Page eighteen. Museum and University Expedition to Macdonald Downs. Central Australia. August 1930.

Archive Collections / Hale, Herbert Matthew / Series AA 124/03 / Page eighteen. Museum and University Expedition to Macdonald Downs. Central Australia. August 1930.

  1. 2 photographs, 'The Iliura people are fond of seed cakes. On the huge grass plains ants collect the grass seeds and pile them at the entrances to their holes. Women collect this, winnow it and then 'thresh' it by treading in a hole in the hard ground.'


  2. Enlarged, Australian Aboriginal woman seeking seed piles


  3. Closeup, Australian Aboriginal woman working the seeds between two containers.



Tindale Tribes: Iliaura.

CreatorHale, Herbert Matthew
ControlAA 124/3/4/18
Date Range01 August, 1930  -  01 August, 1930
Quantity   2   photographs
FormatsMounted Photographic Prints
Series AA 124/03
Tindale Tribes: