| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P08151.025 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Album - Page |
| Maker |
Conigrave, Charles Price Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: Western Australia, Derby, Australia: Western Australia, Kimberley |
| Date made | 1911-1912 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Page 25 of an album of photographs either taken or collected by Roy Cecil Phillipps (later ...
Description
Page 25 of an album of photographs either taken or collected by Roy Cecil Phillipps (later Squadron Leader R.C Phillipps MC & Bar DFC) when employed by the pastoralist firm Connor, Doherty & Durack Ltd in the Kimberley region of Western Australia from 1912 until his enlistment in the AIF in April 1915. The photographs were sent to his mother in Perth, Mrs Cecil R. Phillipps, who arranged them in an album and wrote the accompanying captions. These four photographs, all taken by Charles Price Conigrave, leader of the Kimberley Exploring Expedition in 1911-1912, are inscribed "More Conigrave views" (album caption). They include two images of Aboriginal Rock art including Wandjina, cloud and rain spirits from Australian Aboriginal mythology that are important to the Mowanjum Aboriginal community. The Worrorra, Ngarinyin and Wunumbal tribes make up the Mowanjum community, outside Derby, Western Australia.