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Revision as of 14:42, 8 December 2019
Timeline [source: Sprecht, R. Australian Forest History Society Inc. Newsletter No. 39, December 2004]
1874 — Born Edmund Oswald Thiele on 29th Nov. 1874 at Doncaster in Victoria, only child of Johann Gotthold Adalbert Oswald Thiele and Christianna Cuzens.
???? — Married Charlotte Wilhelmine Stalker (1882–1972).
1908 — B.Sc. First Class Honours in Geology, Palaeontology and Mineralogy (Caroline Kay Scholarship in Geology) University of Melbourne.
1910 — M.Sc. University of Melbourne.
1916 — D.Sc. Thesis: ‘Palaeozoic Geology of Victoria. Physiography of Eastern Victoria.’ University of Melbourne.
1908-1916 — Tanganyika.
1916 — Left Tanganyika for Australia due to the WWI British occupation of the German colony.
1916 — Temporary lecturer, University of Adelaide to Replace Sir Douglas Mawson.
1917 — Changed his name from Thiele.
1917–1918 — University of Melbourne, Geology Department. Research fellow studying ‘Pottery clays’ and the ‘Geology of the Howqua River District’.
1919?–1936 — East Africa, geological surveying.
1936 — Knighted, becoming Sir Edmund Oswald Teale.
1971 — Died in England aged 97.
Edmund Oswald Teale archive at the British Geological Survey—summary of contents]
301 letters 1908–1936
35 field note books
6 field note books
Diaries — 8 diaries. For years 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
3 volumes (carbon copies)
Testimonials
Photographs: glass plates and lantern slides
Handwritten autobiography
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Survey team at work in the field camp
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Bicycle safari- Edmund Teale and two police companions. Gold Coast. 1923
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Surveyor having dinner in the field
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Native porters crossing the river with packages on their heads
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Field surveying party. Gold Coast. 1923 Bicycle and surveyors measuring wheel
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River crossing-'colonial style'. Portuguese East Africa.1914
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Making notes. Gold Coast. 1923 E.O. Teale photograph collection.
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River transport by traditional 'dugout' canoe. Gold Coast. 1919
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Mrs Charlotte Teale trims Edmunds hair. Field camp, Portuguese East Africa. 1911
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Preparing the aircraft. G-EBSO. De Havilland DH60X MOTH C/N 419
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Unloading the Albion motor car. Mombasa, Kenya. 1927 E.O. Teale photograph collection.
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Simple home made milling equipment. Lupa Gold Field, Tanganyika Territory. 1928
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Men with umbrella
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Bailey Wills Expedition- Dodoma to Babiti. Ruaha River ferry crossing. 1929
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Old bridge, Mbeya, Tanganyika Territory, 1928
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Travelling entertainers (Teale's description) Malagarasi, Tanganyika Territory. 1928
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Panning for gold in alluvial workings. Lupa gold field. Tanganyika Territory. 1929
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Royal Air Force at Dodoma. Three Vickers Victoria aircraft unloading cargo, 1929
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Survey field team with dead animals on the back of a truck
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Relaxing at picnic. In hill country south of Dodoma, Tanganyika Territory. 1929
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Native man in traditional 'dugout' canoe
E.O. Teale photograph collection
The full collecton can be viewed on GeoScenic
P617360 Alum Pot. View from pot looking East (Pen-y-Ghent snow covered). P776144 Native plant species on foothills of mountains
P776145 View through the trees
P776146 Dipping strata with scree slopes on mountain
P776147 Group of native plants amongst the grass
P776148 Earth pillars and bedded rocks
P776149 Dipping strata with scree slopes on mountain with eroded top
P776150 Snow capped Mt Kilimanjaro
P776151 Snow covered Mt Kilimanjaro
P776152 Native huts in compound
P776153 Mine buildings
P776154 Mine buildings
P776155 Mine office buildings
P776156 Miners working at mine entrance, winding gear
P776157 View of the landscape from mountain side
P776158 Winding gear at the mine
P776159 Accommodation huts for native mine workers
P776160 Natives panning in alluvial workings
P776161 Winding gear at the mine
P776162 Tractor and trailer carrying goods
P776163 Mine worksite buildings
P776164 Bulldozer at mine site
P776165 Men at work on machinery at mine
P776166 Static steam engine at mine E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776167 Local workers panning for alluvial gold
P776168 Mixing in large barrels at the mine
P776169 Crusher and mine managers
P776170 Cross section through the soil and bedrock at the mine
P776171 Mining equipment
P776172 Mine building
P776173 Mine equipment, separator
P776174 Hard at work with basic equipment at the mine
P776175 Single worker with view of lakes and mountains in the distance
P776176 Workers with basic mine equipment constructed from wood
P776177 Natives in village, tables with sewing machines
P776178 Local military parade and salute
P776179 Group photo of four natives, one policeman
P776180 Native farmer carrying water cattle in the background
P776181 Local village with huts with policeman and bicycle
P776182 Simple mine equipment. Winding gear
P776183 Mine equipment
P776184 Mine equipment
P776185 Cross section of alluvial mine, locals standing with spades
P776186 View of mine workstation, possibly used for cleaning samples
P776187 Field survey party. Trenching
P776188 Dirt track road cut through hillside with (mine) buildings at roadside
P776189 Dirt track road cut through steep hillside
P776190 Locals in shelter
P776191 View of mine winding gear from a distance, with workers building a road or railway
P776192 Locals on lake side with traditional 'dugout' canoes
P776193 Local fishermen on canoe with sail
P776194 Wooden canoe with rudder/tiller attached
P776195 View of lakeside with canoes and steep hills
P776196 Steam boat arriving at jetty
P776197 Locals boarding small boat with tools
P776198 Setting sail on the lake
P776199 At the mine. Workers showing their pan of findings
P776200 At the mine. Workers showing their pan of findings 2
P776201 Workers analysing their pans
P776202 View of mine with hills in the distance
P776203 Mine equipment
P776204 Mine workers loading cart on rail track with large rock boulders
P776205 Mine site with equipment
P776206 Mine site. Local workers digging with basic tools
P776207 Box girder bridge crossing over river
P776208 Workers sitting in motor car
P776209 Workers crossing river on home built raft with another rope lining across
P776210 Royal Air Force at Dodoma. Three Vickers Victoria aircraft unloading cargo, 1929
P776211 People arriving and disembarking from steam boat
P776212 Woman [Mrs Teale?] surrounded by tall trees and sand
P776213 Natives working with pickaxes at the mine
P776214 Workers sifting trough and cleaning samples at the mine
P776215 View of workers carrying samples in wheel barrows. Building tailings pond?? E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776216 Workers using mine equipment in dug out mine trenches
P776217 Aircraft 75-AFI in local village with huts
P776218 Mine site
P776219 Small camel back truss bridge with workers crossing in motor car
P776220 Local town with amenities such as petrol and Goldfields trading stores
P776221 Two storey building and stores
P776222 Two storey house with store attached and motor car outside
P776223 Working around mine site next to rail track with basic tools
P776224 Motor car, DS 2301, travelling along dirt track road
P776225 Man with forge and wooden frame hut
P776226 Worksite with boxes and glass bottles
P776227 Open hut with thatched roof with mine equipment held inside
P776228 Possible headquarters with motor cars and British flag outside
P776229 Local native police with tools, guns and bicycles
P776230 Native tree species at road side
P776231 Native bushes
P776232 Truck crossing river at ferry
P776233 Large tree
P776234 People waiting to board aircraft with Wilson Airways Kenya Colony E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776235 Line of motor cars on road, one being extracted from a ditch
P776236 Locals planning a game with spectators
P776237 View of valley and hills with some outcrop exposure
P776238 Man standing on cliff edge with good rock exposure below
P776239 Tree rings with piece of equipment for scale
P776240 Man taking a photograph of the view of the flat landscape from a hillside
P776241 Man standing beside large rock, around 10m in height
P776242 Natives standing on hillside with walking equipment and lake behind them
P776243 Native sitting on large rock pillar with outcrops scattered around him
P776244 Native tree with mountain (inselberg?) in the background
P776245 Eroded and well rock (granite?) features in lake, making unusual shapes
P776246 Clouds settling over mountains in the distance
P776247 Flat dipping rock beds with loose boulders resting on top
P776248 Local church at base of snow capped mountain
P776249 Locals having an outside discussion amongst the trees and grass
P776250 Large hexagonal shaped church with gardens
P776251 Local town with signpost
P776252 Large hut building with straw roof and dog outside
P776253 Industrial buildings in the background with shallow river flowing past
P776254 Low lying hut constructed from tree braches covered with a grass roof
P776255 Colonial style building with many archways forming verandah
P776256 Iron work huts by lake side
P776257 View of mined hillside with work stations and equipment
P776258 Locals involved with mining process
P776259 Mining equipment being used
P776260 View through the trees to harbour with docked boats, one a steamer
P776261 Horizontally bedded cliff with view of valley and lake below
P776262 Railway line with cart and cut section of rocks
P776263 View of a man observing the view of the lake, town and mountains beyond
P776264 Man standing beside motor car in the middle of the road with hill in the background
P776265 Reflecting trees in the lake
P776266 Large white house with steep mountain face behind
P776267 Surveyor with geological hammer analysing the ground
P776268 Survey team analysing some bedded and fractured rocks
P776269 Deep caveravine with good rock exposure
P776270 Workers panning at the mine
P776271 View of mine equipment on hillside
P776272 Workers on hillside using basic mine equipment
P776273 Mine equipment on river banks
P776274 Native smoking pipe whilst working
P776275 Native sitting on rocks at river banks
P776276 Locals and foreigners sitting in boat
P776277 Palm trees and boats at lake side harbour. Steam ship
P776278 Native style canoe on beach
P776279 Workers in boat and standing on lake edge
P776280 Locals in town next the modern building and train
P776281 Local woman at harbour carrying produce next to steam ship
P776282 Large cliff outcrops with waves below undercutting the rock face
P776283 Large eroded rock with peculiar shape and striations. (Granite?)
P776284 Large rock outcrop, irregularly weathered and stained. (Granite?)
P776285 Water flowing over rock outcrops in steep valley. Bay N. Of Kungwe
P776286 Long, tall eroded outcrop, probably 10-12m, local with bicycle for scale. (Granite?)
P776287 Smoothly eroded, dipping, blocky outcrop with local standing on top
P776288 Locals at rivers edge on boat
P776289 Workers preparing aircraft, Armstrong Witworth. Artemis. AW15 Atalanta G-ABTJ E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776290 Make shift wooden ferry carrying motor car across and people across the river
P776291 Old bridge, Mbeya, Tanganyika Territory, 1928
P776292 Locals with guns trekking across hillside
P776293 Locals rowing fishing boat
P776294 Locals in native canoe with equipment
P776295 Locals arriving at river bank in dugout canoe E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776296 Large, termite hill?
P776297 Native on boat
P776298 Native farmer herding cattle
P776299 Locals with native dress and piercings
P776300 Locusts swarming? E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776301 Locals standing on small hill
P776302 Termite hill? E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776303 Native huts made from leaves
P776304 Native woman carrying pot on her head
P776305 Make shift dam, created out of sticks and branches on the river
P776306 Local boys in native dress
P776307 Flat outcrop in the grass with circle weathering patters
P776308 Local on old foot bridge constructed out of branches
P776309 Local man in canoe
P776310 Native huts with timber stored outside
P776311 Pathway to British compound. Colonial style buildings
P776312 Colonial style buildings
P776313 Construction of new house, made out of bricks
P776314 European surveyors in discussion
P776315 Large two storey house, modern and constructed out of bricks
P776316 Walkways built on water
P776317 Dry river bed? with truck at the side
P776318 Deeply eroded gorge with rock exposure
P776319 Local standing on undulating land surface
P776320 Cliff face with bedded rocks and stack
P776321 New construction site with mountains in the background
P776322 Miners working in steep sided valley with train track and carts
P776323 Local in pool of dirty water
P776324 Local in small river with fallen tree branches on banks
P776325 Locals carrying European across the river in self constructed hammock
P776326 Locals and surveyors at the summit cairn E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776327 Local people in canoe going down crossing river past native style huts
P776328 Natives carrying packages on their heads across flat lands
P776329 Shallow waterfall in river
P776330 Tents and huts in the trees
P776331 Mr and Mrs Teale outside straw hut
P776332 Man cutting another man's hair
P776333 Locals sitting by trees with wooden chest
P776334 Locals lying on the ground in the forest
P776335 Surveyor and locals panning for gold in alluvial workings
P776336 Locals carrying packages up steep sided hill
P776337 View of hills in the distance
P776338 View through the trees of valley and steep hills
P776339 Narrow waterfall flowing over steep, horizontally bedded rocks
P776340 Native bearers with packages and sticks in their hands
P776341 Natives with traditional shields
P776342 Local men with foreign dress
P776343 Native women in traditional dress
P776344 Native man with horn
P776345 Natives with traditional clothing
P776346 Local man on hillside
P776347 Locals constructing wooden fence
P776348 Canoe on river banks. Crossing the river
P776349 Native bearers following path with packages and bicycles
P776350 Dead hippopotamous with gun resting on its back. Native policeman
P776351 Motor cars on road. DO 195
P776352 Survey team in dugout canoe
P776353 Surveyor in dugout canoe
P776354 View of mountains and river. Natives in the foreground
P776355 View of dipping, bedded rocks on river bank and steep rock cliff in the background
P776356 View through rock valley to mountains in the distance
P776357 View of steep, vegetated mountains with waterfall in the distance
P776358 Native on hillside with long stick with cloud covered mountain peaks
P776359 Narrow river gorge with steeply dipping rock beds on banks
P776360 View of river gorge and vegetated hills with rock exposure
P776361 View of mountains with various angles of dipping rock outcrops
P776362 Local policeman
P776363 Local man with wooden equipment (trap?) E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776364 Dyke in river bed? E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776365 Native woman and children with wooden baskets
P776366 Native woman with wooden baskets of food
P776367 Natives in river with shallow waterfall
P776368 Natives crossing shallow river
P776369 Native trees
P776370 Local woman
P776371 Survey team at work in campsite
P776372 View through a cave
P776373 Long, thin clft in flat rock surface
P776374 Vegetated rock cliff edge
P776375 Geographical land map of Mocambique, created 11/11/1911 E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776376 Surveyor looking into deep crack/cleft in the ground
P776377 Native bearers carrying wooden packages. E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776378 Vegetated hill with rock exposure at peak. Inselberg
P776379 Weathered rocks on hillside
P776380 Flat-lying lake ground
P776381 Small hut with rocky mountainsde behind
P776382 Natives climbing seep hill
P776383 Mr and Mrs. E.O. Teale outside straw hut
P776384 Locals standing on large round boulders
P776385 10m high cliff face with shallow dipping bedded rocks
P776386 Three natives standing on small vegetated hill
P776387 View through the trees of wide river/lake? and steep hilly banks
P776388 Native porters crossing wide shallow river with packages on head
P776389 View of a tree house
P776390 Native huts and structures. Boy in basket
P776391 Local man in traditional dress
P776392 Preparing tea, in the field, table, tablecloth, rifles
P776393 Natives crossing river in canoe
P776394 Natives cooking and preparing food
P776395 Locals in the long grass
P776396 Native woman and child carrying pots on their heads
P776397 Native woman with woven baskets. Native policeman
P776398 Local man with whistle round his neck and unusual hair style
P776399 View through a cave of surveyor in water with his dogs
P776400 Flat lying rock outcrops. Sand dunes
P776401 Dipping rock outcrops at shore face. Two men with fishing rods. (Cornwall?)
P776402 Sail boat beached on shore. (Cornwall?)
P776403 Horse and carriage on path
P776404 Horse and carriage through the grass and heath
P776405 Lighthouse on rocky shores
P776406 Dead wildebeest with gun resting on top. E.O. Teale
P776407 Steeply tilted rock outcrops
P776408 Large, round, smooth boulders in a river
P776409 Boat with many natives inside
P776410 Very large rounded boulders
P776411 Rock ridge at top of hill. Inselberg
P776412 Dipping rocks on river bank with Teale being carried across the river
P776413 Tall tree in native village
P776414 Rock outcrops with varying features on river gorge with waterfall
P776415 Old historic masonary archway. E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776416 Rounded and weathered cliff/rock face
P776417 Native huts on hillside
P776418 Avenue of trees
P776419 View through the forest
P776420 Natives with huts
P776421 Weathered, horizontally bedded outcrops
P776422 View of flat valley floor and steep edges in the distance
P776423 Native porters crossing river in the distance
P776424 Waterfall entering pool
P776425 Weathered and vegetated outcrops
P776426 Locals walking over large, flat rock outcrop
P776427 Horizontally bedded rocks covered with vegetation
P776428 Native woman with baby on back grinding flour
P776429 Native men with traditional hair styles
P776430 Native mother with baby on her back
P776431 Native policeman with rifle
P776432 Above view of wet lands
P776433 Man made stone wall constructed on top of rock outcrop
P776434 Natives using traditional fishing techniques in the river
P776435 Native man sitting on outcrop
P776436 Construction of a new house
P776437 Native man and boys with axe, and bow and arrows. boys with tools
P776438 Painting of steep mountains with a town in the foreground. New Zealand
P776439 View of built up town and a port. New Zealand
P776440 Local man and woman in a canoe. New Zealand
P776441 Base on snow covered Mount Cook. New Zealand
P776442 Steep mountains with river and forest in the foreground. New Zealand
P776443 Snow capped mountain tops and vegetated hillside. New Zealand
P776444 Geyser crater ? New Zealand
P776445 Mud explosion. New Zealand
P776446 Locals outside traditional building with wooden carvings. New Zealand
P776447 View of steep snow capped mountains and valley with river flowing below. New Zealand
P776448 Steep mountains with calm river in the foreground. New Zealand
P776449 Large rounded boulders on top of flat outcrops. Group photograph
P776450 Tall rock pillar weathered into current shape
P776451 Large, irregular boulder sitting on outcrop. With E.O. Teale
P776452 View of deep canyon
P776453 Steep sided hill with outcropping rocks with scree and rock fall
P776454 Rock and snow exposure on top of mountain
P776455 Houses and buildings in valley
P776456 Travertine? E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776457 Travertine? E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776458 Small crater/fumerole ? E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776459 Man viewing native tree species
P776460 Small flowing river with native vegetation
P776461 Bridge across the water
P776462 Horse drawn carts at a farmstead
P776463 View of the trees
P776464 Steep coastal cliff face with good dipping rock exposure
P776465 Close up of coastal rock cliff face
P776466 Wave-cut platform. Coastal exposure of rocks
P776467 Man with horse and carriage outside village
P776468 Man and boy with dogs at small cave entrance
P776469 Mine equipment
P776470 Native children. With E.O. Teale
P776471 Native village with pots
P776472 Man made wooden walkway in village
P776473 Natives in the trees
P776474 Traditional hut with long grass roof and timber frame
P776475 Native carvings
P776476 Tall piles of pots
P776477 Steamer on river. Docked by village
P776478 Native at dockside
P776479 View of river banks
P776480 E.O. Teale with native with rifle
P776481 Scattered pottery amongst the grass
P776482 Locals working on a pathway in the forest
P776483 Native huts
P776484 Native porters crossing the river by canoe
P776485 Natives crossing river on man-made wooden raft
P776486 Local at entrance of wooden structure
P776487 Natives with tools and bicycles
P776488 House and tower built from mud
P776489 Natives at riverside in large canoe
P776490 Natives crossing river on bridge made from a tree trunk
P776491 River gorge with rocky banks
P776492 Native man in traditional dress
P776493 Local man standing onundercut cliff. Native standing on the top
P776494 View of weathered cliff face
P776495 River valley with steep sides
P776496 Flowing river with steep rocky banks
P776497 View through a cave
P776498 Long, narrow crack/cleft in the ground
P776499 Girl sitting on tree coming out of narrow cleft in the ground
P776500 Water warn cleft in rock surface
P776501 Cliff face
P776502 Outcrop, possible conglomerate, with geologists hammer on top
P776503 Local boy in village
P776504 Local men in village
P776505 Natives constructing new wooden, circular hut
P776506 Native village
P776507 Native man
P776508 Native woman with piles of wood
P776509 Natives constructing new housing
P776510 Large sail boats by the shore
P776511 Shallow dipping rocks into the water. With surveyors measuring wheel
P776512 View through he forest of could covered mountain
P776513 Natives in traditional dress
P776514 Locals outside hut with hill behind. European with bicycle
P776515 Locals in traditional and modern dress
P776516 Locals in the forest. Bicycles
P776517 Locals and goats crossing a river
P776518 Survey team analysing the underside of undecut cliff face
P776519 Panning
P776520 Outcrop with weathered rain desiccation marks
P776521 Workers panning for gold
P776522 View of large river with island in the middle
P776523 View of water with vegetation and rock exposure on the banks
P776524 View of large river with island in the middle
P776525 View of river canopied by trees and vegetation
P776526 Marks on the rock surface
P776527 Native porters carrying a box across the fast moving river
P776528 Survey team analysing the underside of an overhanging cliff face
P776529 Rock outcrop and cleft. With markings on the surface
P776530 Large gathering of locals beside the forest
P776531 Old fortress by the sea
P776532 Large gathering of locals beside the forest
P776533 Vertical rock beds by the shore and coming out of the water. Cornwall
P776534 Shore face rock exposure. Cornwall
P776535 Pathway leading to summit with shallow dipping beds. Cornwall
P776536 View of large cliff face with prominent bedding in the background and shallow dipping rocks in the foreground. Cornwall
P776537 Large sea stack. Cornwall
P776538 Granite cliffs, Cornwall
P776539 View of cliff face with varying angles of dipping strata. Cornwall
P776540 Narrow cobbled street in village in Cornwall
P776541 Steep dipping beds into the water with folded rocks in the background. Cornwall
P776542 Survey team at work in the field camp
P776543 Bicycle safari- Edmund Teale and two police companions. Gold Coast. 1923
P776544 Surveyor having dinner in the field
P776545 Native porters crossing the river with packages on their heads
P776546 Field surveying party. Gold Coast. 1923 Bicycle and surveyors measuring wheel
P776547 River crossing-'colonial style'. Portuguese East Africa.1914
P776548 Making notes. Gold Coast. 1923 E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776549 River transport by traditional 'dugout' canoe. Gold Coast. 1919
P776550 Mrs Charlotte Teale trims Edmunds hair. Field camp, Portuguese East Africa. 1911
P776551 Preparing the aircraft. G-EBSO. De Havilland DH60X MOTH C/N 419
P776552 Unloading the Albion motor car. Mombasa, Kenya. 1927 E.O. Teale photograph collection.
P776553 Simple home made milling equipment. Lupa Gold Field, Tanganyika Territory. 1928
P776554 Men with umbrella
P776555 Bailey Wills Expedition- Dodoma to Babiti. Ruaha River ferry crossing. 1929
P776556 Old bridge, Mbeya, Tanganyika Territory, 1928
P776557 Travelling entertainers (Teale's description) Malagarasi, Tanganyika Territory. 1928
P776558 Panning for gold in alluvial workings. Lupa gold field. Tanganyika Territory. 1929
P776559 Royal Air Force at Dodoma. Three Vickers Victoria aircraft unloading cargo, 1929
P776560 Survey field team with dead animals on the back of a truck
P776561 Relaxing at picnic. In hill country south of Dodoma, Tanganyika Territory. 1929
P776562 Native man in traditional 'dugout' canoe