Description (Labels & Markings)
Brown luggage label attached to cards 1974.224 and 245, and annotated to refer to the collection 1974.241-248.
Label printed in green with 'ABORIGINAL CRAFT' and 'From Methodist Mission Yirrkala. Arnhem Land" with images of two First Australian or Aboriginal men, one standing and holding a shield and spear and one seated by a fire and bark painting.
Label annotated in ball point pen [19]74.241-248'
Event Date 1973
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (Acquisition Details)
Catalogue card for 1974.241 notes 'Purchased from Mr R. Brooks, (R.A.F. Marham) 1973 (£10).
Nuclear testing at Maralinga was undertaken by No. 49 Squadron [British) Royal Air Force using V-bombers (Vickers Valiant), beginning with Operation Buffalo in 1956, leading to plutonium contamination and radiation exposure. The squadron relocated to RAF Marham in 1961, but disbanded in 1965.
Event Date 1973
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Wooden bullroarer, which is decorated on both sides with an all over pattern in white, picked out with red and black
Event Date 1974
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Register notes that 1974.241-148 were purchased in Woomera in 1964-65. From 1956 to 1963, the UK conducted seven nuclear tests at Maralinga, South Australia, which was part of the Woomera Prohibited Area.
Event Date 10/3/2025
Author: Eve K Haddow

Context (Amendments / updates)
Provenance for 1974.241-248 noted on catalogue card for 1974.241 which notes, handwritten in blue ball point pen, 'Purchased 1964/5 by R. Brooks through Native Patrol Officers at Woomera, S. Australia. [Through the Methodist Mission Aboriginal Craft, Yirrkala, Arnhem Land].
Event Date 10/3/2025
Author: Eve K Haddow