Sub-item 39 - Tasmanian Aboriginal profile

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Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC W9-Ph-LS-39

Title

Tasmanian Aboriginal profile

Date(s)

  • n.d. (Creation)

Level of description

Sub-item

Extent and medium

1 lantern slide - Standard format (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch square)

Context area

Name of creator

(1859-1930)

Biographical history

John Watt Beattie (1859-1930), photographer and antiquarian, was born on 15 August 1859 at Aberdeen, Scotland, son of John Beattie, master house-painter and photographer, and his wife Esther Imlay, née Gillivray. After a grammar-school education he ... »

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Lantern slide of Tasmanian aboriginal profile. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.

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