Description
Unidentified Aboriginal dancers perform in front of an audience that includes Aboriginals Australians and Australian soldiers as part of a larger cultural performance or "corrobboree". Many of the featured dancers were also employed by the Australian army.
The historic Department of Information caption described the dance as the "Dying Buffalo", because of "the great amount of stamping... a theory that is borne out by the apparent use of sticks held behind the head to represent buffalo horns".
Details
Photographer
John Earl (Earl) McNeil
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
18 November 1942
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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