Early Contact 1920's - old photo

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Early Contact 1920's - old photo

early contact 1920's


The Ngadjonji elders have tentatively identified this band as Mamu and Ngadjonji. Miss J. Calico thought the tall man was her Great granduncle Mick. That dates the photograph to early European settlement (c.1920), which would correlate with the peoples starved appearance.

Photo courtesy of the Eacham Historical Society.