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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH (DIGITAL COPY): PET KANGAROO, WHITE FAMILY, 1927

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1927

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Photograph of a woman (Rose) kneeling down on the ground and feeding a young kangaroo. Rose is wearing a black dress with a white collar and pull strings tied in a bow. The small kangaroo has its snout front paw in a white cup held by Rose in her right hand. Subjects of photograph are situated on a dirt path between a number of small shed-like buildings. The building on the right is constructed from corrugated metal, and the building on the left has a verandah and wooden porch.
Photograph has a white border with an ink inscription made on the page of the album below reading 'Pet Kangaroo Rose and Joey, Austin Downs Cue 1927'
From 1983.87.1 (Original photo still in album)

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