Successful fisherman |
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Title : | Successful fisherman |
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Creator : | Mountford, Charles P., photographer | ||
Source : | PRG 1218/35/1391 Child holding reef fish, Yirrkala | ||
Date of creation : | 1948 | ||
Format : | Photograph | ||
Dimensions : | 25 x 35 mm | ||
Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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Copyright : | The Library received cultural clearance from the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre, Yirrkala to display this image. Reproduction rights are owned by State Library of South Australia. |
Description : |
Aboriginal child holding a Scribbled Angelfish, on the beach at Yirrkala. In his journal Charles Mountford, the photographer and ethnographer wrote,
For Aboriginal children fishing is both an essential part of their life education and a pleasure, always enhanced by a successful catch and the sense of contributing. Similarly children search for cockles along the shore, contributing to the family's food resource or finding bait for fishing. Of recent years growing numbers of books for children have been written about the Aboriginal way of life. Pat Torres (Mamajun) writes '...there are emerging Australian authors and illustrators who ... have creatively depicted indigenous and ethnic peoples in a sensitive and authentic manner....Australian publishing houses have steadily created a positive environment for the wide acceptance of stories for and about indigenous Australians that are presented honestly, authentically, positively and sensitively.' Black in focus: Foreword pp.v-vi |
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Coverage year : | 1948 |
Place : | Yirrkala |
Region : | Northern Territory |
Further reading : | American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, (1948). Records of the American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1956-1964 Adams, Jeanie Pigs and honey Adelaide: Omnibus, 1989 Adams, Jeanie Going for oysters Norwood, S. Aust.: Omnibus Books, 1991 Dunkle, Margaret Black in focus: a guide to Aboriginality in literature for young people Port Melbourne: D.W. Thorpe; Deakin, ACT: ALIA, c1994 Mattingley, Christobel Tucker's mob; illustrated by Jeanie Adams Norwood, S. Aust.: Omnibus Books, 1992. This has also been translated into Narrunga, Kaurna, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Haagen, Claudia Bush toys: Aboriginal children at play Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 1994 Chapter 3: Bush tucker |
Internet links : | Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre - Yirrkala Community Northern Land Council Scribbled Angelfish - WA Museum SA Memory: To be a child. Collecting cockles |