A view of a tall termite mound with an unidentified European leaning against it, back to the camera.
A portrait photograph of a bearded man facing away from the camera and learning against a termite mound, with thick vegetation in the background, on Thursday Island [Waiben/Waibene]. The man is likely to be there for height comparative reasons, as the mound is about one and three-quarters his height.
The photograph is captioned: 'Ant heap. Thursday Island.'
Dr Coppinger records arriving off Somerset and Albany Island in early June and remained in the Torres Strait area for four months. They left on 1 October for Port Darwin, arriving on 20 October 1881.
The photograph is captioned: 'Ant heap. Thursday Island.'
Dr Coppinger records arriving off Somerset and Albany Island in early June and remained in the Torres Strait area for four months. They left on 1 October for Port Darwin, arriving on 20 October 1881.
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