Territory Stories

The Camp, Port Darwin

Details:

Title

The Camp, Port Darwin,

Photographer

Sweet, Samuel White, 1825-1886,

Photo number

PH1049/0002,

Collection

Samuel White Sweet Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1872,

Location

Darwin,

Description

In the mid-ground is the camp consisting of various conical tents, corrugated iron sheds and a large timber building. At left near the water's edge is what appears to be a wooden slipway. About 7 men can be seen around the camp. Printed in the photograph at lower left is "22" and near the centre is Sweet's trademark anchor sign. In the background is Port Darwin at left and a headland at right. In pencil MS on verso "Entrance to Port Darwin / 1 Entrance to Port Darwin Harbour / The Camp 1872." Albumen paper photograph.,

Language

English,

Subject

Land Settlement, Northern Territory,

Digital format

3784 x 5000 pixels : 48bpp ; 110.85Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : sepia ; 15.8 x 21.0 cm.,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/262235,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/262235

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/483261, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/483259,