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Description: Ethnoarchitectural forms constructed by the Torres Strait islanders on the exposed beaches and cays at Mt Ernest Island (Naghi or Nagheer). Pl. no. XVI of: Sketches in Australia and the adjacent islands by Harden S. Melville. Tinted lithograph with some hand colouring. London: Printed and published by Dickinson & Co. c 1849
Title: Torres-strait-islanders Shelter
Credit: http://veronicapeek.com/tag/queensland-shipwrecks-2/
Author: Harden Sidney Melville (1824-1894)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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