John King's tree, Cooper Creek, S. A. [picture] / Jon Rhodes
- Bib ID:
- 54968
- 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 27.5 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.
- Inscription on the plaque reads: "King's tree - This blaze was cut on a tree which grew near this spot to mark the general location at which John King, a member of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition was found living with Aborigines in 1861. The blaze was cut in about 1947, for many years, it was the only marker to this historic site. The tree was damaged in a wind storm in 1987 and the damaged section has been repaired and returned to the site by the State Heritage Branch Department of Environment and Planning with the assistance of Santos Ltd."
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-146659308
- Subject:
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- King, John, 1838-1872 -- Monuments -- Photographs
- Burke and Wills Expedition (1860-1861) -- Monuments -- Photographs
- Historic trees -- South Australia -- Photographs
- Historic sites -- South Australia -- Photographs
- Explorers -- Monuments -- 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- Unpublished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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