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Aboriginal People Being Taught the Sign of the Cross [altered from original title], 1919
- Title
- Aboriginal People Being Taught the Sign of the Cross [altered from original title]
- Description
This is a photograph taken at Drysdale River Mission showing seven Aboriginal people seated on the ground in front of one of the Benedictine Fathers of the Mission. All have their hands up to their foreheads and appear to be making the sign of the cross. In the background some of the Mission buildings are visible. The image was one of several published in The W.A. Record in an article titled 'Drysdale River Mission. Some Interesting Facts'.
- Date
- 1919
- Archival reference
Original title: Natives Being Taught the Sign of the Cross
- Published Source
- Alex Gollan, 'Drysdale River Mission: Some Interesting Facts', The W.A. Record, 27 December 1919, p. 7, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212363335. Details
- External Url
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212363335
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