FEATURED IMAGE: Three Worora girls. Sale River, NW of WA. 1938-39. Photographer unknown - possibly Dr. Helmut Petri.
Western Australia Museum. Frobenius Expedition (1938-39).
Photo donated by Dr Petri, 1939. Caption: ‘Marriage class scarification of three Worora girls’.
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