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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. An unidentified memorial cairn.

  2. A memorial stone for Captain Cook's landing place. Reads "The landing place of Captain Cook. April 28th 1770. The following brief extracts relating to the Landing of Captain Cook and his party on the rock opposite this tablet are taken from the original MS Journal of Sir James Banks, in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. The Journal records that - The natives resolutely disputed the landing, 'although they were but two, and we thirty or forty at least'. Parleying with these two continued for about a quarter of an hour. 'They remained resolute, so a musket was fired over them, the effect of which was that the youngest of the two dropped a bundle of lances on the rock. . . He, however, snatched them up again and both renewed their threats and opposition. A musket loaded with small shot was now fired at the eldest of the two who was about 40 yards from the boat, it struck him on the legs but he minded it very little, so another was immediately fired at him on this he ran up to the house about 100 yards distant and soon returned with a shield. In the meantime we had landed on the rock.' Several 'lances' were immediately thrown and fell among the party. This caused two further discharges of small shot, when, after throwing another lance, the natives fled".

  3. A memorial stone ntDarwin to the landing place of the first flight from ukEngland. Reads "Erected by the Commonwealth of Australia to commemorate the landing at Port Darwin of the first aerial flight from England 10th December 1910".

  4. A bush gate with a notice on the fence post.

  5. Landscape showing a bush scene.

  6. Landscape showing an island with a connecting jetty.

Creator: Dr William Delano Walker
Control: AA 357/2/10/9 A-F
Date Range:  1921  -  1938
Quantity:  0.1cm,    
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA357/02