West Australian Collection
Photography from 1890s to 1912

WA.Eph.1 Sketch Book, c1910
Anon. Photographs of Western Australia. Lineblock, titled in centre of block and in ink above image, 16.3 x 22.3cm
Cover of album.
WA.Eph.2 The Black Swan, 1897
Anon. Process letterpress block, dated "29 May 1897" in pencil and printed title below image with accompanying letterpress text on backing lower right, 19.8 x 17cm. Laid down on backing.
Inside album's cover.
WA.Eph.3 A Black Swan Family, 1900
Anon. Process letterpress block, titled in block lower centre, annotated and dated in pencil "NZ Graphic. Xmas 1900" below image lower left, 22.2 x 17.3cm. Laid down on album page.
WA.Eph.4 Warrent Granting Armorial Ensigns...1912
Anon. Warrant Granting Armorial Ensigns for the Commonwealth of Australia, 1912. Colour process letterpress block, printed date "19 September 1912" and dated in ink "30 September 1912" on third page lower centre, 20.7 x 33.3cm. Unmounted.
Three-page official government document.
WA.Eph.5 The Dog's Head...1899
H.P. Griffen. "The Dog's Head." Peculiar Rock at Albany, West Australia, 1899. Process letterpress block, printed title, photographer and dated in pencil "2/12/99" below image, 9 x 13.8cm. Tipped onto tissue.
WA.Eph.6 Perth Passenger Station, 1897
Anon. Process letterpress block, printed title and date in margin below, 15 x 25.3cm. Right edge attached to album page.
WA.Eph.7 Perth Passenger Station, 1897
Anon. Process letterpress block, printed title and date in margin below, 12.5 x 23.6cm. Right edge attached to album page.
WA.Eph.8 Perth Railway Station and Offices, c1900
Anon. Process letterpress block, title and text printed in margin below, 15.4 x 23.4cm. Left edge attached to album page.
Text reads "Perspective sketch of building with proposed editions of third story and clock tower."
WA.Eph.9 Perth Hospital,...c1900
Anon. Perth Hospital, Administrative Block, c1900. Process letterpress block, printed title in margin below, 15 x 25.2cm. Left edge attached to album page.
WA.Eph.10 Model of Freemantle Harbor..., 1897
Anon. Model of Fremantle Harbor (sic) Works, 1897. Letterpress text, annotated in pencil "Clare's Weekly, 20 November 1897" below text, 12 x 23cm. Left edge attached to album page.
Newspaper clipping accompanying albumen paper photograph of a scaled model of the Harbour Works (see item WA.102).

WA.Eph.11 A Ship on Fire...1900
J.W. Dawson. A Ship on Fire - "The Socotra" in Fremantle Harbour, 1900. Process letterpress block, printed date "September, 8 1900" and text "The Western Mail" above image, printed text and title below image with accompanying newspaper clipping reporting the fire, 26.6 x 22.2cm (image). Right edge attached to album page.
Text reads "Enlarged from a photograph by Mr J.W. Dawson."