Summary
Photographs of Aboriginal dance performance for tourists at Mandorah resort in the mid-1960s.The photographer and author B. Wongar worked as a 'handyman' at the Mandorah Resort and developed a friendly relationship with the superintendent at the nearby Delissaville Settlement. Two of the dancers in his troupe were Jimmy Muluk and Prince of Wales the son of the so-called 'last Larrakiya songman', George King). Muluk was Wongar's main informant for his Aboriginal Myths publication (1972) and Prince of Wales took an active part in ceremonial and tourist performances.
Physical Description
Black and white 35mm original.
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Negative, original
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35 mm (Length), 35 mm (Width)
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Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands
