Frank Clune's collection of lantern slides for his lecture series and publications about the Burke & Wills expedition 1860-1861 [picture] / Frank Clune
- Bib ID:
- 3302582
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Clune, Frank, 1893-1971
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. PIC Glass Plate #PIC/9090/1-80 copy
- Description:
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- 1935
- 80 lantern slides : glass ; 8.3 cm x 8 cm.
- Summary:
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This collection of lantern slides on Burke and Wills includes photographs taken by Frank Clune in 1935 and copies of engravings and photographs in public collections. Subjects include: locations visited by Burke and Wills; memorials, monuments and marked trees; portraits of the principal participants in the Burke & Wills expedition and other explorers of the area; locations and people visited by Clune on his research trips in 1935.
- Biography/History:
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Frank Clune was a writer, broadcaster, journalist and author of over 60 books on travel and Australiana. His books include Dig, the story of the expedition led by Robert O'Hara Burke and William Wills in 1860 to discover an overland route from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. In researching material for this book Clune travelled from Sydney to Cooper Creek in August 1935 where he found and photographed a number of the trees marked by Burke and Wills or associated with the expedition. He also flew from Brisbane to Cloncurry and Normanton to visit more expedition sites and to see the country travelled by the explorers.
- Notes:
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- Title supplied by cataloguer.
- PIC Glass Plate #PIC/9090/1-80 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-149673548
- Subject:
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- Clune, Frank, 1893-1971 -- Journeys -- Queensland -- Photographs
- Clune, Frank, 1893-1971 -- Journeys -- South Australia -- Photographs
- Burke, Robert O'Hara, 1821-1861 -- Journeys -- Australia
- Wills, William John, 1834-1861 -- Journeys -- Australia
- Burke and Wills Expedition, (1860-1861)
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration
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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- Unpublished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:
- 1935
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