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L. A. Wells and Bejah Dervish [B 62474] • Photograph

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Summary

PORTRAIT: L. A. Wells (centre), Leader of the Calvert Scientific Exploration Expedition of 1896-1897, standing with Bejah Dervish, the head camel man who Wells believed saved his life, showing J. H. McNamara, Surveyor-General, a map of the country where C. F. Wells and G. L. Jones, other members of the exploration party, lost their lives.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20 x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1937

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

McNamara, J. H.
Wells, L. A. (Lawrence Allen), 1860-1938
Dervish, Bejah, 1862?-1957
Public officers -- South Australia
Explorers -- South Australia
Afghans -- South Australia
Cameleers -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

03/07/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,584 x 3,134 pixels (8.1 MP)

Size

8.10 MB

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