Historical information
The lantern slides were most probably used at the Ballarat School of Mines.
The image of Rome from St Peter's (Vatican) was taken before 1929. The "Via Conciliazione", built by Mussolini in 1929 is not present in the image.
Physical description
Hinged timber box designed to hold glass lantern slides. The box contains 50 lantern slides including:
* male Turk in turbin
*interior of a cathedral
* Cavalry Scene, Boer War (c1900)
* Richard Seddon portrait
* Fishermen at Sea
* Turkish domed building
* Eddystone Lighthouse, England
* image of early printing
* Cloister Court, Trinity College, Cambridge
* Farm Cove, Sydney Harbour (by I.F.E)
* National Park, Sydney
* Customs House, Sydney
* View from the Dome of St Peter's, Rome (Pre 1929)
* Botanical Gardens, Sydney
* Coogee Bay, NSW
* Keeble College Chapel, Oxford
* Holy Land - The Village of Endor
* Sydney Cove
* Interior portrait of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Parliament House, Melbourne
* Palace Dela Concord, Italy