Australian Aboriginal people, Wooltana Station, South Australia

Archive Collections / William Blackwood Sanders / Series AA276/3 / Australian Aboriginal people, Wooltana Station, South Australia

This item consists of three photographic negatives on a strip of safety film. They are as follows, from left to right:

  1. Photographic negative depicting a group of six Australian Aboriginal men and women in European dress standing around a horse drawn cart. Annotations on other copies of this image indicate the photograph was taken at Wooltana Station, South Australia (SA), and subjects are a group of Australian Aborigines preparing to move to Mt Serle Mission.This image has been cropped. Other copies of this image can be found at AA 276/3/4/2 and AA 276/3/11/2.

  2. Photographic negative depicting two Australian Aboriginal women sitting in the foreground with three Australian Aboriginal men and women in the background. The women in the foreground have their faces whitened with pipe ash. Annotations made on other copies of this image indicate the photograph was taken at Wooltana Station, SA, and the two women are in mourning. This image has been cropped. Other copies of this image can be found at AA 276/3/4/1, AA 276/3/6, AA 276/3/7, and AA 276/3/11/1.

  3. Photographic negative depicting twelve Australian Aboriginal women and children sitting and standing in European dress. Annotations on other copies of this image indicate the photograph shows a group of Australian Aborigines preparing to move from Wooltana Station, SA, to Mt Serle Mission. This image has been cropped. Other copies of this image can be found at AA 276/3/5/1 and AA 276/3/10/1.

CreatorWilliam Blackwood Sanders
ControlAA 276/3/8
Quantity 0.29cm,   3   negatives, 21.0x3.5 cm
FormatsPhotographic Film Negatives
Series AA276/3