inscribed in pencil and overinscribed in black paint l.l.: PRAYER'S & CURSES MOSLEM'S PRAY BULLOCKY CURSE'S. inscribed in pencil and overinscribed in black paint l.r.: Sam Byrne.
Two different transport methods and two different customs are juxtaposed in this painting. Outback Australia was opened up for exploration and grazing through the camel which was more effective in dry country than in horse or bullock. The camels and their Muslim drivers, termed Afghans, were brought in from the Indian sub continent. The scene is of marginal wool country where bullocks take over transport from camels.
