Dr William Delano Walker personal diaries

A loose leaf diary detailing WD Walker's daily life including study, medical duties, travel and personal routine.

This part of the loose leaf diary documents WD Walker's interest in photography.

Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  • separation sheet annotated "Locking"

  • Locking the Murray (Diary March 1929). A list of photographs for The Children's Hour

  • Locking the Murray. 1. No 1 Lock and weir Blanchetown, 2. No 5 Lock at Renmark. Reverse 3. The river as it was before the Locks were built, 4. A reach of the River near Kingston, 5. The Kingston punt, 6. A novel pump station, Mr B Hay an invalid returned soldier

  • 7. The same pumping plant, 8. The Cobdogla Pumping station, 9. Water tower near Kannai Railway Siding, 10. virgin mallee country. Reverse 11. Grubbing stumps in the mallee country, 12. ploughing in newly cleared mallee country, 13. Hay making

  • 14. The homestead of a wheat farmer, 15. A vineyard at Mildura, 16. Carting grapes at Kingston, 17. Drying sultanas at Mildura, 18. An orange grove on rising ground. Reverse 19. School children at Kingston



CreatorDr William Delano Walker
ControlAA 357/4/29/13
Date Range1920  -  1938
Quantity 0.1cm,    
FormatsGeneral Publications, Diaries, Indexes
Series AA357/04