Young Indigenous boy with mutton bird eggs

Description

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Series[UMA-SR-000001779] Photographs for Australia TodayAccession[1979.0162] Administrative records and publications of the Commercial Travellers Association of VictoriaIdentifierUMA-ITE-1979016203007Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentWritten on verso: When the taking of mutton bird eggs was legal in Victoria, the boys from the Newhaven [Boys] Home on Phillip Island [St Paul's Training School] took between 5000 and 6000 eggs each season.

Previous group titled: Commercial Travellers Association. Australia Today, general fauna and flora 1932 - 1945.Access StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest itemUnitBWP Album 0187Copyright StatusPublic domainConditions of Use and ReproductionThis image is out of copyright. Users are also advised that this work may be subject to terms and conditions imposed by Indigenous communities and/or depositors. It is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without acknowledgement of the University of Melbourne Archives. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.au.MenuBrowse digitised items | Available in the Reading Room

Provenance

CreatorCommercial Travellers' AssociationRoleProvenance

Dates

Datec.1930-1947

Description Control

Previous System ID1979.0162.03007Format NumberBWP/29,173

Characteristics

Genre/FormPhotographic printsDimensions11.4 x 17.2cm

Relationships

Feature CollectionIndigenous cultural heritage in the University of Melbourne Archives collection

Subjects

SubjectAboriginal AustraliansAnimals - Birds - Mutton birdsFirst PeoplesIndigenous AustraliansRecreation - Play - ChildrenSubject (Place)Port Phillip / Western Port area (Vic SJ55)