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

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

  1. 4 photographs, 'The spinning leaf, a children's game. A gum leaf is bent to a propeller shape and heated so that the form is retained. Dexterously spun in an updraft from a fire, these leves ascent to an astonishing height.'


  2. Three Australian Aboriginal children around a fire


  3. Seated Australian Aboriginal child


  4. Five Australian Aboriginal children around a fire


  5. Close up of Australian Aboriginal child with a leaf


Creator: Hale, Herbert Matthew
Control: AA 124/3/4/30
Date Range:  01 August, 1930  -  01 August, 1930
Quantity:    4   photographs
Formats: Mounted Photographic Prints
Series:  AA 124/03