Sir John Hubert Plunkett Murray (1861 – 1940)
The photos below are items from daily life in Papua, collected by my great grandfather Sir Hubert Murray, Lieutenant-Governor of Papua (1908-1940)
“The Murrays, Gilbert recalled, were Home Rulers, members of the Aborigines’ Protection Society and ‘keen on the protection of animals, children, foreigners, heretics, unpopular minorities and the like'”
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online.
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9 spears altogether, short and longer, of which 2 are pretty damaged. I am endeavouring to put up more pics & dimensions shortly.
my favourite group
This drum hung in the hallway at my grandmother’s house when I was growing up.
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