Our camp, Woongong [picture] / Bonchop
- Bib ID:
- 3547034
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Prinsep, Henry Charles 1844-1922
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1880
- 1 drawing : ink ; 12.6 x 19 cm.
- Series:
- Scenes of travel and adventure in Western Australia, Perth 1880.
- Summary:
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This suburb derives its name from a government townsite on the Perth Bunbury line between Armadale and Byford. The Wungong Brook flows past the south west corner of the town. The townsite of Wungong (pronounced "Woongong") was proclaimed on 12th March 1909 and was named after the nearby Wungong Brook. The course of this brook was first traced by Alfred Hillman in January 1835.
- Notes:
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- Title from inscription below the photograph.
- Part of the collection: Scenes of travel and adventure in Western Australia, Perth 1880.
- Drawing signed by artist.
- "HP"--Initials lower left corner.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-150050892
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased, 2005.
- Subject:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Scenes of travel and adventure in Western Australia, Perth 1880.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1922
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1880
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