Portrait of Lieutenant Belgrave Ninnis, 1911? [picture] / Frank Hurley [?]
- Bib ID:
- 4925868
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1911?
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.8 x 20 cm.
- Series:
- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962. Hurley collection of family, industrial, pastoral and scenic images, 1910-1950.
- Biography/History:
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Lieutenant Belgrave Ninnis was a Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers who accompanied Sir Douglas Mawson on the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. Ninnis was one of two men, the other being Dr. Xavier Mertz, who accompanied Mawson on a surveying trip. During the trip Ninnis fell down a crevasse along with most of their provisions, and was not recovered.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer from inscription.
- In collection: Hurley collection of family, industrial, pastoral and scenic images, 1910-1950.
- Inscriptions: "Lieut Ninnis who died in a crevass"--In ink on verso.
- Condition: Folds, creases, buckled.
- Attribution uncertion, photograph may be by Frank Hurley.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-151363726
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Explorers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Hurley collection of family, industrial, pastoral and scenic images, 1910-1950.
This collection contains 228 records. - Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1911
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