William John Wills cairn, Cooper Creek, S. A. [picture] / Jon Rhodes
- Bib ID:
- 1578191
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Rhodes, Jon, 1947-
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 2001
- 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; image 15.8 x 23.6 cm., sheet 19.5 x 27.6 cm.
- Series:
- Photographs used in the montage Monumental Myths I.
- Notes:
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- Condition: Good.
- Title supplied by artist.
- Part of the collection of photographs of the different sites and memorials of the Burke and Wills Expedition.
- "The cairn is about 10 metres from Cooper Creek."--Note from the photographer.
- The inscription on the plaque reads: "WILLIAM JOHN WILLS second-in-command of the Burke and Wills expedition born Totnes, Devon, England, 1834 died near here about June 29, 1861. Erected by the passengers of a Rover Charter Tour, March, 197
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-146660406
- Subject:
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- Wills, William John, 1834-1861 -- Monuments -- Photographs
- Burke and Wills Expedition (1860-1861) -- Monuments -- Photographs
- Monuments -- South Australia -- Photographs
- Explorers -- Monuments -- South Australia -- Photographs
- Historic sites -- South Australia -- Photographs
- Cooper Creek (Qld. and S.A.) -- Photographs
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This belongs to the Photographs used in the montage Monumental Myths I.
This collection contains 16 records. - Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2001
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