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A small house or shed, with equipment sitting out the front, including several rolled sheets of wire
A small house or shed, with equipment sitting out the front, including several rolled sheets of wire

A small house or shed, with equipment sitting out the front, including several rolled sheets of wire

Date1961-1972
Object numberANMS1279[413]
NamePhotograph
MediumPhotographic paper
DimensionsOverall: 77 x 78 mm
Copyright© Estate of Denis George
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the George Family and Adrian Jackson
Pearling equipment, placed in front of a shed, including wire cages and metal buckets, on Packe Island
Pearling equipment, placed in front of a shed, including wire cages and metal buckets, on Packe Island
1957-1958
Several people standing in front of a shed, surrounded by wire and other equipment, on Packe Island
Several people standing in front of a shed, surrounded by wire and other equipment, on Packe Island
1962-1964
Colour photograph of several Papua New Guinean sitting in front of a pearl shell display, laid out on the ground, with a large audience behind, during Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's visit to Papua New Guinea in 1977
Colour photograph of several Papua New Guinean sitting in front of a pearl shell display, laid out on the ground, with a large audience behind, during Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's visit to Papua New Guinea in 1977
1977
Several metal drums laid out in a line in front of a shed on Packe Island
Several metal drums laid out in a line in front of a shed on Packe Island
1962-1964
A small boat in shallow water, with two men standing in front of it, and with wire pearl cages sitting on the top of it, on Packe Island
A small boat in shallow water, with two men standing in front of it, and with wire pearl cages sitting on the top of it, on Packe Island
1957-1958
Photograph of several Papua New Guinean people standing in a shed, including a man in a white football shirt
Photograph of several Papua New Guinean people standing in a shed, including a man in a white football shirt
1961-1972
Colour photograph of several Papua New Guinean men and children in a shed, either using pearling equipment, holding pearl shells, or working with half pearls (or mabe pearls) in a metal cylinder
Colour photograph of several Papua New Guinean men and children in a shed, either using pearling equipment, holding pearl shells, or working with half pearls (or mabe pearls) in a metal cylinder
1970
Image Not Available for Colour photograph of land covered with plam trees, and several sheds or houses
Colour photograph of land covered with plam trees, and several sheds or houses
Peter Wilson, Director, Department of Primary Industries
1961-1972
A small boat, with a man sitting in it with wire pearl cages, on Packe Island
A small boat, with a man sitting in it with wire pearl cages, on Packe Island
1957-1958
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, the firstof a car, shade cover, equipment and several people on a beach, with a pearl raft in the water in the background, and the second of a man holding onto, and possibly constructing, a wire pearl cage
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, the firstof a car, shade cover, equipment and several people on a beach, with a pearl raft in the water in the background, and the second of a man holding onto, and possibly constructing, a wire pearl cage
1961
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, the first of large rolls of wire and other equipment on the shoreline, and the second of several people working underneath a shade structure, on Packe Island
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, the first of large rolls of wire and other equipment on the shoreline, and the second of several people working underneath a shade structure, on Packe Island
1962-1964
Colour photograph of machinery, tools and equipment at Denis George's house, either in a shed or under the house
Colour photograph of machinery, tools and equipment at Denis George's house, either in a shed or under the house
c 1994