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Names

Name PrimaryAnthony Gladstone Bolam (AA 640)

IDs

ID LocalAA 640

ID Urihttp://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/archives/collections

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionThe Bolam collection in the South Australian Museum Archives comprises photographs that Anthony Bolam took at Ooldea between 1920 to 1925.

Full DescriptionBorn in 1893, Anthony Bolam was the Station Master at Ooldea Siding on the Trans-Australian Railway from 1920 to 1925. Bolam was a keen photographer, and took many photographs of the Australian Aboriginal people, some of which were included in his book 'The Trans-Australian Wonderland'. He died in 1966. This collection consists of photographs taken by Bolam at Ooldea while he was Station-master at Ooldea Siding. The photographs include some of the Aboriginal people who gathered at Ooldea Siding, some of Ooldea Siding and the transcontinental trains and others of the flora, fauna and geology of the Nullarbor Plain. Some of the photographs of Aboriginal people have detailed captions by Bolam providing personal details (eg totem and place of origin) of the individuals shown. The collection also includes seven small cardboard cards with hand-written captions by Bolam. These cards, according to Bolam's grand-nephew, were prepared for a display of Bolam's photographs at a local Victorian school. The photographs to which the captions relate evidently show Aboriginal weapons and ceremonial objects. These photographs are not in the South Australian Museum collection.

RightsThe Museum Board of South Australia

AccessFor all South Australian Museum Archive and Australian Aboriginal Family History requests please contact the Archives Collection Manager or Aboriginal Family History Officer by post, fax or email with relevant research and contact details. Once your request has been received, you will be contacted to discuss the procedures required to process your application and make arrangements to view the collection items. Access to the South Australian Museum Archives and Reading Room must be organised a minimum of two weeks in advance, as access is by appointment only.

Subjects

scotAboriginal peoples; Photography; Railway lines

aptAboriginal peoples (Australians); Photographers; Photography; Railway sidings

person_orgAnthony Bolam

localNullarbor fauna; Nullarbor flora; Nullarbor geology; Ooldea Siding; Transcontinental trains

pontPhotographs

Coverage Spatial

TextOoldea, South Australia; Nullarbor, South Australia; Ooldea Siding, South Australia

Coverage Temporal

From1918

To1995

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Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:41

Date Created in MME2011-03-18 18:13