IDNO

LS.109244.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "W. Torres. Sta. [erased pencil]
Muralug
(Prince of Wales Is.)
[Male symbol] & [female symbol] side view
"PATTY" ZAGRA "GEORGI" " [manuscript in ink]

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.699.ACH1: "Georgie and Pattie, side view, Mabuiag."

Three-quarter length portrait of Georgie, a Muralug Islander man who worked as a policeman and tracker, and his wife, Pattie, standing side on to the camera. She is dressed in a calico (sarong), and he is wearing a police? uniform of a jacket with epaulette and trousers. [Jude Philp 17/2/2000, updated JD 1/11/2009, from record P.699.ACH1, ID 1/3/2012]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mabuiag; Muralag [Prince of Wales Island]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Patty (Pattie); Georgi (Georgie)

Photographer

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort [Torres Strait, 1888 - 1889]

Date

1888

Collection Name

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Image: One of two photographs, the second shows the pair from the front. [Jude Philp 2/6/1999, from record P.699.ACH1, ID 1/3/2012]

Related Archive: Georgie is mentioned in Haddon’s Journal. He was a policeman/tracker who the Acting Resident, Hugh Milman, assigned to help Haddon in his research on Muralug (1888: 24-30; 33). [Jude Philp 17/2/2000, from record P.699.ACH1, ID 1/3/2012]

Related Archive: Accompanied by Georgie, a policeman/tracker, from Muralug and Jama, Haddon’s Malaysian cook, Haddon stayed two nights at Muralug. There he met Georgie’s family including his wife Pattie and his father (the mamoose) Jack. Journal 1888: 33-40, 11-13 September. [Jude Philp 17/2/2000, from record P.699.ACH1, ID 1/3/2012]

Related Archive: Haddon writes of his time in Muralug in his 1888 Journal, noting on Tuesday 11th September, "I was received by the Mamoose Jack "Tuigana" & shortly found myself in an empty house belong [sic] to a Mr Brown - a pearl-sheller. ... A man rejoicing in the euphonious name of 'Tar-bucket’ Gida was the care-taker, then at three found myself comfortably housed. Of course I brought my boy Jama with me & Mr Milman had kindly given "Georgie" leave for 3 days. ...
After glancing at the houses I went up to the back where some women & children were in the shade on some mats. A jolly naked kid was ?swinging so I played with him a bit as a preparative, & then I went & shook hands with the women. One was the Chief's (Jack) wife - the other Georgie's (by the bye, Georgie's Jack's eldest son - ) they have been married a year & have no picannienny. ... After this I photographed some groups & had a confidential talk with Georgie & his father, the latter [sic former] acting as interpreter thou the old boy can understand English & make himself fairly well understood. (pp.33-35) [JD 18/5/2011, from record P.699.ACH1, ID 1/3/2012]

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being "Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mabuiag", but matching this to the duplicate negative, N.23271.ACH2, shows that the photograph was taken on Muralug Island. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 1/11/2009, from record P.699.ACH1, ID 1/3/2012]