IDNO

T.67724.MFL

Description

Two Bathurst Island men sawing timber at the Snake Bay Sawmill. [JD 29/8/2012]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Northern Territory; ?Bathurst Island; ?Melville Island; ?Snake Bay

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

15 February 1963

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.67713 to T.67726 were found in the plastic slide sheet now numbered C494/13/.

Place: Bathurst Island and Melville Island are just separated by a long and very thin strait called Apsley Strait. Snake Bay is located in Melville Island. [Information provided by Joe Neparrnga Gumbula, Arnhem Land, with notes by Rachael Murphy and JD 10/7/2012]