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

Travelling shearers and Aboriginal people in Western Australia

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Travelling shearers and Aboriginal people in Western Australia
Language
eng
Main title
Travelling shearers and Aboriginal people in Western Australia
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Fitzroy, Myroodah, Freemantle, Derby, Karonie, W.A., Ooldea, S.A.1928
Summary
Photographs taken by shearer George Johnson recording journeys and conditions of contract shearers in remote Western Australia, and the Aboriginal people they encountered. Subjects include: shearers and luggage crossing the Fitzroy; cross-country travel; Fremantle dock; Aboriginal people; bogged trucks; Trans-Australian Railway
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resource.collector
Photographer