IDNO

P.12208.ACH2

Description

On catalogue: “103 - The long man is the doctor at Watson’s Bay, who is 6ft. 9in. in height, and the other man is a man named Flood who was bound for the Gilbert Islands.” [typed text]

Portrait of two European men wearing full suits and a hat. They are standing in a street with buildings on both sides. [WV 29/5/2009]

The man on the left is probably Dr Charles William Reid, the Health Officer for the port of Watsons Bay from 1903 - 1927. [JD 1/6/2016]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Kiribati; New South Wales; Sydney district; Watsons Bay [Gilbert Islands]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Dr Charles William Reid

Photographer

?Voy W. (Capt.)

Collector / Expedition

James, Henry Evan Murchison (Sir)

Date

?December 1906

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The number beneath the image matches the description provided in the catalogue pinned to the album.

Expedition / Collector: This album was previously accredited to Alfred Haddon, probably due to Terry Hoare's listing in the 1970s, but research has subsequently shown that the album was complied by Sir Henry Evan Murchison James, retired Indian Civil Service during two of his world cruises, Pacific in 1906 and South America in 1912. The date and method that it was acquired by the Museum is not known. The Collector Field has been amended accordingly. [JD 1/22/2016]

P.45956 to P.45971 were found in C162/ with Haddon’s album.

P.12057. and P.12208. on same page in album.

Named Person: Dr Reid (b. c.1870 - 1927) has been identified from a photograph in the online publication 'Q Station: From Quarantine to Q Station' by Jennifer Cornwall and Simon McArthur, 2008. Dr Charles William was the Health Officer from 1903, until circa 1906 when immigration health system was nationialised. In 1913, Reid's position was as 'Federal Chief Quarantine Officer'. [Source: http://clcreations.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Q-station-book-LR.pdf, JD 1/6/2016]

Expedition / Collector: This album was previously accredited to Alfred Haddon, probably due to Terry Hoare's listing in the 1970s, but research has subsequently soon that the album was complied by Sir Henry Evan Murchison James, retired Indian Civil Service during two of his world cruises, Pacific in 1906 and South America in 1912. The date and method that it was acquired by the Museum is not known. The Collector Field has been amended accordingly. [JD 1/22/2016]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Aboriginal Visual Histories Project, Monash University. [Wonu Veys 29/5/2009]