Two Australian Aborignal men posing with spear and boomerang at Port Denison.
A photograph of two Australian Aboriginal men posing for the camera in front of a small encampment. The man on the left is standing with his feet apart and a long spear in his raised right hand, preparing to throw it. The man on the right has a wooden boomerang in his raised right hand. The camp in the background consists of a two temporary tent-like structures of saplings, covered with bark[?] and cloth (possibly Government-issued blankets), and topped with branches. Behind the righthand man, an Aboriginal man, dressed in European clothes, reclines on the ground near two children.
The photograph is captioned: 'Natives. Port Denison. Queensland.'
Dr R. W. Coppinger records Alert arriving at Port Denison sometime in Mid May (no date specified) and leaving on 24 May 1881.
The photograph is captioned: 'Natives. Port Denison. Queensland.'
Dr R. W. Coppinger records Alert arriving at Port Denison sometime in Mid May (no date specified) and leaving on 24 May 1881.
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