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Photographic Prints taken by Dr WD and Mrs MV Walker

Archive Collections / Dr William Delano Walker / Series AA357/02 / Photographic Prints taken by Dr WD and Mrs MV Walker

  1. The Blaxland, wcWentworth and aLawson memorial stone. Reads "In commemoration of the first crossing of the blue mountains in 1813. A.D. by Blaxland, Wentworth, & Lawson. This obelisk was erected by public subscription in 1900. A.D. WJ Berchofer LH Howell HC Rienits Trustees".

  2. La Perouse memorial stone. Reads "This place visited by Monsieur De La Perous in the year AD CCLXXXVII This is the last whence any account of him have been received".

  3. A memorial stone on a fence, to mark the Blaxland, wcWentworth and aLawson memorial. Reads "This wall and fence were erected by the Minister for Lands (the Hon J.S. Farnell) in the year 1884 to preserve the tree which was marked by the explorers Gregory Blaxland William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth, who discovered a way over these mountains in the month of May A.D 1813".

  4. Landscape showing a cemetary with a church in the background. Annotated "Church built by convicts about 1817 at Hartley".

  5. An unidentified man standing at a memorial tree.

Creator: Dr William Delano Walker
Control: AA 357/2/10/5 A-F
Date Range:  1921  -  1938
Quantity:  0.1cm,    
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA357/02