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BA318/96/197: Water supply - banana palm behind, Kunmunya, ca.1920. A Boomerang singe geared open back-geared windmill
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BA318/96/198: Hoeing, Kunmunya, ca.1920
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BA318/96/199: Water supply - banana palms behind, Kunmunya, ca.1920
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BA318/96/200: Hoeing, Kunmunya, ca.1920
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BA318/96/201: Kunmunya, ca.1920. [No caption in album]
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BA318/96/202: Hoeing, Kunmunya, ca.1920
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BA318/96/203: Pineapples, Kunmunya, ca.1920
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BA318/96/204: Sugar cane, Kunmunya, ca.1920
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BA318/96/205: Sorghum, Kunmunya, ca.1920
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BA318/96/206: Kunmunya, ca.1920 [No caption in album]
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BA318/96/207: Iron bark pumpkins, Kunmunya, ca.1920
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BA318/96/208: Maize, Kunmunya, ca.1920
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BA318/96/209: Beehive, Kunmunya, ca.1920
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BA318/96/210: Winnowing rice, Kunmunya, ca.1920
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BA318/96/211: Yard building, Kunmunya, ca.1920
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Summary
Port George IV Aboriginal Mission, also known as Kunmunya Mission, was operated by Australian Presbyterian Board of Missions from 1913-1953. Photographs of Aboriginal people working on the mission including growing rice, sugar cane, sorghum, pineapples, pumpkins, bananas and maize. Building a yard. Water supply tank and windmill. The windmill has been identified as a Boomerang single geared, open back-geared windmill manufactured by the State Implement and Engineering Works at Rocky Bay, North Fremantle between 1914-ca.1920.
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Title devised by cataloguer. Captions from album.
Subjects
- Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Water-supply -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Gardens -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- View more on SLWA catalogue
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