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Wilson's Promontory, Victoria, Australia

Wilson's Promontory, Victoria, Australia

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Wilson's Promontory, Victoria, Australia , c1939., by Poster Artist, E.H. Turnor (Australian, 1900-1958).
Colour process lithograph, annotated "E.H. Turnor Studio" in image lower left, 100.6 x 64cm. Slight foxing to edges and margins. Linen-backed.
Text continues "Take a Kodak. Victorian Railways Australia [logo]. Poster No. 208." Held in NLA.
This poster, based on a photograph, appears to be the only one produced by Melbourne-born Edmund Herbert Turnor (1900-1958), who ran a commercial photographic studio in Melbourne during the 1930s and 1940s, and in Sydney during the 1950s. He contributed photographs to various publications including The Home magazine. Ref: NLA; BDM (Vic); SMH 1958 notices; The Age, 3.3.1941; myheritage.com.
The promontory, first sighted by Bass and Flinders in 1798, was named by Governor Hunter in honour of Thomas Wilson, a London friend of Flinders, who was a merchant engaged in Australian trade. Ref: Wiki.
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