IDNO

LS.109236.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Torres Sts.
Treacherous Bay, Erub (or Darnley Is.)." [manuscript in ink]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Erub; Treacherous Bay [Darnley Island; Errooe]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

?1845

Collection Name

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Date: The drawing possibly relates to the shipwrecking of the Charles Eaton in Erub Bay in 1845. [JD 6/20/2016]

Publication: Image published in 'Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwood in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the years 1842-1846', and captioned: "Treacherous Bay Errooe." [JD 04/10/2018]