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Portrait of Wulkini at Oenpelli
Title : Portrait of Wulkini at Oenpelli Portrait of Wulkini at Oenpelli View More Images
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Creator : Mountford, Charles P., photographer
Source : PRG 1218/34/2422F
Date of creation : 1948
Format : Photograph
Dimensions : 60 x 60 mm
Contributor : State Library of South Australia
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Description :

Three portraits of a Wulkini taken at Oenpelli, 1948.


Mountford was a keen photographer and began developing his skills in this area long before his passion for ethnography was ignited. This is evidenced by the fact that his archive contains some early photographs a young Charles entered and exhibited in local photographic competitions.

Whilst for some cultural researchers photography served simply as a means of illustrating 'difference', Mountford's style seemed to highlight the shared humanity of black and white Australians. His portrait photography was especially skilful, and has been oft-used in both his and other's publications.
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Coverage year : 1948
Place : Oenpelli
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

Berndt, Ronald M. and Catherine H. Man, land & myth in North Australia : the Gunwinggu people, Sydney : Ure Smith, 1970

Berndt, Ronald M. and Phillips, E. S. (eds). The Australian Aboriginal heritage : an introduction through the arts, 2nd ed, Sydney : Australian Society for Education through the Arts in association with Ure Smith, 1978

Cole, Keith. A history of Oenpelli, Darwin : Nungalinya Publications, 1975

Hamby, Louise (ed). Twined together = kunmadj njalehnjaleken, Gunbalanya, N.T. : Injalak Arts and Crafts, 2005

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

Mountford, Charles P. Australian Aboriginal portraits, Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press ; London : Cambridge University Press, 1967

National Geographic Magazine, vol. 96, no. 6, 1949, pp. 745-782, 'Exploring Stone-age Arnhem Land' by Charles P. Mountford.

Simpson, Colin, Adam in ochre : inside Aboriginal Australia, 5th ed, Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1962
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