Album - Photo Album, 2 of 3, J W Allen, 1928-1929

Historical information

This album is one of three albums compiled and owned by J W Allen, Secretary of New South Wales Grazier's, and is associated with the New South Wales Graziers Association world tour of sheep 1928-1929.

This album contains photographs of travel, sheep, farms, stations, people and landscapes from around the world.

Locations include Kenya, Kinangop, Naivasha, Elementeita, Lake Nakuru, Njoro, Namibia, Otjihavera, Mt Kenya, Isiolo, Yemen, Aden, Suez, River Jordan, Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, Beersheba, Galilee, Lake Tiberias, Mt Hermon, Canada, Mt Robson, Fraser River Canyon, British Columbia, Merrit, Canford, Alberta, Cardston, Pekisko Creek, Turner Valley, Calgary, Saskatoon, Manitoba, Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, Niagara Falls, Quebec, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and St Lawrence River.

Properties depicted include Kenton Estates, Kekopey Ranch, Soysambu Ranch, Larmudiac, SX Ranch, Neilson's Ranch, EP Ranch and CX Ranch.

The album was found in a clean out at the Great Southern Agricultural Research Institute and donated to the National Wool Museum, along with other related material such as photographs, glass lantern slides and ephemera.

Physical description

Photo album with card cover and silk string binding. Inside are twenty four pages of brown carded paper with black and white photos and hand written black text. A white piece of paper with hand written text has been added to the inside front page.

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