The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
"Kimberley natives". A group of Aboriginal men wearing traditional war/performance body paint, carrying spears and engaging in a corroboree. One of a series of photographs either taken or collected by Roy Cecil Phillipps (later Squadron Leader R.C Phillipps MC & Bar DFC) when employed by the pastoralist firm Connor, Doherty & Durack Ltd in the Kimberley region of Western Australia from 1912 until his enlistment in the AIF in April 1915. The photographs were sent to his mother in Perth, Mrs Cecil R. Phillipps, who arranged them in an album and wrote the accompanying captions.
"Kimberley natives". A group of Aboriginal men wearing traditional war/performance body paint, carrying spears and engaging in a corroboree. One of a series of photographs either taken or collected by
"Kimberley natives". A group of Aboriginal men wearing traditional war/performance body paint, carrying spears and engaging in a corroboree. One of a series of photographs either taken or collected by
"Kimberley natives". A group of Aboriginal men wearing traditional war/performance body paint, carrying spears and engaging in a corroboree. One of a series of photographs either taken or collected by
"Kimberley natives". A group of Aboriginal men wearing traditional war/performance body paint, carrying spears and engaging in a corroboree. One of a series of photographs either taken or collected by
"Kimberley natives". Outdoor photograph of a group of Aboriginal men standing in a line wearing traditional war/performance body paint, carrying spears. One of a series of photographs either taken or
"Kimberley natives". Depicts a large group of Aboriginal men wearing loincloths, painted in war/performance paint performing a corroboree. One of a series of photographs either taken or collected by R