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Marble Bar (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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'Marble Bar' in Coongan River, Pilbara Marble Bar Area, 1896

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/49
Scope and Contents

151 x 108 mm. A view showing an outcrop of veined (?) jasper in the Coongan River. See also plate 27. Photograph by S.J.Becher. Negative No. 123.

Dates: 1896
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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View of Jasper Bar in the Coongan River, Pilbara Marble area, 1905 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/27
Scope and Contents

152 x 108 mm. A view looking along the Coongan River with a spur of white jasper jutting out into the river in the foreground. It is the presence of this mineral which gives the Marble Bar area its name. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 541.

Dates: 1905 - 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).