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BA2840/93: David Newry selecting straight saplings to make mullet spears, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/94: Damien Newry (foreground) learning the art of spear making from his grandfather David Newry. He strips the bark from a cut sapling, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/95: Damien Newry removing bark from a freshly cut sapling ready to make a mullet spear, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/96: David Newry teaching grandson Damien Newry the art of making a mullet spear on the bank of the Ord River, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/97: David and Damien Newry shaping mullet spears on the bank of the Ord River, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/98: David Newry putting points onto a piece of fencing wire to make the prongs of a mullet spear, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/99: David Newry burning a hole through the end of the new mullet spear to fit the prongs, on the bank of the Ord River, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/100: David Newry trimming the end of a new mullet spear to make it more aerodynamic with grandsons Damien (left) and Steven looking on, on the bank of the Ord River, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/101: David Newry teaching his grandson Damien Newry how to tie the prongs onto a mullet spear, on the bank of the Ord River, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/102: David Newry sharpening the tips of a mullet spear on a river rock on the bank of the Ord River, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/103: David Newry demonstrating how to use a woomera and spear to his grandsons on the bank of the Ord River, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/104: David Newry hunting mullet in the Ord River using the spear he has just made, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/105: With his second throw of the new spear David Newry has a direct hit on a passing mullet in the Ord River, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/106: David Newry proudly displaying a mullet he has speared with his second throw of the new spear in the Ord River, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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BA2840/107: Damien Newry being taught to spear mullet in the Ord River by his grandfather David Newry, Kununurra, 6 May 2017
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- Spears -- Design and construction -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Spear fishing -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
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