068693 Accession Number: 068693

Description

General Sir Thomas Blamey GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, Commander in Chief, Allied Land Forces, Southwest Pacific Area, speaks with two unidentified Aboriginal elder men. They are at an Aboriginal settlement managed and controlled by the army, which Blamey was visiting as part of his tour of military establishments. The historic caption for this photograph attributes the two men as the "Elder men of the [Settlement]".

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Accession Number
068693
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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