IDNO

T.68164.MFL

Description

Reverend Harold Steppardson and Andrew Yutjing standing by a small plane 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.
Reverend Harold Steppardson was a young maintenance person at Millagimbi, and then moved to Galiwin’ku (Elcho Island). He built his own place (not one in photo).
On the right is Andrew Yutjing who worked as a translator for Harold Shepperdson (on the left). They would travel by plane to deliver services and preach on surrounding islands which did not have their own missions. [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

Reverend Harold Steppardson; Andrew Yutjing

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

10 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.68157 to T.68177 were found in the plastic slide sheet now numbered C494/37/.

Named Person: Reverend Harold Steppardson was a young maintenance person at Millagimbi, and then moved to Galiwin’ku (Elcho Island). He built his own place (not one in photo).
[Knowledge shared by Joe Neparrnga Gumbula, Arnhem Land, JD 10/7/2012]

Context: On the right is Andrew Yutjing who worked as a translator for Harold Shepperdson (on the left). They would travel by plane to deliver services and preach on surrounding islands which did not have their own missions. [Knowledge shared by Joe Neparrnga Gumbula, Arnhem Land, with notes taken by Rachael Murphy and JD 10/7/2012]

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]