..CAPNO Gibb.W1.BW

..DEPOSITR William Gibb

..CAPTION LIST covers N1582

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..NUMBER N1582.01

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN dugout canoe. A log hollowed out by stone axes

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..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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..NUMBER N1582.03

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN Kimberley natives with their fish spears

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..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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..NUMBER N1582.05

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN Montgomery Island natives - north west Kimberleys

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..NUMBER N1582.06

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN Kimberley natives with spears and 'wommeras' (throwing

sticks)

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..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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..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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..NUMBER N1582.09

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN an Aborigine on a native raft using a 'home-made'

paddle

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..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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..NUMBER N1582.12

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN pulling a turtle to the surface after spearing

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..NUMBER N1582.13

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN 'piccaninny' in a carrying cot made of bark

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..NUMBER N1582.14

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN the fair sex

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..NUMBER N1582.15

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN female dugong

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..NUMBER N1582.16

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN green turtle - very good food, like veal

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..NUMBER N1582.17

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN hawkbilled turtle, supplier of the 'tortoiseshell' of

jewellers etc

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..NUMBER N1582.19

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN ready to spear the turtle

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..NUMBER N1582.20

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN looking for turtle to rise

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..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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..NUMBER N1582.22

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN lubras on native rafts

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..NUMBER N1582.23

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN Kimberley natives. Note spears and wommeras

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..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

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..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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..NUMBER N1582.28

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN Kimberley native men and women

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..NUMBER N1582.29

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..DSCRPTN Aborigines painted with white clay and red ochre for a

'corroboree' or dance

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..NUMBER N1582.30

..PLACE Cockatoo Island WA

..SUBJECT 'Big Charlie' and his 3 wives

..DSCRPTN going walk-about

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..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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..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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