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Image Not Available for The aboriginals of Australia could put up a good fight with many an English team. They have been taught from their youth up to throw things about, especially boomerangs.
The aboriginals of Australia could put up a good fight with many an English team. They have been taught from their youth up to throw things about, especially boomerangs.
Image Not Available for The aboriginals of Australia could put up a good fight with many an English team. They have been taught from their youth up to throw things about, especially boomerangs.

The aboriginals of Australia could put up a good fight with many an English team. They have been taught from their youth up to throw things about, especially boomerangs.

Creator Emil Otto Hoppé (British, 1878 - 1972)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 17.7 x 22.8 cm (6 15/16 x 9 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Object number2002/5654
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for The aboriginals of Australia take their football seriously, like everyone else. The game is a real fight to the finish - war pain and all.
The aboriginals of Australia take their football seriously, like everyone else. The game is a real fight to the finish - war pain and all.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for If you want to cure an illness, take a pick-me-up, make a friend or an enemy… there are roots this this market which are said to do all these things.
If you want to cure an illness, take a pick-me-up, make a friend or an enemy… there are roots this this market which are said to do all these things.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for An assortment of clothes. Some aboriginals play football in trousers, some in loin-cloths. Many do it in style and splash on the war paint.
An assortment of clothes. Some aboriginals play football in trousers, some in loin-cloths. Many do it in style and splash on the war paint.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A typical store with its collection of herbs and drugs, calculated to cure and prevent every imaginable evil. There are also potions which can do all sorts of strange things to you, such as make you fall in love!
A typical store with its collection of herbs and drugs, calculated to cure and prevent every imaginable evil. There are also potions which can do all sorts of strange things to you, such as make you fall in love!
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A typical store with its collection of herbs and drugs, calculated to cure and prevent every imaginable evil. There are also potions which can do all sorts of strange things to you, such as make you fall in love!
A typical store with its collection of herbs and drugs, calculated to cure and prevent every imaginable evil. There are also potions which can do all sorts of strange things to you, such as make you fall in love!
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Preparing to draw a walnut log out of a North Queensland (Australia) forest.
Preparing to draw a walnut log out of a North Queensland (Australia) forest.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for State Saw Mill, Pemberton, Australia
State Saw Mill, Pemberton, Australia
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Rather morbid, this stall, for it shows a display of bones and skins, and the smell is not too good either. The unaccustomed purchaser gets rather a shock, coming across a stall of grinning skulls, but they say that skulls are very effective both as charm
Rather morbid, this stall, for it shows a display of bones and skins, and the smell is not too good either. The unaccustomed purchaser gets rather a shock, coming across a stall of grinning skulls, but they say that skulls are very effective both as charm
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for New concept of identifying teams - paint instead of jerseys.
New concept of identifying teams - paint instead of jerseys.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The bullock teams which haul the huge logs through the forest to the train-lines often consist of 10-12 pair of oxen.
The bullock teams which haul the huge logs through the forest to the train-lines often consist of 10-12 pair of oxen.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The log is "jacked-up" on to the Bullock-cart.
The log is "jacked-up" on to the Bullock-cart.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for With the very mixed population of Limehouse, England, there is nothing strange in mixed marriages. This picture is, however, unique, for although men from China are said to make ideal husbands, they are hardly ever seen about with their wives.
With the very mixed population of Limehouse, England, there is nothing strange in mixed marriages. This picture is, however, unique, for although men from China are said to make ideal husbands, they are hardly ever seen about with their wives.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
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