CIRCA 1880. Crocodile hunting, Daly River N.T.
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A group of men are standing in a clearing amongst trees with a glimpse of the water in the background.
They are two Aboriginal hunters and three European men, the first unknown, in the centre is H.W.H. Stevens, and on the right is E.C. Stirling .
They have just shot an alligator.
NOTES: [On back of photograph] ‘Alligator shooting on the coast near Daly River / Northern Territory / In the eighteen eighties
Left: Alfred Giles
Centre: H.W.H. Stevens
Right: Probably Cuthbertson, the explorer’ (Another hand)
E.S. Booth, 17/7/1967 has queried these captions and says that only H.W.H. Stevens is correct. The man on the right is E.C. Stirling. A pencil note by C.S. ? on 17/7/67 states that ‘Mr. Booth suggests that figure on the left is not Alfred Giles. See B 5049 showing Alfred Giles in centre’ (Another note) ‘Taken by P. Foelsche in March 1891’.
Title
Crocodile hunting, Daly River
Other Contributors
Foelsche, P. (Paul), 1831-1914, photographer
Physical Description
Photograph; 21.0 cm x 16.0 cm
Part Of
Northern Territory Collection
Subjects
Hunters — Northern Territory — Daly River
Aboriginal Australians — Northern Territory — Daly River
Summary
No known copyright restrictions
Contains Aboriginal content
Terms of Use
Reproduction rights: State Library of South Australia
Language
English
Image Number
oai:collections.slsa.sa.gov.au:(AuASA)b20337681
Negative number: 24488