Series 1: Kangaroo harvesting near Balranald, New South Wales, 7 April 2021, photographs by Darren Clark

series

7 April 2021

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9661359

9 photographs - digital, Camera Raw, colour

9 digital photographs documenting kangaroo harvesting. The images depict Steve Johnston, one of seven professional kangaroo shooters from the Balranald district, as he undertakes a night’s work, including including spotlighting, shooting, and preparing and loading the kangaroos.

Item 01: Steven Johnstone, professional kangaroo shooter, inside his work ute near Balranald, New South Wales, 7 April 2021
Item 02: Steven Johnstone, professional kangaroo shooter, at work near Balranald, New South Wales, 7 April 2021
Item 03: Steven Johnstone attaches an identification tag to a harvested kangaroo near Balranald, New South Wales, 7 April 2021
Item 04: Steven Johnstone, professional kangaroo shooter, taking aim with his Howa 223 rifle near Balranald, New South Wales, 7 April 2021
Item 05: Steve Johnstone, professional kangaroo shooter, inspecting a large male red kangaroo that he had just shot, 7 April 2021
Item 06: Steven Johnstone, professional kangaroo shooter, recovering a harvested kangaroo near Balranald, New South Wales, 7 April 2021
Item 07: Steven Johnstone, professional kangaroo shooter, unloading kangaroo carcasses into chillers at Balranald, New South Wales, 7 April 2021
Item 08: Steven Johnstone, professional kangaroo shooter, recording the weight, sex and species of each kangaroo he harvested, Balranald, New South Wales, 7 April 2021
Item 09: Steven Johnstone inspects the size and quality of kangaroos, harvested during the week by six other professional shooters from the Balranald district, as they are emptied from the chillers at Balranald, New South Wales, 7 April 2021

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Darren Clark
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Darren Clark

This collection contains graphic images