View of Port Darwin, 1890
Scope and Contents
205 x 139 mm. A view of the harbour and town looking down from Fort Hill. The picture shows ships at anchor, and warehouses and boat sheds on the shore, with Government House on the hill overlooking the bay at the left of the picture. A similar photograph, also by Foëlsche, but probably taken at an earlier date, appears in Alfred Searcy’s ‘In Australian Tropics’ (London 1907).
Dates
- Creation: 1890
Creator
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Language of Materials
English
Date information
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Originator(s)
Foelsche, Paul Heinrich Matthias, 1831-1914, Inspector of Police and photographer
Finding aid date
2012-08-09 14:33:10+00:00
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