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
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
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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