie area. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing prospectors standing beside the well at the Waterfall Gold Mine. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 48.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
40 Boring for alluvial gold, North Lead, Kanowna, Kalgoorlie area. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing prospectors standing beside the boring machinery at Kanowna. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 49.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good description..
41 'Peridotite Island', Hannans Lake, Kalgoorlie area. 152 x 107 mm. A view from 'Serpentine Bay' looking over the dry lake bed towards the peridotite outcrop. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 50.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
42 Quartzite outcrop, Mount Hunt, Kalgoorlie area. A view showing a tall quartzite outcrop (shaped like a tall termites' nest) among scrubland at Mount Hunt. Photograph W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 54.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
19 Nov. 1901
43 Diatomite deposit, Lake Gnangarra, Perth area. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking over the marshy, reed grown lake bed, with two figures standing beside an excavated trench in the foreground. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 71.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
21 Oct. 1902
44 Diatomite deposit, north end of Little Badgerup Lake, Perth area. 120 x 92 mm. A view showing cracked mud and reeds on the lake bed of Little Badgerup Lake. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 86.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
12 Mar. 1903
45 Diatomite deposit, south end of Little Badgerup Lake, Perth area. 117 x 92 mm. A similar view to the previous plate, taken from the south side of the lake. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 87.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
12 Mar. 1903
46 Fraser's Gold Mine and Fraser's South Extended Gold Mine. 121 x 87 mm. A view looking over the Fraser's Gold Mine workings and buildings, in the Southern Cross area. Photograph by C.G. Gibson. Negative No. 98.
Creator: Gibson, C G, fl 1900-1910, geologist.
Good condition..
Apr. 1904
47 (?)Sluicing equipment, (?)Fraser's Gold Mine. 117 x 80 mm. A view showing water tanks and pipework. This print is catalogued as 'Granite Rocks, Laverton area' in the GSWA archives, but there is clearly some confusion here. Photographer unknown. Negative No. 112.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition..
48 View of laterite hill, Laverton Hill. 120 x 92 mm. A view showing a hillside covered with scrubland and with a rocky outcrop at the summit. Photograph by C.G. Gibson. Negative No. 113.
Creator: Gibson, C G, fl 1900-1910, geologist.
Good condition..
1905
49 'Marble Bar' in Coongan River, Pilbara Marble Bar Area. 151 x 108 mm. A view showing an outcrop of veined (?) jasper in the Coongan River. See also plate 27. Photograph by S.J.Becher. Negative No. 123.
Creator: Becher, S J, fl 1896-1897, Temporary Inspector of Mines, Northern Goldfield.
Good condition..
1896
50 Alluvial miners sluicing wash-dirt, Nullgine area. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing two bearded prospectors working a rudimentary wooden slicing apparatus. Photograph by S.J. Becher. Negative No. 126.
Creator: Becher, S J, fl 1896-1897, Temporary Inspector of Mines, Northern Goldfield.
Good condition..
1896
51 Gold workings in auriferous conglomerate, Grants Hill, Nullagine area. 152 x 108 mm. A view showing the excavated hillside with small caverns and mounds of quarried earth. Photogrpah by S.J. Becher. Negative No. 127.
Creator: Becher, S J, fl 1896-1897, Temporary Inspector of Mines, Northern Goldfield.
Good condition..
28 Aug. 1896
52 Auriferous conglomerate bed, Grants Hill, Nullagine area. 152 x 108 mm. A close-up view of the entrance to a small cave (see previous plate) showing the structure of the hillside (with boulders embedded in the sedimentary rock) in the foreground. Photograph by S.J. Becher. Negative No. 128.
Creator: Becher, S J, fl 1896-1897, Temporary Inspector of Mines, Northern Goldfield.
Good condition..
28 Aug. 1896
53 Actinolite rock on Marble Bar. 151 x 108 mm. A view showing actinolite outcrops on a hillside on the Nullagine Road ten miles south of Marble Bar. The outcrops take the form of clusters of sharp pencilled shaped rock (probably green hornblende) projecting from the hillside. Photograph by S.J. Becher. Negative No. 129.
Creator: Becher, S J, fl 1896-1897, Temporary Inspector of Mines, Northern Goldfield.
Good condition..
1896
54 Jurell Pool, Kimberley Range area. 108 x 151 mm. A view of the tree-surrounded pool. Photograph by T.Blatchford. Negative No. 136.
Creator: Blatchford, T, fl 1897-1899, geologist.
Good condition..
28 Oct. 1898
55 Cliffs on west side of Barr Smith Range. 151 x 108 mm. A view taken one mile west of Oasis Wel in the Wiluna area showing a small cliff face with a figure standing at the base as an indication of scale. Photograph by T. Blatchford. Negative No. 138.
Creator: Blatchford, T, fl 1897-1899, geologist.
Good condition..
16 Oct. 1898
56 Open Cut, Gold mining lease 74, Mulgarrie area. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing a partially excavated seam in a rockface. Photograph by T. Blatchford. Negative No. 147.
Creator: Blatchford, T, fl 1897-1899, geologist.
Good condition..
57 Ice scratched boulder, from Gascoyne River area. 151 x 108 mm. A studio photograph showing an ice scratched boulder (about 5 inches long) taken from a glacial conglomeration between Wooramel and Minilya River. Photograph by A. Purdie. Negative No. 156.
Creator: Purdie, A, fl 1900.
Good condition..
58 View of Ginginup Hill, Gin Gin. 151 x 107 mm. A view of Ginginup Hill showing the base and cap of sandstone and grit with chalk halfway up the hill. Photogrpah by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 165.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condiion..
16 Dec. 1903
59 Sandstone Quarry on gold mining lease 66. 151 x 107 mm. A view showing a stone quarry in a woodland clearing with wooden winching equipment and quarried sandstone blocks in the foreground. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 166.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
28 Jan. 1904
60 Camillerips Gold Mine, on gold mining lease 2PP near Donnybrook. 151 x 107 mm. A view looking at the mine workings, situated among partially cleared and burnt woodland. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 168.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
28 Jan. 1904
61 Gneissix granite slope, near Donnybrook. 151 x 108 mm. A view showing a wooded slope near Donnybrook showing the characteristic 'blackboy' trees. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 172.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
30 Jan. 1904
62 Outcrop of banded quartzite in greenstone 1 and a half miles south of Mount Lenora. 151 x 108 mm. A view showing the rocky outcrops on a slope vegetated with scrub and trees. Photograpg by C.F.V. Jackson. Negative No. 195.
Creator: Jackson, C F V, fl 1903-1904, geologist.
Good condition..
Sep. 1903
63 Sons of Gwalia Mine. 151 x 108 mm. A view from the northwest showing the mine workings and buildings at Lenora. Photograph by C.F.V Jackson. Negative No. 202.
Creator: Jackson, C F V, fl 1903-1904, geologist.
Good condition..
Sep. 1903
64 Outcrop on Mount Morgans line of lode, Mount Morgans area. 151 x 108 mm. A view showing an outcrop of rock with a man seated beside it as an indication of scale. Photograph by C.F.V. Jackson. Negative No. 209.
Creator: Jackson, C F V, fl 1903-1904, geologist.
Good condition..
Apr. 1904
65 Open cut, Westralian Mount Morgans gold mine, Mount Morgans. 152 x 108 mm. A view showing the mne workings and buildings with an open-cut excavation in the foreground. Photograph by C.F.V Jackson. Negative No. 211.
Creator: Jackson, C F V, fl 1903-1904, geologist.
Good condition..
Apr. 1904
66 Lime kiln on mineral Lease No. 1, Lake Cowan, Norseman area. 151 x 107 mm. A view showing a makeshift lime kiln on a hillside with Lake Cowan in the distance. Lease 'owned by R.P Nugent - produces gritty impure lime'. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 222.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
18 Jun. 1904
67 View of Dundas Lake, Norseman area. 151 x 108 mm. A view looking over dense woodland towards the distant lake, 'showing water in lake during the winter from ridge on Gold Mining Lease 789'. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 225.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
10 Aug. 1904
68 Weathered granite rock, near Mount Warren. 117 x 89 mm. A view showing an eroded granite rock among grassland in the Laverton area. Photograph by C.G. Gibson. Negative No. 245.
Creator: Gibson, C G, fl 1900-1910, geologist.
Fair condition, some fading..
1905
69 Aboriginal rock shelter, Greenough river, Geraldton area. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking north from a small stone cave. Photograph W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 263.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
14 Apr. 1906
70 Aboriginal decorations, Greenough River, Geraldton area. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing aboriginal palm prints stenciled ona rock face, probably in the shelter seen in the preceding plate. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 264.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
14 Apr. 1906
71 View looking east towards Messrs. Mann and Hawkins' costean, showing commencement of shaft. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing mine workers standing above the costean. A costean (or costeen) is a pit or trench dug to detrmine the direction of a lode. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 269.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
16 Aug. 1906
72 'Grass Trees', near Moora, Dandaragin Hill. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing a man standing next to a horse and cart beside two grass trees (also known as 'Blackboys') in the area north of Yandin Hill. Photograph By W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 286.
Creator: Campbell, W D, fl 1898-1909, geologist.
Good condition..
7 Nov. 1906
73 Ic-scratched boulder from Gascoyne Junction area. 151 x 107 mm. A studio photograph showing an ice-scratched boulder from the vicinity of the Arthur River outstation. Photograph by R.H. Irwin. Negative No. 314.
Creator: Irwin, R H, fl 1900, mines department draughtsman.
Good condition..
16 Sep. 1907
74 View of fossil Otozamites Feistmanteli. 107 x 136 mm. A studio photograph showing the fossil, found three miles south of Mingenew. Photograph by E.S. Simpson and R.H. Irwin. Negative No. 321.
Creator: Irwin, R H, fl 1900, mines department draughtsman and Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condtion..
75 Granite rock, Meekatharra area. 152 x 108 mm. A view showing a formation of rounded granite boulders set among scrubland, 24 miles north-north-west of Meekatharra townsite. Photograph by A.G. Maitland. Negative No. 601.
Creator: Maitland, A G, fl 1900.
Good condition..
76 Potholes at Nardabunna rock hole. 120 x 92 mm. A view showing the entrance to potholes in a fault ina rock formation. In the foreground is a seated figure (partially inside the entrance to a pothole) with a large plate camera on the ground beside him. Photograph by H.W.B. Talbot. Negative No. 568.
Creator: Talbot, H W B, fl 1900-1920.
Good condition..
1908–1909
77 View of Rock Hole 28 miles from Mount Brophy, Kimberley Stock Route Survey. 123 x 94 mm. A view showing the entrance to the Rock Hole (filled with water), with a man and two tethered camels in the foreground. Photograph by H.W.B. Talbot. Negative No. 577.
Creator: Talbot, H W B, fl 1900-1920.
Good condition..
1908–1909
78 View of gorge on Elvire River (tributary of Ord River), Kimberley Stock Route Survey. 121 x 90 mm. A view showing a pool in the gorge with aborigines holding fishing rods on the bank. Photograph by H.W.B Talbot. Negative No. 584.
Creator: Talbot, H W B, fl 1900-1920.
Good condition..
1908–1909
79 View from slopes of White Cliffs, four miles south of Mingenew. A view looking along the slopes of the White cliffs towards sandplain and scrubland in the distance. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 7.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
22 Jun. 1903
80 View from top of White Cliffs, four miles south of Mingenew. 152 x 108 mm. A view looking along the White Cliffs towards the sandplain and the distant Irwin-Lockier River Valley. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 8.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
22 Jun. 1903
81 View from top of White Cliffs, four miles south of Mingenew. 152 x 107 mm. A view looking across the scrubland sandplain towards the low White Cliffs. Photograph by E.S. Simpson.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
22 Jun. 1903
82 Quartz outcrop on hill northeast of Mount Misery. 152 x 108 mm. A view showing quartz outcrops on a granitic hillside in Yandanooka District. Photograph by E.S. Simpson. Negative No. 11.
Creator: Simpson, E S, fl 1897-1922, chemist-mineralogist.
Good condition..
25 Jun. 1903

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