058515 Accession Number: 058515

Description

Members of the “Digger’s Revue” concert party on a visit to the “Mataranka Native Reserve” watching Aboriginal Australians playing poker. The original caption does not name the Indigenous Australians present but identifies some members of the revue standing (left to right) as: S9293 Private E. M. Liebelt (1); VX76958 Lance Sergeant R. G. Wilson (4); and NX81658 Corporal J. M. Little (8).

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Accession Number
058515
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
16 October 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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