068687 Accession Number: 068687

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Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Land Forces in the South West Pacific Area, VX1 General Sir Thomas Blamey (1) speaks with Jack Mulberie (or Mulberry), a locally engaged Aboriginal man and the camps Quartermaster(2), while a group of unidentified Aboriginal children and Australian Officers look on. General Blamey was visiting units in the Adelaide River region. The group are at a Aboriginal settlement managed and controlled by the Australian army.

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Accession Number
068687
Photographer
Lieutenant Robert John Buchanan
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
22 August 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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