A view of Thursday island [Waibene] from Goode Island [Goods Island/Palilag]
A view along a beach at Goode Island [Goods Island/Palilag] looking towards Thursday [?] Island across the Torres Strait. A ship's boat is anchored off the beach with a small rowing gig at anchor further out. A sailor sits on the beach just above the waterline watching another sailor in the act of throwing a stick for dog standing next to him. He and the dog are beside a small rowing boat pulled up on the beach, mostly above the waterline.
The photograph is captioned: 'Tuesday [sic] Island. Torres Straits from Goode 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: 'Tuesday [sic] Island. Torres Straits from Goode 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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