Lot #948 - THURSDAY ISLAND & FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND: Large format album
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Auction House:Leski Auctions
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Sale Name:Australian & Historical
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Sale Date:28 Nov 2020 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 617
29 Nov 2020 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 2: Lots 618 - 1216 -
Lot #:948
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Lot Description:THURSDAY ISLAND & FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND: Large format album
with red leather spine and corners, gilt titles “THURSDAY ISLAND”, circa 1985; with approximately 40 albumen print photographs affixed back-to-back to the thick card pages; several titled in the plate, others titled in mss below. Accompanied by a list, which includes several extra images inserted loosely at the rear of the album. Various formats and sizes up to 26 x 36cm. -
Notes:Views include Brown, Campbell & Co trading company, Thursday Island; Burns Philp offices and P.J. Doyle, wine & spirit merchant, Thursday Island; Aborigines on the banks of the Mulgrave River; View of Thursday Island township; Pyramid Mountain, Gordonvale, with aborigines in foreground; Barron Gorge; Friday Island Quarantine Station & Leper Station; Goode Island Station, etc.
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Estimate:A$2,000 - 2,500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Memorabilia
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