• Title
  Album compiled by W H Tietkens mainly of his 1889 expedition in Central Australia
• Creator
  William Henry Tietkens, 1844-1933
• Call number
  PXA 1245
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1873 - ca. 1924
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  52494
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Photographs - albumen photoprints - newscuttings
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  For information about surveyor and explorer William Henry Tietkens, 1844-1933 see the Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/ (accessed November, 2010)
  
  David Landale Beetson was born in Cuttack, India in 1845. He arrived in South Australia with his parents in 1850. He was schooled at St. Peters College in Adelaide where he showed a love of sketching and poetry, winning prizes for both. In 1869-70 he was a member of Goyders party to survey the town of Darwin and remained in Darwin until 1876. Beeston moved to Western Australia in the mid 1890’s. He died in 1911.
  
  Reference:
  Library correspondence file
• Scope and Content
  The album contains the earliest extant photographs of Uluru, July 1889 and includes sketches by David Landale Beetson, a member of the expedition.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
• General note
  
  The album contains the earliest extant photographs of Ayers Rock (i.e. Uluru), July 1889. It was previously believed that the earliest photographs were made during the Horn expedition of 1894.
  References :
  1. Shades of light, photographs and Australia 1839 - 1988 / Gael Newton. Canberra : Collins Australia, 1988.
  2. Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6, 1851 - 1890 / Geoffrey Serle and Russel Ward. Carlton : Melbourne University Press, 1976.
  
  An unidentified pencil note in the album says Frederick Warman was "killed by blacks". Edward Warman was killed by an Afghan cameleer on an expedition with Cockrum in 1901.
  Reference:
  Information supplied by Mrs Diana Boyd, grand niece, of the brothers Frederick and Edward Warman, October 2010
  Digital order no:Album ID : 899482
  The Library also holds the papers of W.H. Tietkens, 1832 to 1934. (MLMSS 1352 and PXB 31) -
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Beetson, David Landale, 1845-1911
  
• Name
  Tietkens, William Henry, 1844-1933
  
• Topic
  camel drivers
  camel teams
  exploration
  explorers
  
• Place
  Northern Territory
  Uluru National Park (N.T.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE968208

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