IDNO

T.67677.MFL

Description

A group of Arnhem Land women and children and a non-native woman gathered in front of a corrugated iron building at Maningrida. Many of the children appear to be drinking from enamel cups, and there is a line of women holding cups beside the building. (Photograph is possibly of a ‘Baby Clinic’?, or food store?.) [JD 29/8/2012]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Northern Territory; Arnhem Land; Maningrida

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

1960

Collection Name

Macfarlane Collection

Source

Macfarlane, Alan

Format

Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.67481 to T.68999 and T.74937 to T.74998 were found in the box now numbered C494/.
T.67659 to T.67681 were found in the plastic slide sheet now numbered C494/10/.

Place: Maningrida settlement, to the east of Darwin, was set up as a Government welfare department settlement after World War II. People from other areas in north east Arnhem Land would use it as a place to meet. Some of the photographs are from the settlement and Maningrida beach. It is now a town. [Information provided by Joe Neparrnga Gumbula, Arnhem Land, with notes by Rachael Murphy and JD 10/7/2012]