..CAPNO
Gibb.W1.BW
..DEPOSITR William
Gibb
..CAPTION LIST covers N1582
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.01
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN dugout
canoe. A log hollowed out by stone axes
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.02
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN
Kimberley lubra travelling from island to island on a
native
raft consisting of 7 to 9 sticks of wood, like cork,
pegged together with wooden pegs. The
ends are shaped with an
uplift
on the thick end, so that if the raft is left on the beach
it wont
wash away
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER N1582.03
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN
Kimberley natives with their fish spears
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.04
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN old
men. Note broken arm of smaller - probably just
mended
after a nulla-nulla fight
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.05
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN
Montgomery Island natives - north west Kimberleys
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.06
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN
Kimberley natives with spears and 'wommeras' (throwing
sticks)
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.07
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN an
Aborigine after turtle. Note a turtle on the raft.
The
tides rise and fall 35 ft in the spring, and the currents
between
the islands flow up to 15 mph. The Aborigines know where
each
current sets and use it to transport
them
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.08
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN a fine
specimen of native manhood with his fish spear
and
dugout canoe
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.09
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN an
Aborigine on a native raft using a 'home-made'
paddle
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.11
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN
Aborigines diving to capture a turtle, just speared.
Turtle's head in centre
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.12
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN pulling
a turtle to the surface after spearing
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.13
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN
'piccaninny' in a carrying cot made of bark
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.14
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN the
fair sex
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER N1582.15
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN female
dugong
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.16
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN green
turtle - very good food, like veal
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.17
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN
hawkbilled turtle, supplier of the 'tortoiseshell' of
jewellers etc
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.19
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN ready
to spear the turtle
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.20
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN looking
for turtle to rise
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.21
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN native
men and women carrying flour and other stores
from
schooner after a trip to Broome - on the mainland - for
supplies for three months
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.22
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN lubras
on native rafts
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER N1582.23
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN
Kimberley natives. Note spears and wommeras
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.24-25
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN a fine
type of native. The tribal cuts shown are done
with a
sharp stone or shell; the cuts are then filled with mud
and
ashes and are allowed to heal. The more 'cuts' a man has, so
much
braver is he than his fellows
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.27
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN
Aborigines painted with white clay and red ochre for a
'corroboree' or dance
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.28
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN
Kimberley native men and women
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.29
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN
Aborigines painted with white clay and red ochre for a
'corroboree' or dance
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.30
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..SUBJECT 'Big
Charlie' and his 3 wives
..DSCRPTN going
walk-about
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.31
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..SUBJECT
Kimberley Aborigines, 'Sammy' and 'Big Charlie'
..DSCRPTN both
'boys' were part of the crew of visiting schooner
'Geralton'
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..NEWDOC
..NUMBER
N1582.32
..PLACE
Cockatoo Island WA
..DSCRPTN a fine
type of native. The tribal cuts shown are done
with a
sharp stone or shell; the cuts are then filled with mud
and
ashes and are allowed to heal. The more 'cuts' a man has, so
much
braver is he than his fellows
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