Name/TitleSettler and slab hut, Gippsland, c. 1880
About this objectGlass slide of a photograph of a residential dwelling, occupied by settlers in the Gippsland area. This image shows a log hut in a bushland setting. There is a man standing in the foreground, holding a knife. A pile of logs are beside the man. There are cooking utensils hanging outside the log hut.
One of many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.
Period1880-1890
Object TypeGlass slide
Subject and Association KeywordsSelby, Isaac, 1859-1956
Subject and Association KeywordsDwellings, houses and homes
Subject and Association KeywordsGippsland (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsPioneers
Medium and MaterialsGlass slide, b&w.
Named CollectionImages collection
Object numberGS-EV-22
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