• Title
  File 13: Walkabout magazine : Northern Territory published photographs [Aboriginal Australians (traditional & modern life)]
• Call number
  PXA 907/Box 106
  
• Level of description
  file
• Date
  
  1937-1961
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  413676
• Physical Description
  38 photographic prints - 22 x 27 cm or smaller
  
• Scope and Content
  Numbers in brackets = original Walkabout negative numbers
  
  ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS TRADITIONAL LIFE
  
  1-2. Pukumani posts, Melville Island, published Walkabout Apr 1963 / Qantas
  3. Bark painting, Maningrida, Arnhem Land, published Walkabout Apr 1963 / Qantas
  4. Mosik [performs] Hunting Dance of the Wargaitj, Sept 1947, published Walkabout July 1956 / J.K. Ewers (G.2229)
  5. Aboriginal [man] decorated with clay and fluff [i.e. down] for corroboree, published Walkabout Nov 1955 / (P.4169)
  6-7. Aboriginal hunters, near Alice Springs, Aug 1941, published Walkabout Dec 1941 & Mar/Apr [?] 1945 / R.Dunstan (P.4456 P.4462)
  8-11. Central Australian Aborigines [with boomerangs, spears and woomeras], published Walkabout Sept 1941, May & Dec 1945 / ANTA (P.4988 P.4991 P.4994 P.4998)
  12. Aboriginal boys climb coconut palms, Bathurst Island Mission Station, published Walkabout Aug 1943 / (P.5109)
  13-14. Aborigine with snake, published Walkabout May 1945 & July 1955 / (P.5115 P.5116)
  15. Corroboree around campfire, Bathurst Island, published Walkabout May 1953 / (P.5133)
  16. Hunting dugong [in canoe], Bathurst Island, published Walkabout Sept 1945 / (P.5135)
  17. Hauling a groper aboard canoe, 1937, published Walkabout [n.d.] / R.Dunstan (P.5237)
  18-19. Ready to spear and hauling aboard a groper, Quail Island, published Walkabout Sept & Dec 1945 / (P.5238 P.5247)
  20. Straightening bamboo spears with fire, Finniss River, published Walkabout Mar 1944 / (P.5258)
  21. Making a paperbark raft in a billabong, Finniss River, published Walkabout Aug 1943 / (P.5261-B.3362)
  22. Paddling a dugout canoe, Finniss River, published Walkabout July 1940 / (P.5279)
  23-25. Hauling aboard a speared stingray, Grose Island, published Walkabout June 1940, Feb 1943, Jan 1945 & Apr 1957 / (P.5303 P.5310 P.5367)
  26. Aborigines with weapons, 1941, published Walkabout May 1954 / R.Dunstan (5351)
  27. Aboriginal chief, Central Mt. Stuart area, published Walkabout Sept 1950 / ANTA (P.4354)
  
  TRADITIONAL & MODERN LIFE
  
  28. Building a bark canoe, published Walkabout July 1961 / [F.Fen]
  29-30. Tom Clayson, Ivan Moboceine and Arthur Johnson, published Walkabout July 1961 / F.Fen (1425)
  31. [Aboriginal Australian and] camel with pack, published Walkabout July 1961 / H.George
  32. Peggy, belle of the Wargaitj, Sept 1947, published Walkabout Dec 1947 / J.K. Ewers (G.2219)
  33-34. Famous American dancer Ted Shawn with Beeanamu, Wargaitj dancer whom Shawn declared would be a sensation on a London or New York stage, Sept 1947, published Walkabout Dec 1947 / J.K. Ewers (G.2220 G.2222)
  35. Dancers and Aboriginal orchestra ... the didgery-doo and the song-man, Sept 1047, published Walkabout Dec 1947 / J.K. Ewers (G.2227)
  36. [Woman mourns as male dancers rest at the western group of funeral poles, Melville Island], Sept 1947, published Walkabout June 1948 / J.K. Ewers (G.2232)
  37. [Male feeds a relation of the dead man, as she is not allowed to handle food (her hair being dyed red and white and her body painted)], Sept 1947, published Walkabout Dec 1947 / J.K. Ewers (G.2233)
  38. Tamakeri, dressed for Pukumani Corroboree [with goose feather pom-pom called Tokwi-inga], discusses arrangements, Melville Island, Sept 1947, published Walkabout June 1948 / J.K. Ewers (G.2234)
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright restrictions may apply:
  Copyright holder:: Tourism Australia
  Rights and Restrictions Information:: On behalf of Tourism Australia, the State Library of New South Wales is authorised to approve reproduction and use of all images in this collection, for publication and broadcast (all media), without further consultation.
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Tourism Australia
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Australian National Travel Association
  Dunstan, Roy
  Ewers, John K. (John Keith), 1904-1978
  Fen, Frank
  George, Heather
  Qantas Empire Airways
  
• Name
  Beeanamu (Aboriginal man)
  Clayson, Tom
  Johnson, Arthur
  Moboceine, Ivan
  Shawn, Ted
  Tamakeri (Aboriginal man)
  Walkabout (periodical)
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  girls
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal artefacts
  Aboriginal culture
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  Americans (United States)
  bark paintings
  camels
  canoes
  corroborees
  dancers
  fishing (work)
  funerals
  hunting
  
• Place
  Alice Springs Region (N.T.)
  Arnhem Land (N.T.)
  Bathurst Island (N.T.)
  Finniss River (N.T.)
  Melville Island (N.T.)
  Quail Island (N.T.)
  
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