Collection 01: Wilcannia and its inhabitants, 1983 / photographed by Gerrit Fokkema

PXA 544

sub-fonds

1983

Graphic Materials, Photographs

446682

75 photographs - silver gelatin - 25.4 x 31.5 cm.

The photographs are published in: Fokkema, Gerrit. Wilcannia: portrait of an Australian town. Sydney : Harper & Row, 1986 (ML ref. F994.49/1).

1. Cemetery
2. Bridge over Darling River
3. Road to Cobar
4. The road to Broken Hill
5-6. Main street
7. [Untitled. Man and woman walking along road]
8. Port bottles
9. [Intitled. Suzuki motorbike standing in street]
10. Queens Head Pub
11. New Housing Commission homes
12. Shire Hall
13. A house in the mission
14. A house in town
15. Wilcannia Post office
16. Post office
17. Telephone booths
18. [Untitled. Car parked outside dwelling(?) at night]
19. [Untitled. Corrugated iron dwelling(?)]
20. The home of Mr. Helmer, owner of the biggest store
21. Darling River
22. [Untitled. Men beside campfire?]
23. House in the Mallee
24. Leslie Burke and Rex Whyman
25. The Mallee
26. Allan Whyman at lunch
27. Footpath from the mission to the town
28. Darren Whyman scores
29. Thomas Dutton at the Holiday program
30. Kevin Johnson
31. Leslie Taylor
32. Don Barlow
33. Alan Carol, Owen Whyman and Robert Hunter
34. Becka's [i.e. Becka Shepherd? cf. no. 35] hand
35. Becka Shepherd, Sharon Johnson and Anne Bugmy
36. Dawn Wilkes and her daughter Angie
37. Elsie Jones, one of the few people who can speak the Bakandji language. She tells traditional stories to the children and has transcribed Bakandji for the Technical and Further Education College.
38. Alan Wilson and Joey
39. Michael Johnson and Paul Williams with perch from the Darling River
40. Bronwyn Kerwin and her baby and her sister Kaylene Kerwin
41. Bronwyn Kerwin, Chris Johnson, Wilfred Brown and Stephen Dutton
42. Kirsty Lee Hall watching television
43. Kung Fu on video at the Whymans
44. Beverley and Christine Hunter at the Queens Head pub
45-6. Saturday afternoon football
47. Sparkie Wilson, Byers, Eddie Bateye, Clark "Pedro" Quail, Guthrie Johnson, Robbo Bugmey, Bourkie, Donkey Whyman, Shanie Shepherd and Lenny Boy Brier
48. Saturday at the football
49. Jane Peatie school teacher
50. Kevin "cheif" [sic] Pierpoint
51. Ted Macmillan lives in the old convent
52. Eddie Murphy cooks at the Mobil Roadhouse
53. Tony Dell the Butcher
54. Robert King, Baker
55. Richie Pamount [Wilcannia Auto Centre]
56. Leslie Burke bludges a smoke from Richie Pamount
57. Andrew Heitzman
58. Mrs Curtis sells on credit. Blacks often end up owing her their next social security cheque
59. Minette and Don Scott. They set up a Chinese Restaurant but left after only two months
60. John at the Courthouse pub
61. Rednut the Shearer and Dawne Wilkes in the Courthouse pub
62. The night Digger Revell played at the golf club
63. The night Digger Revell played at the golf club
64. Lance Maclellan and his Toyota
65. Black sand greens at the golf course
66. Mrs Beryl Tweedale sweeping at the post office
67. Saturday morning street stall
68. RSL Secretary Ted Davies holds the Wilcannia Anzac day martching band
69. Ray Hall and Cecil Johnson before Anzac day march
70. Anzac day march in the main street
71. Anzac day ceremony
72. Anzac day ceremony
73. Anzac day luncheon at the golf club
74. Two up on Anzac day
75. A white grave and a black grave

Arranged in same sequence as they appear in the book.

Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of photographer plus 70 years

Titled, dated and signed by photographer in pencil on reverse

Just Received case - State Library of New South Wales (1989)