• Title
  File 12: Walkabout magazine : Victorian photographs [Murray River irrigation and erosion, Hume Dam]
• Call number
  PXA 907/Box 38
  
• Level of description
  file
• Date
  
  1936-approximately 1950
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  412067
• Physical Description
  52 photographic prints - 20 x 25 cm or smaller
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  [The Hume Dam series was probably taken near the date of the official opening, 21 Nov 1936]
• Scope and Content
  Numbers in brackets = original Walkabout negative numbers
  
  IRRIGATION & EROSION, MURRAY RIVER
  
  1-2. Yarrawonga Weir and canal from top of Weir, 1947 / R.Bean (2178 2183)
  3. Original [steam] engine for pumping water from billabong, replaced by irrigation, Cobram, 1947 / R.Bean (2191)
  4. Irigation channel, Cobram, 1947 / R.Bean (2192)
  5-7. Dethbridge meter for installation and irrigation channels, 1947 / R.Bean (2206 2207 2213)
  8. [Aerial of] River Murray south of Euston, Sept 1946 / P.Payens (2264)
  9. [Aerial of] Hume Weir and citrus orchard, Sept 1946 / P.Payens (2267)
  10. [Aerial of] farming country west of Euston Weir, Sept 1946 / P.Payens (2268)
  11-13. Harvesting lucerne and fodder grasses, Newman property, Barmah Lakes, Murray River, Oct 1947 / R.Bean (2593 2595 2605)
  14. [Aerial view of unidentified agricultural land], n.d. / (3044)
  15. Irrigation channel, Mildura, 1947 / (3116)
  16. Irrigation channel, Rochester, 1947 / (3117)
  17. Dead gum inundated by Lake Victoria, NSW, n.d. / (3161)
  18. Torrumberry Weir and Lock, Apr 1946 / H.R. Nichols (3713)
  19. Mechanical shovels on canal work, Yarrawonga, n.d. / (2336 4724)
  20. [Spray irrigation], orange grove, Cobram, ca. 1950 / ANPA (4734)
  21-23. Inlet, Waranga Basin, Tatura, ca. 1950 / (4737, B.2373 4740 [published W Jan 1954], 4741)
  24. "The Cathedral" [erosion], Towong Hill Station, Corryong, ca. 1950 / (5295)
  25. Willows and pines planted to combat soil erosion, Towong Hill Station, 1947 / R.Bean (2145)
  26-27. Weir across the Murray, Mildura, n.d. / (6597 6598)
  28. River Murray at Mildura, n.d. / (6608)
  29. [Tea party], Maroondah Reservoir, near Healesville, [1940's] / (6954)
  30. Bridge, Tocumwal, [with lefting centre to allow paddle-steamers to pass], n.d. / R.H. Morrison
  31. Drowned cow or steer from 1956 floods left high above river level, Murray River, n.d. / R.H. Morrison
  32. Murray milepost, n.d. / R.H. Morrison
  33. Derelict Murray steamer, "Alexander Arbuthnot', near Barmah, n.d. / R.H. Morrison
  34. "Wanera" upstream from Mildura on a passenger cruise, n.d. / R.H. Morrison
  35. Paddle steamer showboat "Mayflower", n.d. / R.H. Morrison
  36. Paddle steamer "Gem", at the time of her conversion to a folk museum, Swan Hill, n.d. / [R.H. Morrison]
  37-38. [Dead gum trees in a rocky paddock], by the Hume Highway just after Keilor, n.d. / Mark Strizic
  39. River Murray flowing through Mallee country, n.d. / (2263)
  40. Weir across the River Murray, Mildura, n.d. / (6599)
  
  HUME DAM
  
  41. Needle valves [open], 1947 / R.Bean (2091)
  42. Hume Reservoir [measurements board], 1947 / R.Bean (2093)
  43. Meteorological Station and Hume Reservoir, background, 1947 / R.Bean (2094)
  44. Hume Reservoir from NSW side, 1947 / R.Bean (2095)
  45. Hume Dam, n.d. / (R.Bean (2096)
  46. Murray River below Hume Dam, showing cut made in construction, 1947 / R.Bean (2097)
  47-48. [Plaque], entrance to NSW side, Hume Dam, 1947 / R.Bean (2100 2101)
  49. [Ducks on NSW bank below the Hume Dam], 1947 / R.Bean (2105)
  50. [Vessels], Hume Dam, 1947 / R.Bean (2106)
  51. Road across Hume Dam, 1947 / R.Bean (2107)
  52. Hume Dam [waters] from the approach [road], 1947 / R.Bean (2108)
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Bean, R.
  Morrison, R. H.
  Payens, P. V.
  Strizic, Mark, 1928-
  
• Name
  Alexander Arbuthnot (paddle steamer)
  Gem (paddle steamer)
  Mayflower (paddle steamer)
  Walkabout (periodical)
  Wanera (paddle steamer)
  
• Topic
  aerial photographs
  bridges
  canals
  dams & reservoirs
  erosion
  harvesting
  horses
  hydro-electric schemes
  irrigation
  lakes
  meteorological stations
  orchards
  paddle steamers
  rivers
  showboats
  steam engines
  
• Place
  Cobram (Vic.)
  Hume Dam (Vic.)
  Lake Victoria (N.S.W.)
  Mildura (Vic.)
  Murray River (N.S.W.-S.A.)
  Rochester (Vic.)
  Tocumwal (N.S.W.)
  Torrumberry Weir (Murray River, N.S.W.-S. Aust.)
  Towong Hill (Towong, Vic.)
  Yarrawonga Weir (Vic.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19883869

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