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BA283/1: Group of Aboriginal people, possibly at a camp at Bernier Island, ca. 1940.
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BA283/2: Aboriginal couple, possibly at a camp at Bernier Island, ca. 1940.
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These photographs have been previously identified as Bernier Island, which housed a mission run hospital for suspected Aboriginal male venereal disease patients. However, a note on the reverse of the copy print states: "Prof. D.J. Mulvaney has said this is not Bernier Island 8/5/87".
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Camps -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Couples -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
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