Photographs awaiting permission.
No new scans cleared; none published. These four leads come from the supplied Draft 2 image-source catalogue. No requests have been sent. Collection attribution and an old photograph’s possible public-domain status do not establish reuse terms for a particular supplied scan.
All are later landscape or folklore images, not photographs of the 1826 investigation. The existing cleared photographs, their dated captions and full-frame presentation remain unchanged.
1. Fisher’s Ghost Bridge · c.1945
Blocked: exact collection item, original and scan-specific terms unconfirmed.
Visit Campbelltown source page captions the photograph c.1945 with Emily Cottage in the foreground. The catalogue lists a web derivative of approximately 700 × 489 pixels and credits “National Library of Australia via Visit Campbelltown”. This attribution has not been independently matched to an NLA item.
The linked 2017 NLA article, “Finding Frederick Fisher” returns a page-not-found message. NLA catalogue and digital-collection requests encountered browser verification, so no item number, original download or item-level rights statement could be checked. This does not establish that the original is absent.
Contact: NLA Ask a Librarian · +61 2 6262 1266. Supply the Visit Campbelltown link and the old article link. Ask them to identify the photograph and its catalogue number, confirm the date and photographer, provide the highest-resolution full-frame scan, and state any conditions on public-web reuse of that scan.
2. Ghost hunters at the creek · 1950s
Blocked: reuse grant and publication-quality original not found.
Council’s “1950s Our Campbelltown” describes a gathering of ghost hunters at a bonfire and credits the Campbelltown-Macarthur Advertiser collection. Its displayed copy is 700 × 607 pixels. The page provides no image-specific reuse licence. Searches of the photographic catalogue did not locate an exact item under “ghost hunters” or “bonfire”; no item reference or exact year is asserted here.
Contact: Campbelltown City Library Local Information Librarian / Local Studies · 02 4645 4431. Supply the Council page and identify the bonfire photograph credited to the Advertiser collection. Ask for its reference number, creator and date, original scan, and written permission from the authorised rights holder; ask the Library to identify that holder if it cannot grant permission.
3. Mannequin on the bridge · c.1950–1959
Blocked: the collection explicitly controls reproduction rights.
Collection record 94923, reference 000224 identifies creator Ivor G. Thomas and dates the work “ca. 1950 - 1959”. It describes the bridge looking north with Airds Cottage and Milby Cottage, and notes “Mannequin on bridge rail”. Both the originals’ location and reproduction rights are assigned to Campbelltown & Airds Historical Society.
The Library’s “Fred’s Lack of Spirit” post links its 320-pixel thumbnail to a larger s1600/mannequin.jpg rendition and the catalogue offers “View full image”. Neither proves access to a preservation master or permission to publish. The post discusses a 1956 watch, but the photograph itself is dated only to the 1950s: do not caption it as definitely 17 June 1956.
Contact: Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society · 02 4625 1822 · contact form, recipient “Secretary”. Quote Ivor G. Thomas Collection, reference 000224 / record 94923. Request the uncropped master scan, confirmed date range, required attribution and written public-website reproduction permission.
4. Creek / Emily Cottage · early 1950s
Blocked: McGill scan permission and original unconfirmed.
Council’s Frederick Fisher page attributes the early-1950s landscape to Arnold McGill / McGill family collection. The supplied catalogue lists a 700 × 336-pixel web copy. A related Emily Cottage view also appears on the Council’s 1950s page (700 × 507); these are not assumed to be identical scans. Neither page grants reuse permission. A catalogue search for “McGill” did not locate an exact record.
Contact: Campbelltown City Library Local Studies · 02 4645 4431, using the Local Studies contact page. Supply the Fisher page and the catalogue description. Ask staff to distinguish the two views, identify the original and rights holder, obtain a high-resolution scan and confirm the McGill family’s authorised reuse terms.
What to request from each collection
You can use the following wording after deciding to contact them:
We are preparing “200 Years of Fred”, a public historical website about Frederick Fisher and the later Fisher’s Ghost tradition. Could you identify the specified photograph and supply the highest-resolution uncropped scan available? Please confirm its photographer, date or date range, collection reference and required credit. Please also confirm in writing whether we may host and display this particular scan on the public website and its no-JavaScript reading edition, with responsive resizing but no cropping or colour filters. Please state any rights-holder consent needed, fees, access or donor restrictions, commercial-use limits, duration, territory and other conditions.
Disclose the intended website address and whether the project is commercial when making the request. Permission for this website does not automatically cover social media, advertising, print or other uses.
Retain the permission or item-specific open terms before publication. Use the confirmed historical date or date range in the caption, credit the creator and collection exactly as required, link the item record and terms, and place ghost-watch images with the later folklore—not the legal evidence.