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Bejah Dervish [B 62466] • Photograph

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Summary

PORTRAIT: Bejah Dervish, camel-driver, photographed in 1939.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20 x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1939

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Bejah, Dervish, 1862?-1957
Afghans -- South Australia
Cameleers -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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Historical information

Bejah Dervish was head camel man on the Calvert Exploration Expedition of 1896-1897; his skills largely contributed to the survival of the leader, Lawrence Wells and other members, on 27 May 1897 he helped to discover the bodies of Charles Wells and George Lindsay Jones who had separated from the main party.

Digitisation information

Date

04/08/1999

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

1,248 x 2,032 pixels (2.5 MP)

Size

2.37 MB

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