Page eighteen. Museum and University Expedition to Macdonald Downs. Central Australia. August 1930.

Archive Collections / Hale, Herbert Matthew / Series AA 124/03 / Page eighteen. Museum and University Expedition to Macdonald Downs. Central Australia. August 1930.

  1. 2 photographs, 'The Iliura people are fond of seed cakes. On the huge grass plains ants collect the grass seeds and pile them at the entrances to their holes. Women collect this, winnow it and then 'thresh' it by treading in a hole in the hard ground.'


  2. Enlarged, Australian Aboriginal woman seeking seed piles


  3. Closeup, Australian Aboriginal woman working the seeds between two containers.



Tindale Tribes: Iliaura.

Creator: Hale, Herbert Matthew
Control: AA 124/3/4/18
Date Range:  01 August, 1930  -  01 August, 1930
Quantity:    2   photographs
Formats: Mounted Photographic Prints
Series:  AA 124/03
Tindale Tribes:
Iliaura