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    Darwin, c. 1870, courtesy of State Library of South Australia.

Title
View of Darwin with two men
Description

Single tree in the foreground. White gabled roofed house, stick fence, smaller slab style huts. Man stands to right of tree. Another man appears to be digging in a hole further to the right of the tree. There is also a camera on a tripod.

Date
c. 1879 - c. 1890
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Interpretive description

The print held by the Northern Territory Archives Service (NTRS 1656, No 1) is a cropped version of the State Library of South Australian print (B 10098). The National Library print appears to be a copy of the print held by the State Library of South Australia. De La Rue's reproduction of this photograph is cropped.

External Url
http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/mpcimg/10250/B10098.htm

Versions

  1. Click to view this catalogue record + digital image
    Title
    Darwin
    Description

    Shanties, etc. Date is approximate.

    Date
    c. 1870
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    Photograph; 20.5 cm x 14.7 cm
    Control
    B 10098
    Source

    Darwin Collection, 1860 - 1940; State Library of South Australia. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of South Australia.
  2. Published photograph
    Title
    Captioned 'Chinatown shanties'. (undated)
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.56
    Source

    De La Rue, Kathy, The Evolution of Darwin: A History of the Northern Territory's Captial City During the Years of South Australian Administration, Charlies Darwin University Press, Darwin, 2004. Details

    Reproduced from image held by National Library of Australia, Northern Territory Library or State Library of Victoria

  3. Print
    Title
    Chinese and other shanties (Northern Territory)
    Date
    1870 - 1890
    Type
    Print
    Control
    B10098, NL 32392
    Source

    Compactus collection; National Library of Australia - Picture collection. Details

  4. Print
    Title
    Chinatown, Cavenagh Street, 1879
    Date
    1879
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Typed caption on bottom left: 'Chinatown, Cavenagh Street, 1879'
    Control
    No 1
    Source

    Copyprint of Chinatown, Darwin 1879-1879, NTRS 1656; Unknown; Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin Branch. Details

  5. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinatown, Cavenagh Street
    Date
    1879
    Type
    Published photograph
    Creator
    Foelsche, P. (Paul), 1831-1914
    Control
    p.73
    Source

    Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter, The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900, Oxford University Press, 1985. Details

    Reproduced from original wet plate negative in the R.J. Noye Collection, State Library of South Australia [sic? Art Gallery of South Australia)

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Title
Darwin streetscape
Note
The two photographs overlap.
Details

Created: 26 August 2004, Last modified: 8 June 2009