Aboriginal Australians, Melville Island, 1941 [picture] / Roy Pope
- Bib ID:
- 1586212
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Pope, Roy
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. PIC Cold Store Row A2/1/3 Box 1 #PIC/3097/1-106 copy
- Description:
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- 1941
- 106 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm. + 4 contact sheets.
- Summary:
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The photographs were taken on Melville Island in 1941 by Roy Pope. At the time he was working as a photographer in Darwin with the Royal Australian Air Force. The photographs document aspects of Tiwi life on Melville Island. Included in the images is the Tiwi Pukamani ceremony.
- Notes:
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- Title from accession record.
- Selected images individually catalogued and digitised.
- PIC Cold Store Row A2/1/3 Box 1 #PIC/3097/1-106 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-144113526
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1941
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