| Ref No | LDGSL/681 |
| Title | Photographs of fossils from Queensland and New South Wales |
| Date | 1864 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 4 items |
| Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
| Description | Four albumen, carte de visite format photographs of fossils from Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, taken by Alexander Smithers, Newcastle, Australia, for William Keene, 1864. On the front of each photograph is a manuscript caption by Keene:
1) 'Fossil block with Belemnite from the [River] Belliands, Queensland 1864'.
2) 'Fern and large leaf from the head of the Lachlan [River], NSW 1864'
3) 'Block of beautiful fossil flora from siliceous rocks at the head of the Lachlan [Rover], NSW 1864'
4) 'Fossil berries or fruit & fossil wood from near the Peak Downs Queensland 1864'
Keene has annotated the back of each with the same text, "To the Geological Society of London from Mr Keene Government Examiner of Coal Fields Newcastle N S Wales 20th June 1864". |
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| Provenance | Presented by Keene, see AGM 1866. |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| Publication Note | The photographs probably accompanied the paper: Keene, W, "On the Coal-measures of New South Wales, with Spirifer, Glossopteris, and Lepidodendron", 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London', vol 21 (1865), pp137-141. Although the photographs are not mentioned in the paper, the localities and descriptions of the type of fossils found are. |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam |
| CreatorName | SMITHERS | Alexander | d. 1899 | photographer |
| KEENE | William | 1798-1872 | geologist |