TitlePostcard, Landing place of Capt. CookDatec 1900About this objectCollotype postcard, ‘Landing place of Capt. Cook’, paper, Kerry & Co., Australia, c. 1900 Object No.2024.2.2Physical descriptionPostcard with photographic print featuring Captain Cook’s landing place in Kurnell, with the text ‘Landing place of Capt. Cook Kurnell’ printed on the bottom. ‘Kerry (Copyright) Sydney’ is printed on the right. CreatorKerry & CoInscriptions & marksHandwritten message beneath photograph: ‘There is a nice apricot orchard here, you / would enjoy our house there eh? L.Wilkes’. Reverse: 'Mrs Edith [illeg] / Arthur St, Marrickville / Sydney'. One pence New South Wales postage stamp in red featuring the NSW coat of arms in the top right. DimensionsH: 9cm
W: 14cmMaterialCardSourceLa Perouse MuseumProvenance Prior to 2024 - Collected by Gael Newton;
16 October 2024 - Donated to La Perouse Museum by Gael NewtonCredit lineGift of Gael Newton, 2024Acquisition date16 October 2024SubjectsMonumentsOrganisations (Detailed entries)La Perouse Museum (La Perouse, N.S.W.)CategoryMuseum | EnvironmentMuseum | Social historyThemesEnvironmentSocial history
