• Title
  [John Bailey collection of photographs showing Bob Buck leading the expedition to recover Lasseter's body in Central Australia]
• Creator
  John (Jack) Bailey, 1871-1947
• Call number
  PXA 631
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1930
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  70590
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 7.5. x 10 cm.-10.5 x 31 cm. - 34 silver gelatin photoprints
  
• Scope and Content
  1-6. Ayers Rock
  7-8. Bob Buck and camel with Ayers Rock in the background
  9-10. Camel team on track towards Ayers Rock
  11. This is the camel that Bob Buck rode in search of Lasseter's body in 2nd Expedition
  12. Camel team in track for Lasseter's body lead by R. Buck
  13. Camel team approaching Ayers Rock in search for Lasseter's body
  14. This tree marked and inscribed by Buck discovered by Second Gold Expedition Company
  15. Members of 2nd Expedition including Mr Blatchford? amd Mr Talbot of the West Australian Mines Dept.
  16. Bob Buck leader of the expedition to recover Lasseter's body
  17. Bob Buck, the man who found Lasseter's body
  18. Lasseter's grave, Central Australia
  19-24. Camel team, 2nd Expedition, Ayers Rock
  25. Section of Mount Olga, Central Australia
  26-27. Blacks encountered by members of Central Gold Exploration Co.
  28-30. Types of natives encountered by expedition
  31. A type of native girl, she sees herself for the first time in a mirror ...
  32-33. Member of the Central Gold Exploration Company examining reptiles (Bob Buck)
  34. Central Australian Gold Exploration Company Limited, thoroughly investigated this area for minerals of value which were found to be nil, Mount Olga
• General note
  
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this collection contains images of deceased persons. Some captions on photographs may reflect the author's/creator's attitude or that of the period in which they were written but are now considered inappropriate in today's context.
  The Library also holds: A collection of negatives taken by John Bailey and Francis Birtles on an expedition through Central Australia and Cape York. Location number: ON 61 and NCY 3/1-380 Mitchell Library
  
  Mr. Ernest Brandon-Cremer was the official photographer for the expedition -- The Sun, 10/12/1931& Sunday Guardian, August 1931
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823819
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Photoprints titled on reverse
• Name
  Buck, Bob
  Central Australian Gold Exploration Co.
  Central Australian Gold Expedition (1931)
  Lasseter, Harold Bell, 1880-1931
  
• Subject
  Yankunytjatjara people C4
  Pitjantjatjara people C6
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  children
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  camel teams
  camels
  cameras
  expeditions
  graves
  groups (people)
  mirrors
  portraits
  reptiles
  rock formations
  snakes
  
• Place
  Northern Territory
  Uluru / Ayers Rock (South Central NT SG52-08)
  Olga, Mount (N.T.)
  Uluru (N.T.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE946295

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