'Man perish from want of Water ca 50 years ago. A.F.A. Camels leaving lone grave in Desert 10 mls. Off road from M Vale Stn. [probably Mary Vale Station]. 1927 Overland Telegraph wooden Poleline'

Archive Collections / Aborigines' Friends' Association / Series AA1/66 / 'Man perish from want of Water ca 50 years ago. A.F.A. Camels leaving lone grave in Desert 10 mls. Off road from M Vale Stn. [probably Mary Vale Station]. 1927 Overland Telegraph wooden Poleline'

Image: Landscape scene showing the side view of a tombstone. Behind the grave are five dromedaries, two are loaded with boxes, which have printed on them 'A F A', one carries nothing at all and the other two are equiped with saddles and various supplies. There is a man sitting in the saddle of one of these on the far right.

Annotations: 'Man perish from want of Water ca 50 years ago. A.F.A. [Aborigines' Friends'Association] Camels leaving lone grave in Desert 10 mls. Off road from M Vale Stn. [probably Mary Vale Station]. 1927 Overland Telegraph wooden Poleline'.

Captioned: Miscellaneous Photographs.

Other information: This photograph probably taken by the missionary, Ernest E Kramer (see AA 669), see Series AA 1/25/1 for handwriting sample with a signature. Photographic paper is marked 'KODAK PRINT'.

Negatives on file: not available

Photographed in: Northern Territory.

CreatorAborigines' Friends' Association
ControlAA 1/66/1
Date Range1927  -  1927
Quantity 0.1cm,   1   photographic print
FormatsLoose Photographic Prints
Series AA1/66