Ordinance survey 1898 and 1908 - Foxhole and area (Kent), Spirit of Arnhem Land - Tom on telephone posters (Australian Geographic), B/W poster "When will be going home? We're there when there isn't a home to go to. The Save the Children Fund, 157 Clapham Road, London SW9 0PT"

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Maps. Marked "3" in top left corner ; signed by Penny Tweedie 2001 bottom right. Image appears in book Aboriginal Australians : Spirit of Arnhem Land - pp. 62-63. Caption from laminated card with the item, which reads in full: Turtle hunting at Bulkay. "For six months these flood plains under water, but now it's dry season. Every day the water drying up, so we come here to Bulkay, camp beside the paperbark swamp. Men go hunting with gun for geese and duck, women come hunting for turtle. Kids have good time here, safe from crocodile." - Jill Djalburrburr. Posters. Marked "4" in top left corner ; signed by Penny Tweedie bottom right. Image signed by Tweedie. Appears in book Aboriginal Australians : Spirit of Arnhem Land, p. 82. Caption devised from book and from card with the item, which reads in full: John with pet joey at Gilirri. "Mimih spirits live in this stone country. They are very shy spirits, they only come out at night or when disturbed. Mimih spirits don't mind people hunting wild creatures, but Mimih spirits are looking after animals that have been tamed, become pets. We tell children if they hurt a pet joey or pet bird that the Mimih spirits will come out after dark and punish them." - Djardie Ashley. Posters. Marked "5" in top left corner ; signed by Penny Tweedie 2001 bottom right. Appears in book Aboriginal Australians : Spirit of Arnhem Land, pp. 2-3. A similar image on p. 65 is captioned "Monica and her brother Alberto at Giymir in the Arafura Swamp" - Monica is the granddaughter of Judy Baypungnala

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Tweedie, Ben, Mr

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