Names
Frank Hurley Photograph Collection
IDs
AM0013
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Descriptions
1125 glass plate negatives and lantern slides of expeditions to Torres Strait and Papua New Guinea by one of Australia's most famous photographers in 1922-1923, accompanied by Australian Museum Scientist Allan McCulloch. Subjects include people, dwellings, artefacts, landscapes and mission stations. Archives also holds McCulloch's Torres Strait diary of the 1921 expedition (AMS129) and extracts from Hurleys diaries (AMS418)
By appointment Australian Museum - Photographic archives
Subjects
1923; Field work; Melanesian Culture; Photography
Allan McCulloch; Frank Hurley
Diaries; Glass plates negatives; Photographs
Coverage Spatial
Papua New Guinea; Torres Strait, Australia
Coverage Temporal
1922
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Dates
2012-05-30 23:41
2011-03-08 15:58