"Note that this man appears to be mounting with his right foot in the stirrup. A freak photo taken by Roy".

Place Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Kimberley
Accession Number P08151.010.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Phillipps, Roy Cecil
Place made Australia: Western Australia, Kimberley, Argyle Downs
Date made 1912-1915
Conflict Period 1910-1919
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

An unidentified stockman mounts a horse. The original caption states "Note that this man appears to be mounting with his right foot in the stirrup. A freak photo taken by Roy". One of a series 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.