Territory Stories

Joe Cooper

Details:

Title

Joe Cooper,

Photographer

Campbell, James Pinkerton,

Photo number

PH0100/0132,

Collection

Federal Parliamentary Party Visit 1912 Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1912,

Location

Melville Island,

Description

Joe Cooper on his favorite hunter. Cooper has sole use of the Island 2400 square miles. He is the only white man there, and accounts for about 1000 buffalo hides per annum. (May to October the Dry Season) (Cooper on horseback - Cooper came to the Territory in 1879 and shot buffalo on Melville Island and the mainland for many years.),

Notes

Date:1912,

Language

English,

Subject

horses, men, hunting,

Digital format

600ppi ; 25Mb. 3495 x 5000 pixels : 48bpp ; 102.42Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 15 cm.,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Related links

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/213546, http://hdl.handle.net/10070/213546 [HistoryNT : Souvenir of the visit of the Federal Parliamentary Party to the Northern Territory, April - May, 1912.],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/9844,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/9844

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/730353, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/730354,