Portrait of an Australian Aboriginal man with woven head band

Archive Collections / Gerald Twilley / Series SAMA 1175/1 / Portrait of an Australian Aboriginal man with woven head band
Postcard photogtraphs of the Aboriginal people around Ooldea railway station

A blue and orange tinted photograph, annotated 'An Aboriginal's head Bobby (Australian Aboriginal man). An excellent type of face, heavy lips, flat nose, deep eyes, Bobby showed keen interet in the mission lessons and was easily the outstanding firugre in mission learning, in addition Bobby showed reallty great musical ablity learning to play hymns on the organ quite correctly from ear of course seeing he had never seen a mnusical insrument prior to the mission organ, he did very well for two weeks practice'

CreatorGerald Twilley
ControlSAMA 1175/1/12
Quantity   1   post card
FormatsLoose Photographic Prints
Series SAMA 1175/1