No. SAMA2026-003
Spinning at MacDonald Downs, 1980
Australia · MacDonald Downs · Oceania · Sahul
Function not recorded
Source term: bullroarer
Most bullroarers reach an archive as a still blade on a tray. This one reaches it mid-swing: a photograph taken at MacDonald Downs station in Central Australia in August 1980 shows a man spinning one. A single handwritten line on the back names the scene, and the print sits among Norman Tindale's papers under the heading 'Tjurunga and Bullroarers.'
Spinning bullroarer Macdonald Downs Aug 1980
SA Museum, Tindale AA338/14/398, reverse-caption transcription
Particulars
- Object
- A 1980 action photograph of a man spinning a bullroarer.
- Function
- Not recorded.
Source
South Australian Museum, Norman Tindale AA338/14/398, 'Tjurunga and Bullroarers'