05. Arnhem Land explorers take off for Darwin |
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| Title : | 05. Arnhem Land explorers take off for Darwin |
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| Source : | The News, 18 March 1948, p. 3 | |||
| Date of creation : | 1948 | |||
| Format : | Newspaper | |||
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| Description : |
Newspaper article announcing the departure of the members of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land from Parafield Airport, and what the anticipated outcomes of the expedition were. Feature photographs show the party inside the RAAF transport plane, ready to leave for Darwin, plus Mr & Mrs Mountford saying goodbye to family members. |
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| Related names : | American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, (1948) Mountford, Charles P.(Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976 |
| Coverage year : | 1948 |
| Place : | Adelaide |
| Region : | Adelaide metropolitan area |
| 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 May, Sally K. Collecting cultures : myth, politics, and collaboration in the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition, Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, 2010 |
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