08. Bob Miller |
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| Title : | 08. Bob Miller |
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| Creator : | Mountford, Charles P. (Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976, photographer | ||
| Source : | PRG 1218/34/2848 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1948 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 60 x 60 mm | ||
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| Description : |
Portrait of Dr Robert (Bob) Miller, Ichthyologist on the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Dr Miller worked as Associate Curator of Fishes with the Smithsonian Institution. Mountford took this portrait at Oenpelli. Over 30,000 fish specimens were collected for Miller's work during the expedition. Most of the fish were collected at the Yirrkala, where Miller was camped about 200 metres from the coral reefs. Of the specimens collected, about 200 different species were identified, many new to science. Dr Miller used nets, spears and specially prepared mixtures poured into the water to capture and collect the fish. He employed a number of Aboriginal helpers who wondered at his need to collect small inedible fish as well as the good eating fish. |
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| Related names : | Miller, Robert Rush, 1916-2003 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, (1948) |
| Coverage year : | 1948 |
| Place : | Arnhem Land |
| 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. Lamshed, Max, 'Monty' : the biography of C.P. Mountford, [Adelaide] : Rigby, 1972 Reports of Staff, Expedition to Arnhem Land, 1948, Mountford-Sheard Collection PRG 1218/17/17. Simpson, Colin, Adam in ochre : inside Aboriginal Australia, 5th ed, Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1962, pp.44 |
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