Terms and conditions of use
Stockyards, Wave Hill Station, Northern Territory
(1952); printed 1978
from The Northern Territory series (1952)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
24.0 × 28.8 cm (image)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1980
Public domain
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
In the 1950s and 1960s Heather George worked as a freelance photographer and photojournalist. In 1952 Walkabout magazine published a series of photographs George made in the Northern Territory outback, including images of Wave Hill Station, a vast pastoral lease on the lands of the Gurindji people. Fourteen years later, it was to go down in history as the location of a turning point in the recognition of land rights for Australia’s First Nations peoples.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Northern Territory
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.l.: 14 (underlined)
stamped in ink on reverse l.l.: PHOTOGRAPHY / HEATHER GEORGE
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: Stock Yards, Wave Hill / Northern Territory
Accession Number
PH6-1980
Department
Australian Photography
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