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28th March. AMAX water drillers return after legal action causes a week’s delay. Dickie Skinner (third from the left) asks them to leave Noonkanbah. They do so. One press report stated the Aborigines threatened the driller with spears and boomerangs
(1980)
from the Noonkanbah, Western Australia series (1980)

Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
15.2 × 22.9 cm (image)
Place/s of Execution
Noonkanbah, Western Australia
Accession Number
PH55.4-1986
Department
Australian Photography
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased from Admission Funds, 1986
© Michael Gallagher
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Daryl and Anne Whinney
Gallery location
Not on display

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