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Formation of rocks near Ayers Rock
Title : Formation of rocks near Ayers Rock Formation of rocks near Ayers Rock
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Creator : Mountford, Charles P. (Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976, photographer
Source : PRG 1218/34/1068V
Place Of Creation : 1940
Date of creation : 1940
Format : Photograph
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Description :

A formation of rocks, near Ayers Rock (Uluru), representing Mala men (Mala legend). An Aboriginal man carrying spears is walking amongst the rocks.


Subjects
Related names :

Mountford, Charles P. (Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976

Coverage year : 1940
Place : Central Australia
Region : Northern Territory
Further reading :

Lamshed, Max. 'Monty' : the biography of C.P. Mountford, [Adelaide] : Rigby, 1972

James, Diana. Painting the song : Kaltjiti artists of the sand dune country, Fitzroy, Vic. : McCulloch & McCulloch Australian Art Books, 2009

Mountford, Charles, P. Brown men and red sand : journeyings in wild Australia, London ; Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1981, c1948

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