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18. Expedition party dining in Arnhem Land
Title : 18. Expedition party dining in Arnhem Land 18. Expedition party dining in Arnhem Land
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Creator : Mountford, Bessie Ilma, 1890-1996
Source : Bessie Mountford, PRG 487
Place Of Creation : 1948
Format : Photograph
Dimensions : 80 x 110 mm
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Description :

Photograph of the expedition party at table in the 'dining tent' at Umbakumba, Groote Eylandt, during the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. The photograph appears on page 196 of diary 2, kept by Bessie Mountford during the Expedition, on which she acted as secretary.


Subjects
Related names :

American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, (1948)

Coverage year : 1948
Place : Arnhem Land
Region : Northern Territory
Further reading :

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

Mountford, Bessie Ilma, Manuscript diaries, Arnhem Land, 5 diaries dated March 18 - November 10, 1948, PRG 487/1/2


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