IDNO

T.68155.MFL

Description

A group of women speaking and voting at a meeting outside the Methodist Church at Galiwin’ku (also known as Elcho Island) is one of the Crocodile Islands located off the coast of north east Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
The meeting is being held outside the Methodist church building at Galiwin’ku (Elcho Island). There are coconut palms along the beach front. There are two missionary tractors in the background, and a windmill in the distance. The old hospital can be seen just below the hill top in the right distance, this is now the Arts Centre. [Knowledge shared by Joe Neparrnga Gumbula, Arnhem Land, with notes taken by Rachael Murphy and JD 10/7/2012]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Northern Territory; Arnhem Land; Galiwin’ku [Elcho Island]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

8 July 1967

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

Place: Galiwin’ku (also known as Elcho Island) is one of the Crocodile Islands located off the coast of north east Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Many of these photographs were taken around the site of the Methodist Church at Galiwin'ku. The former mission site is now Galiwin'ku town. At the time these photographs were taken the area around the church was used as meeting place and for activities such as dances and film screenings. David Burrumarra (author of The Whale and the Cross), was working with an anthropologist in the area at the time. The minister was Reverend Harold Shepperdson who appears in some of the photographs. [Knowledge shared by Joe Neparrnga Gumbula, Arnhem Land, with notes taken by Rachael Murphy and JD 10/7/2012]

Context: Women’s meeting. The lady with the stick is leading the discussion. It could be a meeting to discuss misbehaving children. [Knowledge shared by Joe Neparrnga Gumbula, Arnhem Land, with notes taken by Rachael Murphy and JD 10/7/2012]