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Photographic Prints taken by Dr WD and Mrs MV Walker

Archive Collections / Dr William Delano Walker / Series AA357/02 / Photographic Prints taken by Dr WD and Mrs MV Walker

  1. man counting sheep. Annotated "4. Mr JE Pick (Coondambo Station 175 miles NW of Port Augusta counting wooly sheep prior to shearing. It takes years of practice to do this accurately. 40,000 sheep are shorn here in a good year. Sept 1927" See also slide marked "Mr Pick counting sheep"

  2. sturt desert pea. Annotated "11. The Sturt pea grows wild in profusion in sandy country after rain - see photo 12. Beautiful blossom vivid scarlet with black centre also more rarely white with purplish black centre. Mt Eba Station 60 miles Nth of Kingoonya. Sept 1927"

  3. landscape showing fruit trees. Annotated "15. vicMildura"

  4. group photograph Mollie, and eight men. Annotated "18. 5CL interupts a game of cards in a dug out on Coober Pedy opal field. Wireless is a great boon in the bush. Oct 1927"

  5. group photograph Mollie, with three men in front of dug out. Annotated "19. His Majesty's Post Office Coober Pedy opal fields. Like wise a dug out we camped in the Post Office for the very interesting week we spent on the fields. Oct 1927"

  6. lightning. Annotated "21. Flash of lightning photographed at 2 am during a severe electrical storm at Coober Pedy opal fields lasting 14 hours, culminating in 10 minutes heavy hail and no further rain. Oct 1927"

Creator: Dr William Delano Walker
Control: AA 357/2/67/17 A-F
Date Range:  1927  -  1928
Quantity:  0.1cm,   8   photographs, 80x80mm lantern slides
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA357/02