The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of an unidentified locally engaged Aboriginal man working at a slaughter yard. The army established its own slaughter yards, cooling chambers, and delivery system in the northwest area, 40 miles north of Katherine, to provide fresh meat for Allied soldiers in the area. Butchers from the army resumed civil occupation, on army pay, and Aboriginal labour was used to bring the cattle onto the slaughter yards from widely dispersed areas.
This image is one of series of photographs taken by a Department of Information (DOI) official war photographer. The historic DOI caption described this image as showing an "[Aboriginal person] of the alligator tribe whose job was to stand on a platform at the killing pen and knock the beasts on the head with a sledgehammer".
Three locally engaged Aboriginal stockmen employed at an army slaughter yard in northwest Australia. The historic caption for this image identified the group, left to right, as "Bobby of the Alligator
Locally engaged Aboriginal stockmen driving cattle towards the slaughter yards. The army established its own slaughter yards, cooling chambers, and delivery system in the northwest area, 40 miles nort
Informal portrait of Minnie, a locally engaged Aboriginal woman employed on light duties at an army slaughter yard. The army established its own slaughter yards, cooling chambers, and delivery system
NORTH WEST AUSTRALIA. TO PROVIDE FRESH MEAT FOR ALLIED SOLDIERS IN THE NORTH WEST AREA THE ARMY ESTABLISHED ITS OWN SLAUGHTER YARDS, COOLING CHAMBERS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF KATHER
NORTH WEST AUSTRALIA. TO PROVIDE FRESH MEAT FOR ALLIED SOLDIERS IN THE NORTH WEST AREA THE ARMY ESTABLISHED ITS OWN SLAUGHTER YARDS, COOLING CHAMBERS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF KATHER
A temporary abattoir and water system. In order to provide fresh meat for allied soldiers in the northwest of Australia, the Australian Army established its own slaughter yards, cooling chambers and d
