Photographic negatives of Brisbane, 1954 Rockhampton floods, the migrant ship Fairsea and other subjects

Collection

Accession number
31991
Date
[1938?-1955?]
Scope and content

Collection comprises seven rolls of colour and black and white photographic negatives as well as miscellaneous singular black and white negatives. Roll 1 shows passengers aboard the migrant ship Fairsea travelling from Italy to Australia (black and white); Roll 2 to Roll 4 show centenary celebrations at Nundah, 1938 (Dufaycolor colour); Roll 5 shows scenes of the 1954 Rockhampton floods (black and white); Roll 6 shows street scenes in the centre of Brisbane (Dufaycolor colour); Roll 7 shows views over and around Brisbane (Dufaycolor colour). The singular negatives include views of Brisbane from Mt Coot-Tha; Aboriginal people at unidentified locations including an a group gathered around an Inland Mission vehicle; Melanesian people at unidentified locations, probably Papua New Guinea; photographs taken in Africa and Asia; and miscellaneous images.

Description
approximatly 250 photographic negatives :
Additional format
Digital copies available for selected items
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
Notes
Negatives arranged in stirps, some with 3, 4, or 5 images per strip; some are single images, and others are in much longer strips.
Preferred citation
31991, Photographic negatives of Brisbane, 1954 Rockhampton floods, the migrant ship Fairsea and other subjects, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland