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Glass plate negative - Blue waterlilies (Nymphaea nouchali) in billabong, Barker Gorge, Western Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1916

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Public Domain
Public Domain
Type
Glass plate negatives
Date
1916
Place
Australia
Materials
Glass, Photographic emulsion
Collection
Dr Herbert Basedow collection
Accession number
1985.0060.1418

Description

Black and white glass plate negative. Caption: Blue waterlily (Nymphaea stellata) in billabong, Barker River gorge, northern W.A.

Reproduced by Basedow in 'Narrative of an Expedition of Exploration in North-Western Australia', "Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch", vol. III/1, 1918, plate X/2. Caption reads: 'BLUE WATER LILY (Nymphaea stellata) BILLABONG, BARKER RIVER GORGE, APRIL 13th.'

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 5:53:23 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2026-09-30. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.