Photographic Prints taken by Dr WD and Mrs MV Walker

Post card of a malley fowl nest. Annotated "Malley hen's next. Near Murray Bridge South Australia. These birds scratch a large hole and fill it with leaves and bark which they leave until rain has fallen. When the leaves are beginning to rot, they cover them with sand and lay their eggs in the mound. The heat from the decaying vegitation acts as an incubator and hatches the eggs. The chicks scratch their way out and are able to fend for themselves as soon as hatched".
Post card of a baby penguine. Annotated "A baby penguin which was dug out of its nest on one (part mission) the numerous coastal islands. Like rabbits and mutton birds Pengiuns next in the ground". Marked "17" in red.
Post card of an unidentified child in a malley fowl mound. Annotated "Site of a malley hens nest".
Post card of two unidentified children in a malley fowl mound. Annotated "Mallee hens next after chicks have emerged".
Post card size photograph of cockatoo riding a tortoise. Annotated "A white cockatoo riding on a tortoise on the banks of the River Darling. Cocky likes meat at times and every time the tortoise pokes his head out of the shell cocky tries to bite the back of his neck (part missing)". Marked "19" in pencil.
Post card of dog shark eggs. Annotated "Natural hist PCs".
Post card of a flock of sea gulls. Annotated "Flight of antarctic terns. Pullen's Is S Aus".

Creator: Dr William Delano Walker

Control: AA 357/2/5/42 A-G

Date Range: 1912 - 1932

Quantity: 0.1cm,

Formats: Loose Photographic Prints

Series: AA357/02