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Summary
Two men swimming in a water-filled granite basin, with a dry stone-wall section behind.
Warnings and disclaimer
Title taken from album caption. Full album caption: Boomer Rocks, Ballladonia, W.A. So called because of a "boomer" having lost his life there in an exciting hunt. This spot is an area of solid granite rock with a dip from 1ft to 11 feet in the centre - which natural basin becomes filled by the slight rainfall & gradually becomes dry by evaporation & consumption by man & beast. These natural basins are to be found over various parts of W. Aust.
Subjects
- Granite -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Basins (Geology) -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Swimmers -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
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