Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Rock art and material culture in the Kimberley region

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Rock art and material culture in the Kimberley region
Main title
Rock art and material culture in the Kimberley region
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Kimberley, W.A., 1968
Summary
Photographs of rock art, material culture, and daily life in the Kimberley region. Subjects include: landscapes; waterhole; airport; cattle road train; Wyndham hotel; jetty at Wyndham port; Japanese freighters; shops and housing; Royal Flying Doctor service base; meeting on Kununurra race course; individual and group portraits; pearl pendants and human hair belts; floats and costumes during cotton festival; seed capsules and roots of the giant water lily; Wyndham pumping station; bottle tree - 'prison tree'; frangipani bush; sandstone cliffs; rock paintings - hand stencils, anthropomorphic beings, djuari, jalala, wandjina; children swimming; propeller aircraft; Broome cemetery; Derby street scenes