Gordon Gibson Photograph Albums

Series 1: Albums (1940-1949?)

Series number
1
Series title
Albums
Date
1940-1949?
Author / Creator
Gibson, Gordon
Description
5 photograph albums

Items in this series:

Photograph Album 1 (1940-1949?)

Unit ID
27011/1
Item title
Photograph Album 1
Date
1940-1949?
Scope and content

Photograph album containing images taken by Gordon Gibson during the 1940s.

Most photographs depict images Papua New Guinea during or soon after World War Two.

These photographs show Australian army personnel, local people, scenery and buildings and include:

  • An army rest camp near Rona (Rouna) Falls
  • An army cinema, Hanabada Village, Port Moresby,
  • Flying to Milne Bay,
  • Milne Bay
  • A Japanese war cemetery.

There are also images of a back yard cinema on Thursday Island.

Author / Creator
Gibson, Gordon
Description
1 photograph album
Locate
OMOSBOX Box 15567 O/S
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright

Photograph Album 2 (1940-1949?)

Unit ID
27011/2
Item title
Photograph Album 2
Date
1940-1949?
Scope and content

Photograph album containing images taken by Gordon Gibson during the 1940s in Queensland and New South Wales.

Images include:

  • A stage production viewed from the projection box
  • Various animals
  • Roy Doyle working the projection room of the World Newsreel Theatrette in George Street, Sydney
  • Soldiers in uniform
  • Family snapshots
  • Road trips
  • Rural towns
  • Elephants passing Eaton's Picture Hall in Herberton
  • Views of Cooran from a train
  • Army personnel on a tropical beach
  • Portraits of stage dancers and performers
  • Atherton Tablelands
  • Stills from a cartoon 'The Walnut Woggs in "Sawdust"' (animation by Tom Roy, photography by Gordon Gibson).
Author / Creator
Gibson, Gordon
Description
1 photograph album
Locate
OMOSBOX Box 15567 O/S
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright

Photograph Album 3 (1940-1949?)

Unit ID
27011/3
Item title
Photograph Album 3
Date
1940-1949?
Scope and content

Photograph album containing images taken by Gordon Gibson during the 1940s, mostly in Sydney.

Images include:

  • Landscapes and scenery taken from a train
  • Views of Hawksbury River
  • Bridge construction
  • Buildings and monuments of Sydney and Melbourne including Taronga Park Zoo
Author / Creator
Gibson, Gordon
Description
1 photograph album
Locate
OMBOX Box 15567 O/S
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright

Photograph Album 4 (1940-1949?)

Unit ID
27011/4
Item title
Photograph Album 4
Date
1940-1949?
Scope and content

Photograph album containing images taken by Gordon Gibson during the 1940s in North Queensland.

Images include:

  • Barron Falls
  • Beatrice River
  • Heales Outlook
  • Atherton Tablelands
  • Cairns
  • Port Douglas
  • Cane trains around Gordonvale
  • Unidentified plane wreckage
Author / Creator
Gibson, Gordon
Description
1 photograph album
Locate
OMOSBOX Box 15567 O/S
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright

Photograph Album 5 (1940-1949?)

Unit ID
27011/5
Item title
Photograph Album 5
Date
1940-1949?
Scope and content

Photograph album containing images taken by Gordon Gibson during the 1940s in Queensland.

Images include:

  • Unidentified plane and car crashes
  • Large fire in a commercial district, possibly in Rockhampton
  • A street parade in Cairns
  • Paronella Park
  • Mt Garnet
  • Gold mining
  • A World War Two era soldier's camp on showgrounds in North Queensland
  • Palace Theatre
  • Buildings and streets of Innisfail
  • Gordonvale in flood
  • Tully; Barron Falls
  • Community events 
  • 'Phoenix' submarine at harbour
  • Tivoli Theatre (interior and exterior)
  • Club Hotel, Townsville
  • Buildings and streets of Cairns.
Author / Creator
Gibson, Gordon
Description
1 photograph album
Additional format
Digital copy available
Locate
OMOSBOX Box 15534 O/S
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright

Photograph album loose pages (1940-1949?)

Unit ID
27011/6
Item title
Photograph album loose pages
Date
1940-1949?
Scope and content

Five loose pages removed from an album containing photographs taken by Gordon Gibson during the 1940s in North Queensland.

Images include:

  • Laura
  • Graveyards and monuments
  • Buildings and streets of Cooktown including the Cooktown-Laura tram.
Author / Creator
Gibson, Gordon
Description
photographs
Locate
OMOSBOX Box 15567 O/S
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright
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(1 digital)

Series 2: Photographs (1940-1949)

Series number
2
Series title
Photographs
Date
1940-1949
Scope and content

Loose photographs taken by Gordon Gibson in Papua New Guinea 

Images include:

  • Army personnel
  • Local people including some with tribal tattoos and adornments.
Author / Creator
Gibson, Gordon
Description
photographs
Locate
OMOSBOX Box 15567 O/S
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright
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Series 3: Notebook (1940-1949?)

Series number
3
Series title
Notebook
Date
1940-1949?
Scope and content

Small notebook indexing photographs taken on trips.

Author / Creator
Gibson, Gordon
Description
1 notebook
Locate
OMOSBOX Box 15567 O/S
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright
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