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Afghan and Decorated Camel [B 14739] • Photograph

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Summary

A proud Afghan rider and decorated camel. These cameleers made a substantial contribution to South Australia by opening up the outback and helping with the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line and the railway. The photograph shows an important cameleer wearing jodphurs, jacket and turban sitting stride a highly decorated camel

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Physical description

Photograph; 22.1 cm x 11.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1901

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Camels -- South Australia
Afghans -- Costume

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Digitisation information

Date

02/01/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,064 x 2,517 pixels (10.2 MP)

Size

30.72 MB

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