Series 18 - Geological Photographs 1926-1985


Date Range1926 - 1985
ProvenanceEdwin Sherbon Hills
Description

Photographs taken by ESH throughout Australia, particularly in Victoria, organized by region and negative number. Victorian regions include: South Central; Eastern Highlands; Coastline; Port Phillip and Westernport District; Western Highlands; Otways and Western District Plains; Western Victoria; Murray Basin Plains; Gippsland. Some are mounted in loose-leaf albums together with sketches and notes, others are in bound albums. Most are numbered according to the H/P negative index. Includes some overseas photographs.


Inventory Listing

18-1 South-Central Victoria

Loose-leaf album of black and white photographs showing features of interest in south-central Victoria. Most photographs are labelled with negative numbers from ESH's H/P catalogue (see 19/1 for index, 19/22 for negatives) and many have descriptive captions. Also includes: RAAF aerial photograph of Parwan Valley; F.A. Singleton photograph of a cutting in Glen Waverley; handwritten notes from relevant references. Specific locations and subjects include: Gisborne district; Yering Gorge; Yarra River; Kororoit Creek; Maribyrnong River; Werribee Gorge; Highett; Hanging Rock; Pyrete Twins; Studley Park; Hallam; Parwan Valley.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (late 1920s - 1940s?)    Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-1 Box Number 43 Series 18
18-2 Eastern Highlands

Loose-leaf album of black and white photographs showing features of interest in the Eastern Highlands. Many photographs are labelled with negative numbers from ESH's H/P catalogue (see 19/1 for index, 19/22 for negatives) and most have descriptive captions. Also includes: H. Grayson photographs of Cathedral Range and district; handwritten notes and sketches from relevant references. Specific locations and subjects include: Cathedral Range; Taggerty district; Marysville district; Cora Lynn Falls; Beechworth; views of Victorian Alps; Butcher's Creek; Mansfield district; Mt Timbertop; Briagolong; Tambo River; Tongio Gap; Benambra district; Buchan district; Goulburn River; Warburton; Acheron River; Cudgewa; Bright.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (late 1920s - 1940s?)    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-2 Box Number 43 Series 18
18-3 Victorian coastline

Loose-leaf album of black and white photographs showing features of the Victorian coastline, other than that of Port Phillip and Westernport Bays. Most are labelled with negative numbers from ESH's H/P catalogue (see 19/1 for index, 19/22 for negatives) and many have descriptive captions, some with explanatory notes and sketches. Also includes: handwritten notes and sketches on shore platforms and fretting at Cape Patterson and Inverloch; separate package of photographs labelled 'Anglesea Cliffs', including an aerial photograph of Lorne; G. Baker photograph of Port Campbell; postcard of Mallacoota; separate package of photographs labelled 'Prints of Vic R'ways Negs/ Cape Woolamai and Phillip Is (basalt)', individual photographs are labelled with number from Victorian Railways negative collection at the Latrobe Library. Specific locations and subjects include: shore platforms; Point Lonsdale; Phillip Island; Lorne; Apollo Bay; Port Campbell.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1930s - 1940s?)    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-3 Box Number 43 Series 18
18-4 Port Phillip and Westernport District

Loose-leaf album of black and white photographs showing features of the coastlines of Port Phillip and Westernport Bays. Most photographs are labelled with negative numbers from ESH's H/P catalogue (see 19/1 for index, 19/22 for negatives) and many have detailed descriptions, some with further explanatory notes and sketches. Also includes: envelope labelled 'Port Phillip & Western Port' containing photographs from the Age and aerial photographs of Point Lonsdale and Port Phillip Heads; envelope labelled H/P 94 containing prints and enlargements of dune limestone near Portsea; measurements of elevations of Altona ridges and swamp, February 1938; notes and sketches from some relevant references. Specific locations and subjects include: Cape Woolamai; Phillip Island; mud flats; Tooradin; Williamstown and Altona areas; Portarlington; Barwon Heads; Kananook Creek; Fisherman's Bay; Rickett's Point; Frankston; Dromana; Boneo Swamp; Portsea; Cape Shanck; Stony Point; Mount Martha; Rye.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1930s - 1940s?)    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-4 Box Number 43 Series 18
18-5 Western Highlands

Loose-leaf album of black and white photographs showing features of interest in the Western Highlands, including the Grampians. Most photographs are labelled with negative numbers from ESH's H/P catalogue (see 19/1 for index, 19/22 for negatives) and some with descriptive captions. Also includes: F.A. Singleton photographs in Casterton area, particularly panoramas from Lar-ne-guerin, some infra-red; notes and sketches from some relevant references, including ESH's own suggestions; labelled postcard photographs of Grampians. Specific locations and subjects include: The Hummocks; Casterton area; Coleraine area; Grampians; Halls Gap.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1930s - 1940s?)    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-5 Box Number 43 Series 18
18-6 Otways and Western District Plains

Loose-leaf album containing a small number of black and white photographs of the Otways in the Lorne area. All are labelled with negative numbers from ESH's H/P catalogue (see 19/1 for index, 19/22 for negatives). Also includes: substantial notes and sketches from relevant references; F.A. Singleton photographs, panorama of Glenelg River cliffs at Bagallah.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1930s - 1940s?)
Inventory Identifier 18-6 Box Number 43 Series 18
18-7 Western Victoria, Newer Volcanics

Loose-leaf album of black and white photographs showing features related to the newer volcanics of Western Victoria, particularly the Keilor and Werribee plains. Most are labelled with negative numbers from ESH's H/P catalogue (see 19/1 for index, 19/22 for negatives) and many have descriptive captions. Also includes: notes relating to Pitfield Plains; notes and sketches from relevant references. Specific locations and subjects include: Fitzroy River; Lake Bullenmerri; Kirkstall area; Lake Burrumbeet; Wallacedale; volcanic features such as lava blisters and tongues, pillow lava, scoria cones, craters; Mt Napier; Mt Eccles; Lake Corangamite; McGarvies Springs; Melton Reservoir; Staughtons Bridge; Werribee River; Toolern Creek.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1930s - 1940s?)    Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-7 Box Number 43 Series 18
18-8 Murray Basin Plains

Loose-leaf album of black and white photographs showing features of interest along the Murray River Basin. Most are labelled with negative numbers from ESH's H/P catalogue (see 19/1 for index, 19/22 for negatives) and many have descriptive captions, some with further explanatory notes and sketches, particularly in the section on 'Lakes'. Also includes detailed notes and diagrams from a number of relevant references. Specific locations and subjects include: Mildura; Travertine 'mining'; lunettes; Lake Tyrell; Lake Albacutya; Lake Hindmarsh; Mitre Lake; Lake Coorong; Hattah Lakes; Lake Boga; Lake Cooper; sand ridges; soil erosion; Murray River; Bald Rock; Pyramid Hill; Mount Scobie; Moanna gravel pits; Mount Arapiles; Little Desert; Big Desert; Mount Zero.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1930s - 1940s?)    Quantity 1.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-8 Box Number 43 Series 18
18-9 Gippsland - photographs and notes

Loose-leaf album of black and white photographs showing features of interest in Gippsland. Most photographs are labelled with negative numbers from ESH's H/P catalogue (see 19/1 for index, 19/22 for negatives) and many have descriptive captions, some with further explanatory notes and sketches. Also includes: notes from relevant references; some loose copies of photographs. Specific locations and subjects include: Avon River; Yarragon Scarp; Warragul area; Yallourn; Open Cut Mine; panorama from Mount Lyall; torrent gravels; Tambo River; Brodribb River; Snowy River flats; Toora; Lakes Entrance; Kalimna; Marlo; Lake Tyers; Gippsland Lakes; Gelliondale Scarp; oil shafts particularly 'the Gusher' at Lakes Entrance; C.J. Demaine; Waratah Bay; shore platforms; Mushroom Rock; Bell Point; Bird Rock; Sandy Point; Walkerville.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1930s - 1950s?)    Quantity 1.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-9 Box Number 43 Series 18
18-10 Victoria - Sorrento, Nos 579 - 625

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (most approximately 105 x 105mm) taken along the coastline near Sorrento in Victoria. Photographs are numbered from H/P 579 to H/P 625, and most are labelled in pencil on the back. Also includes two loose copies of photographs. Specific locations and subjects include: shore platforms and ledges; wave notches; potholes; Portsea; St Pauls Rocks; Sphinx Rock.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (late 1940s - 1950s?)    Quantity 3.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-10 Box Number 44 Series 18
18-11 Victoria - Sorrento, Nos 626 - 668

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (most approximately 105 x 105mm) taken along the Victorian coastline, particularly near Sorrento. Photographs are numbered from H/P 626 to H/P 668, and most are labelled in pencil on the back. Also includes: some multiple copies of photographs; photographs by D.E. Thomas of dune limestone near Warrnambool. Specific locations and subjects include: Sorrento Back Beach; shore platforms; Koonya Beach; potholes; wave notches; Bridgewater Bay; Rye backbeach; dune structure; petrified forest.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (late 1940s - 1950s?)    Quantity 3.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-11 Box Number 44 Series 18
18-12 Victoria - Sorrento, Nos 842 - 852

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing a small number of black and white photographs (all approximately 100 x 100mm) taken near Sorrento. Photographs are numbered from H/P 842 to H/P 852, but are otherwise unlabelled. Subjects include various coastal features.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (late 1940s - 1950s)    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-12 Box Number 44 Series 18
18-13 Victoria, nos 792 - 826, 853 - 864

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (most approximately 105 x 105mm) mostly taken along the Victorian coastline, particularly in the Flinders district. Photographs are numbered from H/P 792 to H/P 826 and from H/P 853 to H/P 864. Many of first series are labelled on back in pencil; second series have captions written on album pages. Specific locations and subjects include: West Head; shore platforms; wave ramps; wave notches; Cape Schanck; Pykes Creek Reservoir; Sailors Falls, Daylesford; Trentham Falls; Lorne; Point Castries; other geological features.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (late 1940s - 1950s?)    Quantity 3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-13 Box Number 44 Series 18
18-14 Victoria, Nos 865 - 911

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (most approximately 100 x 100mm) taken along the Victorian coastline. Photographs are numbered from H/P 865 to H/P 911, some have captions written on album pages. Specific locations and subjects include: Aireys Inlet; shore platforms; ripples; Anglesea; Point Roadknight; Lorne; Andersons Inlet; Yallourn Open Cut coal mine; CDH on cliff-top near Flinders.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (late 1940s - 1950s?)    Quantity 3.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-14 Box Number 45 Series 18
18-15 Victoria, Nos 912 - 915, 1002 - 1008

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing small number of black and white photographs (most approximately 105 x 105mm) taken in Victoria. Photographs are numbered from H/P 912 to H/P 915 and from H/P 1002 to H/P 1008, but are otherwise unlabelled. Locations and subjects include: Flinders district; coastal features; Heathcote and Dookie area; quarries and cuttings.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (late 1940s - 1950s?)    Quantity 2.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-15 Box Number 45 Series 18
18-16 Victoria, nos 1031 - 1082

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs taken along the Victorian coastline. Photographs are numbered from H/P 1035 to H/P 1044 (all approximately 65 x 65mm) and from H/P 1045 to H/P 1082 (all approximately 120 X 120mm). The smaller photographs are labelled on the back in pen, the locations of the rest are given by a short numbered index. Locations and subjects include: wave ramps; shore platforms; fretting boulders; Point Roadknight; Point Castries; Sheoak River area; Tea Tree Creek area; Cinema Point; east of Point Castries; Phillip Island.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1950s?)    Quantity 3.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-16 Box Number 45 Series 18
18-17 Victoria, Nos 1083 - 2028

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (most approximately 125 x 125mm) taken along the Victorian coastline. Photographs are numbered from H/P 1083 to H/P 2028 (as a result of a numbering error, nos 1100 to 1999 do not exist). A short numbered index in the front gives the general locations. Also includes some extra copies. Specific locations and subjects include: coastal features; fretting boulders; San Remo; Kilcunda; Cape Paterson; Sentinel Rock, Inverloch.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1950s?)    Quantity 3.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-17 Box Number 45 Series 18
18-18 Victoria, Nos 2029 - 2071

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (most approximately 125 x 125mm) taken along the Victorian coastline. Photographs are numbered from H/P 2029 to H/P 2071, but are otherwise unlabelled. A short numbered index in the front gives most general locations, some photographs of rocks are labelled separately. Specific locations and subjects include: coastal features; fretting boulders; Inverloch; Cape Liptrap; Waratah Bay; Point Nepean; Sorrento; Portsea; Point Castries.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1950s?)    Quantity 3.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-18 Box Number 46 Series 18
18-19 Otway Ranges

Colour and black and white photographs, together with negatives and slides, taken at road cuttings and elsewhere in the Otway Ranges. Photographs are unlabelled, but note on processing envelope indicates that subjects include: cone-in-cone; gravels; sacs.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1985, slides, otherwise undated    Quantity 3.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-19 Box Number 46 Series 18
18-20 Panoramas

Seven wide-angle black and white photographs of various rural landscapes, presumably in Victoria. All are unlabelled. Printed from negatives in 19/14.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-20 Box Number 46 Series 18
18-21 Engineering Geology, Warragamba Dam Site

Loose-leaf album of black and white photographs showing aspects of the development of the Warragamba Dam Site for Sydney's water supply. Photographs are numbered from EO 7 to EO 23, and have brief descriptive captions. Subjects include: aspects of construction: geological foundations and samples.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1940s?)    Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-21 Box Number 46 Series 18
18-22 New South Wales, Nos 509 - 519, 740 - 775

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (all approximately 105 x 105mm) taken in New South Wales, particularly the New England and Broken Hill districts. Photographs are numbered from H/P 509 to H/P 519 and from H/P 740 to H/P 775. Most are labelled on back in pencil. Specific locations and subjects include: dykes; Tea Tree Creek; granite tors; Armidale area; Bakers Creek Falls; Hillgrove; New England Plateau; landslides; Dunstans Quarry; open cut mining; Broken Hill; Thackaringa; D. Garretty; Haddon King; Q.J. Henderson; Torrowangee; Zinc Corporation Mine; Tim O'Driscoll; aerial photographs of Broken Hill and district, including the 'Great Unconformity'.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1940s - 1950s?)    Quantity 3.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-22 Box Number 46 Series 18
18-23 New South Wales, Nos 776 - 784, 787 - 791, 916 - 949

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (all approximately 105 x 105mm) taken in New South Wales. Photographs are numbered from H/P 776 to H/P 784, from H/P 787 to H/P 791 and from H/P 916 to H/P 949. Some are labelled on back. Subjects and locations include: aerial photographs of White Cliffs opal field and the Koonenberry Ranges; quarries; Broken Hill; Austinmer; shore platforms; coastal cliffs; Colidale; Wambarra Siding; Cronulla.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1940s - 1950s?)    Quantity 3.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-23 Box Number 47 Series 18
18-24 New South Wales, Nos 950 - 965

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (all approximately 105 x 105mm) taken in New South Wales. Photographs are numbered from H/P 950 to H/P 965, but are otherwise unlabelled. Subjects and locations include: Collaroy; coastal features; shore platforms; Long Reef; Katoomba; Blue Mountains; Jenolan Caves.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1940s - 1950s?)    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-24 Box Number 47 Series 18
18-25 South Australia, Nos 469 - 491

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (all approximately 155 x 105mm) taken in South Australia, taken on a field trip to the Flinders Ranges in August 1948. Photographs are numbered from H/P 469 to H/P 491, but are not in order and are otherwise unlabelled. Specific locations and subjects include: Mt Neil; Freeling Heights; Petermorra Creek; Mt Fitton woolshed; gibber plain; Daly Copper Mine; tillite; Yudnamutana; Arowie Station.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1948    Quantity 2.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-25 Box Number 47 Series 18
18-26 South Australia, Nos 492 - 507, 298 - 312

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (most approximately 155 x 105mm) taken in South Australia. Also contains notes on a field trip to the Flinders Ranges in August 1948, consisting of a list of locations, with some geological comments. Photographs are numbered from H/P 492 to H/P 507, but are not in order and are otherwise unlabelled. Also includes smaller photographs, some joined to form panoramas, numbered from H/P 298 to H/P 312. Specific locations and subjects include: Leigh Creek; coal mining operations; Blinman; Mt Painter camp; Arowie Station; Wirripowie Creek; copper mine, Blinman; Yudnamutanta Camp; Mount Gambier crater; Mount Shanck crater; Mount Shanck; volcanic features.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1948, Flinders Ranges, others undated    Quantity 2.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-26 Box Number 47 Series 18
18-27 Tasmania, Nos 539 - 578 and 314

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (most approximately 105 x 105mm) taken in Tasmania, presumably at the time of the 1949 ANZAAS Congress in Hobart. Photographs are numbered from H/P 539 to H/P 578, and most are labelled in pencil on the back. Also includes five unnumbered photographs taken by Teichert; one earlier and smaller photograph numbered H/P 314 taken by S.B. Dickinson. Specific locations and subjects include: Plenty; Montana-Western Mine; Zeehan; Bubbs Hill; groups (including CDH) at Zeehan and Lake Margaret; railway to Ida Bay; C.M. Tattam; Macquarie Plains; Ouse; Dunrobin Bridge; power station at Tarraleah; Mount Roland; Ulverstone; shore platforms; Table Cape; Mount Murchison; Rosebery; W.R. Browne.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date (1949?)    Quantity 3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-27 Box Number 48 Series 18
18-28 Western Australia, Nos 324 - 346

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (all approximately 155 x 105mm) taken in and en route to Western Australia at the time of the 1947 ANZAAS Congress in Perth. Photographs are numbered from H/P 324 to H/P 346, and are labelled on the back in pencil. Specific locations and subjects include: aerial photographs en route of the Murray River, Adelaide, Mount Lofty Ranges and Kalgoorlie; Australian National Airways aeroplane at Ceduna and Forrest airports; C.M. Tattam; Kalgoorlie and district; slum dumps; pillow lavas; Irene Crespin; Geraldton.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1947    Quantity 2.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-28 Box Number 48 Series 18
18-29 Western Australia, Nos 347 - 373

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (all approximately 155 x 105mm) taken in Western Australia at the time of the 1947 ANZAAS Congress in Perth. Photographs are numbered from H/P 347 to H/P 373, and are labelled on the back in pencil. Specific locations and subjects include: Dr Cookson and Mrs Kleeman; Irwin River and district; Professor Clarke; Poison Creek; Dougara Reef; Geraldton; road cuttings; Toodyay; Canning Dam.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1947    Quantity 2.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-29 Box Number 48 Series 18
18-30 Northern Territory, Nos 1 - 48

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (all approximately 210 x 135mm) taken in Northern Australia on ESH's wartime reconnaissance trip with the Army. Photographs are numbered from 1 to 48, but are otherwise unlabelled (see complete list in 1/60). Subjects and locations include: Emily Gap; Simpsons Gap; camp at Alice Springs; Major Chequer; Mount Gillen; Blatherskite Range; Mount Everard; Devil's Marbles; Adelaide River; Katherine; aerial photographs taken between Katherine, Victoria River Downs and Halls Creek.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1943    Quantity 2.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-30 Box Number 48 Series 18
18-31 Northern Territory, Nos 49 - 96

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (all approximately 210 x 135mm) taken in Northern Australia on ESH's wartime reconnaissance trip with the Army. Photographs are numbered from 49 to 96, but are otherwise unlabelled (see complete list in 1/60). Subjects and locations include: Mount Bradley; Sawpit Gorge; Flora Valley; Elvire River; Halls Creek township; aerial photographs taken between Halls Creek, Ord River and Wyndham, showing Albert Edward Range, Hardman Range, Osmond Range, Carr Boyd Ranges; Wyndham; Forrest River; the Lady Yetive; Forrest River Mission; Cockburn Ranges.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1943    Quantity 2.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-31 Box Number 49 Series 18
18-32 Northern Territory, Nos 97 - 144

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (all approximately 210 x 135mm) taken in Northern Australia on ESH's wartime reconnaissance trip with the Army. Photographs are numbered from 97 to 144, but are otherwise unlabelled (see complete list in 1/60). Subjects and locations include: aerial photographs taken between Wyndham and Drysdale River, showing Cockburn Ranges and Cambridge Gulf; 'Joey and Puss'; Wyndham; aerial photographs taken between Wyndham, Noonkambah and Broome, showing St George Range, Fitzroy River in flood, Grant Range; Officers' Mess; Broome; Noonkambah; aerial photographs taken between Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek, showing Margaret Gorge and Mount Barrett; Maude Creek.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1943    Quantity 2.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-32 Box Number 49 Series 18
18-33 Northern Territory, Nos 145 - 192

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (all approximately 210 x 135mm) taken in Northern Australia on ESH's wartime reconnaissance trip with the Army. Photographs are numbered from 145 to 192, but are otherwise unlabelled (see complete list in 1/60). Subjects and locations include: Katherine River; Katherine Gorge; ESH and others on horseback returning to Maude Creek; North Australia Observer Unit camp buildings; Dunmara antbeds; Dunmara bore; Ashburton Range; Barkly Tableland; Rankine Downs; Brunette Downs; Kilgour Gorge; Anthony Lagoon.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1943    Quantity 2.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-33 Box Number 49 Series 18
18-34 Northern Territory, Nos 193 - 240

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (all approximately 210 x 135mm) taken in Northern Australia on ESH's wartime reconnaissance trip with the Army. Photographs are numbered from 193 to 240, but are otherwise unlabelled (see complete list in 1/60). Subjects and locations include: MacArthur River; Borroloola; Vanderlin Island; Cape Vanderlin; Red Bluff; North Island; Roper River.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1943    Quantity 2.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-34 Box Number 49 Series 18
18-35 Northern Territory, Nos 241 - 277

Photograph album, labelled on spine, containing black and white photographs (most approximately 210 x 135mm) taken in Northern Australia on ESH's wartime reconnaissance trip with the Army. Photographs are numbered 241 to 277, but are otherwise unlabelled (see complete list in 1/60). Also includes small photographs of different format, numbered 827 to 838. Subjects and locations include: Roper River; Tennant Creek; aerial photographs taken between Katherine, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, showing Helen Springs, Murchison Range, Devils Marbles, Hann Range; aerial photographs taken between Oodnadatta and Adelaide, showing Peake Creek.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1943    Quantity 2.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-35 Box Number 50 Series 18
18-36 Overseas

Photograph album, labelled on spine and cover, containing a small number of black and white photographs and photo-postcards of varying sizes. Some photographs have captions. One panorama is inscribed on back 'Laminated Miocene limestone, Nth Greymouth NZ, Professor Summers with best wishes from P. Marshall'. Other subjects in New Zealand include: Hope River Terrace; Buller Gorge. Photo-postcards show European Alps, one was sent by Fritz Loewe to the Koster family in 1926.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1926, postcard, otherwise undated    Quantity 2.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 18-36 Box Number 50 Series 18

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