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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
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  1. Australian Aboriginal man throwing spear, Annotated "An 1."

  2. two Australian Aboriginal men with kangaroos around neck. Annotated "An 2."

  3. Australian Aboriginal man and boy making fire. Annotated "An 3."

  4. Australian Aboriginal boy standing by waterhole. Annotated "An 4. He has eaten as much kangaroo, as he can hold." This item is restricted.

  5. two Australian Aboriginal men bringing kangaroo, to the fire. Annotated An 6. Cooking kangaroo. A huge fire is built in a hole in the ground and allowed to burn down to coals. The coals are removed and the kangaroo, (having had all the fur singed off) is placed in the primitive oven and then covered with coals skin and all, It takes 3 hrs to cook properly but the Abo (Australian Aboriginal man) eats it after about an hour and he always drinks the hot blood in the abdomen"

  6. Three Australian Aboriginal men sitting on the bank of a river. Annotated "An 7."

Creator: Dr William Delano Walker
Control: AA 357/2/68/19 A-F
Date Range:  1923  -  1928
Quantity:  0.1cm,    
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA357/02