IDNO

T.68138.MFL

Description

Five Arnhem Land people, possibly including, from the left to right, Mavis Warvamiya (Joe’s younger sister), Harry Wirrimbitj, Bruce Dhudipirriway, Mary Maywada (in red dress), and Dorothy Walugu in blue skirt, along with Warren Shapiro, a non-native man. The group is sitting possibly watching the planes land at Millingimbi airstrip. [Knowledge shared by Joe Neparrnga Gumbula, Arnhem Land, with notes by Rachael Murphy and JD 29/8/2012]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Northern Territory; Arnhem Land; Crocodile Islands; Milingimbi

Cultural Affliation

Aboriginal; Arnhem Land Peoples

Named Person

Warren Shapiro; Mavis Warvamiya; Harry Wirrimbitj; Bruce Dhudipirriway; Mary Maywada; Dorothy Walugu

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

7 July 1967

Collection Name

Macfarlane Collection

Source

Macfarlane, Alan

Format

Colour 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.68137 to T.68156 were found in the plastic slide sheet now numbered C494/36/.

Place: Milingimbi is one of the Crocodile Islands located off the coast of north east Arnhem Land. At the time the photographs were taken it was used as a centre for Methodist missionary activities. [Knowledge shared by Joe Neparrnga Gumbula, Arnhem Land, with notes by Rachael Murphy and JD 10/7/2012]