The Oxley-Lachlan Arborglyph [carved trees] - Oxley Trees

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Type: Albums
Date: 1954
Place: Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; New South Wales, Australia
Materials: Cardboard, Paper, Photographic emulsion
Collection: Paul France collection no. 3
Accession number: 1992.0098.0001

Description

Fifty-eight page album with a maroon spine and corners. It is titled on the paper label stuck to the front cover 'The Oxley-Lachlan Arborglyph [carved trees] / Oxley Trees' . "Oxley-Lachlan Arborglyph" is also written on the spine. It contains 39 newscuttings ranging from 1913-1954; 14 original photographs; An extract [pp.375-394] from The Lone Hand, 2 Septermber 1912, titled 'On The Trail of the Explorers'; Letter from E Milne, District Supervisor, to R Etheridge, Curator at the Australian Museum, dated 7 August 1913, proposing a visit to the site of the Dendroglyphs and suggesting that Etheridge accompany him; Letter from W A Holman, Premier of New South Wales, regarding the discovery and re-discovery of the Oxley Arborglyph, c.1913; A small card with R Etheridge's manuscript description of the arborglyph; a certificate of acknowledgement and thanks from the Australian Museum to the compiler for the donation of nine photographs of "...carved trees which have been destroyed by fire and by settlers in the Bogan River district".; A copy of a letter, dated 7 June 1939, from the Land Board Office in Hay regarding the supply of a listing of Aboriginal relics and their locations in that district; and a few other minor related items.

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