IDNO

T.68167.MFL

Description

Distant view of weatherboard houses in the processes of being built at Maningrida settlement, to the east of Darwin, that 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. [Knowledge shared by Joe Neparrnga Gumbula, Arnhem Land, with notes by Rachael Murphy and JD 10/7/2012]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

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/.

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. [Knowledge shared by Joe Neparrnga Gumbula, Arnhem Land, with notes by Rachael Murphy and JD 10/7/2012]