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  This series consists of negative films which are early aerial survey photography of Australia and are directly connected with the work of Dr W.G. Woolnough on the Aerial Geological Survey of Australia. Whilst the films are mostly of northern Australia e.g. Broome, Longreach, Nullabor Plain, Exmouth Gulf, Melville Island, Darwin, Alice Springs, Wave Hill and Fitzroy Crossing there are also some films of other locations e.g. west coast Tasmania and Adelaide.

In 1927 Dr Woolnough became geological adviser to the Commonwealth of Australia, a ‘temporary’ position he held until 1941. In this position Dr Woolnough encouraged the use of aerial survey photography and, under his direction, in 1932 the RAAF undertook an extensive aerial survey for geological purposes. The majority of films in this series are of aerial survey photography undertaken in 1932.

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Sources

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Woolnough, Walter George (1876-1958), published online at http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs