Coloured slides and miscellaneous prints [PRG 1218/35] • Photograph
Camp, Yirrkala
Campsite of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in Yirrkala, 1948.
Yirrkala beach
Yirrkala beach, Aboriginal children in the background.
Loading supplies on to transport plane
Loading expedition supplies on to a DC-3 transport plane, possibly at Gove airport, near Yirrkala, during the 1948 American- Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land.
Child holding reef fish, Yirrkala
Aboriginal child holding a reef fish, Yirrkala.
Children on beach, Yirrkala
Aboriginal children playing on the beach, Yirrkala.
Painting of the Southern Cross and Pointers
Colour photograph of a painting created for C. P. Mountford in Yirrkala during the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, artist unknown. The painting depicts a stingray (the Southern Cross) being pursued by a shark (the Pointers).
Painting of the Milky Way
Colour photograph of a painting created for C. P. Mountford in Yirrkala during the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, artist unknown. The painting depicts the Milky Way.
Painting of a sea eagle
Colour photograph of a bark painting created for C. P. Mountford on Groote Eylandt during the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, artist unknown. The painting depicts the mythical sea eagle Iniwakada (Haliastur indus Sp.).
Painting of a serpent
Colour photograph of a painting created for C. P. Mountford on Groote Eylandt during the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, artist unknown. The painting depicts the mythical serpent Jiningbirna, the Snake Woman.
Oenpelli lagoon from Injalak
Aboriginal man, possibly Marawana [Larry], sitting atop Injalak Hill looking out over Oenpelli.
Painting of a barramundi
Colour photograph of a painting created for C. P. Mountford in Oenpelli during the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, artist unknown. The painting depicts a barramundi.
Painting of skates
Colour photograph of a painting created for C. P. Mountford in Oenpelli during the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, artist unknown. The painting depicts two skates.
Pukamuni Ceremony Leader
Chief mourner, Leader of Pukamuni ceremony, possibly [Wuraburti], Pukamuni Ceremony, Melville Island, Northern Territory.
Sugar Gliders
Sugar gliders drinking condensed milk from a spoon, Melville Island, Northern Territory.
Pukamuni Poles
Aboriginal men erecting Pukamuni Poles at a grave during Pukamuni Ceremony, Melville Island, Northern Territory.
Pukamuni Poles
Aboriginal men erecting Pukamuni Poles at a grave during Pukamuni Ceremony, Melville Island, Northern Territory.
Bark painting of the Milky Way
Colour photograph of a bark painting of the Milky Way.
Slicing Kulama Yam
Slicing cooked Kulama Yam with a cockle shell, during the Kulama Ceremony, Melville Island.
Slicing Kulama Yam
Slicing cooked Kulama Yam with a cockle shell, during the Kulama Ceremony, Melville Island.