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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. camels resting in shade. Annotated "81. Jay Creek McDonnell Ranges 30 miles West of Alice Springs"

  2. camel riders pass a creek. Annotated "82. A gap in the McDonnell Ranges 220 miles West of Alice Springs"

  3. dead cow under tree. Annotated "83. This and the next 3 photos show the 'outback' method of butchering. Here a mob of cattle have been driven under the tree into which the man with the rifle has climbed. He selects a fat beast and shoots it"

  4. thee Australian Aboriginal men on camels, two seated at soak. Annotated "87. Aborigines have an 'instinct for water'. Here a wild one, our guide for the time, has dug a soak in the dry sandy bed of a creek and found water 6 inches below the surface"

  5. mended watch. Annotated "88. My watch. Repaired with adhesive paper off one of my film packs. It saw service like this for 6 weeks. I could tell the time quite well at 245 and 915. Slide 73"

  6. Australian Aboriginal man filling water bag. Annotated "89. Huge rockhole below Bapoona Spring. Beautyful water here we had a swim 170 miles West of Alice Springs"

Creator: Dr William Delano Walker
Control: AA 357/2/67/22 A-F
Date Range:  1927  -  1928
Quantity:  0.1cm,    
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA357/02