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Photographic albums of the plague in The Rocks, Sydney, 1900 / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie ; [photographed by John Degotardi Jr.]
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94RxORj1
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Photographic albums of the plague in The Rocks, Sydney, 1900 / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie ; [photographed by John Degotardi Jr.]
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Photographic albums of the plague in The Rocks, Sydney, 1900 / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie ; [photographed by John Degotardi Jr.]
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Author / Creator
Date
1900
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
— Physical Description
Contents
6 albums (379 photoprints)
— Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
This collection comprises 6 record series. You may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record and browse the digital images
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— ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Full title
Photographic albums of the plague in The Rocks, Sydney, 1900 / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie ; [photographed by John Degotardi Jr.]
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
— NOTES
General note
This collection is also known as The Plague Albums.
The 6 volumes were previously located at the manuscripts location ML *D 90 - *D 95. They were copied onto preservation microfilm in Feb. 1990, while at that location.
The 6 volumes were transferred from manuscripts to the pictures location PXE 90 - PXE 95, in July 2001.
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Source
Presented 1956 or 1962
Administrative / Biographical history
When bubonic plague struck Sydney in 1900, George McCredie was appointed by the Government to take charge of all quarantine activities in the Sydney area, beginning work on March 23, 1900. At the time of his appointment, McCredie was an architect and consulting engineer with offices in the Mutual Life of New York Building in Martin Place. McCredie'...
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Record Identifier
94RxORj1
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Reference code
413649
