068688 Accession Number: 068688

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Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Land Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area, 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 look on. General Blamey was visiting units in the Adelaide River region. The group are at an Aboriginal settlement managed and controlled by the Australian army.

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Accession Number
068688
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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