Tarpaulins spread over supplies and camel gear fort he due purposes of keeping the gear dry and catching water. Visible expedition members from left to right: Mahomet Salaam (camel driver), Otto Rau (taxidermist, S. A. Museum), James Atkins (cook and assistant), and White.
Date and locality uncertain. If Tinga Tingana: 22/09/1916; if Cooper Creek: 03/10/1916 (party delayed by thunderstorm and rain on the third).
See expedition report in Trans. RSSA, vol. XLI, 1917: 409-410, 423

A copy is held in SAM Expedition to Strzelecki and Coopers Creek collection (AA299/1/47)

Back of print: camp at coopers creek it comes on to rain