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    Series 180: Australia from the air. Country towns, including coastal townships, rivers and remote regions

    Call numbers

    PXE 731/1618-1745

    Record identifier

    1kVd5WRn

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    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1kVd5WRn

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    Series 180: Australia from the air. Country towns, including coastal townships, rivers and remote regions

    Full title

    Series 180: Australia from the air. Country towns, including coastal townships, rivers and remote regions

    Date

    30 May 1937-27 October 1948

    Call Numbers

    PXE 731/1618-1745

    Record Identifier

    1kVd5WRn

    Formats

    Pictures and Photographs

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    265 photographic prints - 13 x 18 cm or smaller, mounted on loose foolscap leaves (up to 4 prints per leaf) - silver gelatin

    — Other Descriptions

    Level of description

    Series

    Arrangement

    Alphabetical by first title on each leaf. Multiple leaves of the same title are arranged chronologically where possible

    Access and use

    Copying Conditions

    Out of copyright

    Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

    Terms of use

    Ask a Librarian online or in the reading room.

    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    Batemans Bay (N.S.W.) Bega (N.S.W.) Bermagui (N.S.W.) Broadwater Broken Hill (N.S.W.) Casino (N.S.W.) Clarence River (N.S.W.) Cobar (N.S.W.) Coffs Harbour (N.S.W.) Coraki (N.S.W.) Ebor (N.S.W.) Eden (N.S.W.) Evans Head (N.S.W.) Grafton (N.S.W.) Illawarra, Lake (N.S.W.) Jamberoo (N.S.W.) Kiama (N.S.W.) Kosciuszko National Park (N.S.W.) Lismore (N.S.W.) Macksville (N.S.W.) Milton (N.S.W.) Montague Island (N.S.W.) Moruya (N.S.W.) Narooma (N.S.W.) Newcastle (N.S.W.) Nowra (N.S.W.) Nyngan (N.S.W.) Port Kembla (N.S.W.) Richmond River (N.S.W.) Singleton (N.S.W.) Snowy River (N.S.W.) Stanwell Park (N.S.W.) Tamworth (N.S.W.) Tathra (N.S.W.) Ulladulla (N.S.W.) Wollongong (N.S.W.) Woodburn (N.S.W.) Yulgilbar Castle (Clarence River, N.S.W.) aerial views castles gorges harbours islands mountains parks ports rivers towns

    More information

    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Contents

    Aerial views of country NSW towns, rivers, coasts and regions. Also includes Grafton Gorge at Evans Head, Yulgilbar Castle at Evans Head, Gabo Islands, Shell Harbour and Jerringong.

    — ALTERNATIVE TITLES

    Full title

    Series 180: Australia from the air. Country towns, including coastal townships, rivers and remote regions

    — NOTES

    Signature / Inscriptions

    'State: N.S.W.' stamped and handwritten under each photo.

    Alphanumeric designations

    All leaves numbered in top right corner but not consecutively. All photos are titled and contain a negative number. Most photos dated.

    Description source

    Titled from accompanying envelope.

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Administrative / Biographical history

    These are aerial oblique photographs taken using a specialised aerial camera, some of which aboard an Avro Anson VH-AGO (shown in PXE 731/1675) belonging to Adastra Airways. Following World War II, Adastra became the foremost aerial survey operator in Australia, mapping much of the nation's post-war development for State and Commonwealth Department...

    Identifiers

    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    PXE 731/1618-1745

    Record Identifier

    1kVd5WRn

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    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1kVd5WRn

    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    Reference code

    412446

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