• Title
  Collection 03: Photographs taken on board the ship 'RMS Omrah' and 'Darbalara' Station, Gundagai, October 1900-March 22, 1901 / photographed by Marjorie Smith
• Creator
  Marjorie Smith, 1883-1903
• Call number
  PXB 780
  
• Level of description
  sub-fonds
• Date
  
  October 1900-March 22, 1901
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  9607383
• Physical Description
  17 photographs - 16.5 x 13 cm. - gelatin silver
  
• Collection history
  By descent.
• Scope and Content
  The photograph album was created by Marjorie Smith (1883-1903), the youngest of five children of William Burton Smith of Darbalara station, Gundagai, N.S.W. Mr Burton and his three unmarried daughters Muriel, Constance, and Marjorie, travelled to London on board the RMS Ormuz, Sydney March 28 to London 11 May 1900, and returned on the RMS Omrah, London 26 October to Sydney 9 December 1900.
  
  This album documents the return trip made by Margorie Smith and family from London to Sydney on board the RMS Omrah, including photographs of the family on deck and shipboard activities. One photograph shows Marjorie and her sisters on deck titled ‘The Smith Push’. There are also photographs of the family at their property 'Darbalara', and a picnic at the local Gundagai show in 1901. Marjorie has also included within the album a brief verse and a sketch.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Photograph is missing from page [8].
  The majority of the album contains blank pages.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Inscribed on page [5]: "Photographs taken between London & Sydney in October till Dec. 10th 1900, R.M.S. Omrah, Marjorie Smith, 'Darbalara' Gundagai."
  Several photographs have captions and dates.
• Name
  Smith, Marjorie, 1883-1903
  Smith family
  Omrah (ship)
  
• Subject
  Family--New South Wales--Social life and customs.
  Tourists.
  Voyages and travels.
  
• Topic
  sheep stations
  agricultural shows
  picnics
  
• Place
  Gundagai (N.S.W.)
  Darbalara Station (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19969025

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