058517 Accession Number: 058517

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Two unidentified Aboriginal Australian men demonstrate spear throwing to a group of women who performed in the visiting “Digger’s Revue” concert party. The original caption for this photograph notes that it was taken at the “native compound” at Mataranka.

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Accession Number
058517
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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