Territory Stories

Aboriginal Camp

Details:

Title

Aboriginal Camp,

Photo number

PH0254/0033,

Collection

E. K. Leslie Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1938,

Description

An Aboriginal Camp in 1938. The humpy constructed of various available materials - wooden posts, grass and leaves with canvas stretched across roof. The dwelling is very low with campfire out the front. There are many dogs. By the sparseness of vegetation the camp is somewhere near the centre. Some similar camps still survive today.,

Notes

Date:1938,

Language

English,

Subject

Aboriginal peoples (Australians), dogs,

Digital format

3234 x 5000 pixels : 24bpp ; 48.52Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm.,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/14970,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/736129