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View over Entoto Hills towards Addis Ababa
Plantations of Australian eucalypts (probably Tasmanian bluegums) introduced in late 19th century. They are a valuable source of timber and firewood. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during…
Women at Dire Dawa
The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the images in the collection extensively for lectures on…
Palace at Dire Dawa
Palace, possibly used by the Governor of the province. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the images…
Woman leading loaded camels in Dire Dawa
The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the images in the collection extensively for lectures on…
Woman leading loaded camels in Dire Dawa
The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the images in the collection extensively for lectures on…
Family travelling in Dire Dawa
The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the images in the collection extensively for lectures on…
Dire Dawa
Woman wearing the traditional shamma, a cotton overgarment. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the…
Dire Dawa
One of the major towns of Ethiopia. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the images in the collection…
Houses in hill country near Harar
Group of traditional houses surrounded by cacti and eucalypts. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the…
Woman on road near Harar
Most likely a Harari Moslem woman. Harar is a major centre of Islam and a walled city. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of…
Farm country near Harar
The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the images in the collection extensively for lectures on…
Farm country near Harar
Crops of either teff, a common cereal grain used for making injera, the indigenous flat bread, or durra, a type of sorghum. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study…
Farm country near Harar
View from the road to Harar. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the images in the collection…
Chercher Hills
View from the road to Harar. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the images in the collection…
The Chercher Hills (Ahmar Mts) on road from Dire Dawa to Harar
A dry season landscape in January. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the images in the collection…
Map of eastern Ethiopia
Map shows Dire Dawa, where Elliott Forsyth entered Ethiopia by air from Djibouti, and Harar in the hill country. This map also shows the train line running from Djibouti through Dire Dawa to Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa, the modern capital, is situated…
Map to accompany the Portuguese expedition to Abyssinia
This refers to the Portuguese military expedition of 1541, it shows the sites of several battles marked by crossed swords.
Ethiopian highlands from the air
This image illustrates the character of mountain massif. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the…
Modern map of Ethiopia showing relief of country
Shows the mountain massif that covers the greater part of the country.
Presbyteri Iohannis, sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio (A representation of the Empire of Prester John or of the Abyssinians)
This is a map of Ethiopia as conceived in the 16th c. and associated with the Prester John legend probably resulting from the accounts of 16th c. Portuguese travellers. The position of the country is reasonably correct, but the details shown of the…
Modern map of Africa showing position of Ethiopia
Africa, showing position of Ethiopia.
Ethiopia : the land of Prester John under Haile Selassié
This is the transcript of a lecture given by Elliott Forsyth for the University of the Third Age, Deepdene, Victoria, Australia, on 23 February 2010. It is an account of his three-week study leave visit to Ethiopia in 1959 and describes the country…
Transcript of a letter from Elliott Forsyth (then Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Adelaide on study leave) to the Head of his Department Professor J.G. Cornell
The letter was written by Elliott Forsyth in Athens, Greece, on February 10, 1959, during a period of convalescence. It gives a detailed account of Elliott’s travels in Ethiopia during January 1959.