By National Museum of Australia
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Portrait of Herbert Basedow (about 1920)National Museum of Australia
A Different Time provides poignant reflections of expeditionary and frontier life in Australia, as captured by Herbert Basedow.
Basedow — anthropologist, geologist, scientist, explorer and medical practitioner — was a remarkable Australian. He was renowned for the breadth of his work across central and northern Australia in the early decades of the 20th century.
Basedow's extensive knowledge of the country, research and opinions were highly valued by scientists, politicians and businessmen of his era.
Part of his great legacy is the National Museum of Australia's collection of more than 2200 negatives created during his many expeditions in remote Australia.
Basedow's photographs reveal his diverse interests and provide a window into a different time.
This selection of images from the exhibition A Different Time: The Expedition Photographs of Herbert Basedow 1903-1928 is an introduction to Basedow's work.
More images and information can be found on the National Museum of Australia's website
Arrerika, Mijargardonne and Unnruba with an eaglehawk (1903) by Herbert BasedowNational Museum of Australia
Basedow always took a camera on his numerous trips into what were then remote areas of Australia.
His photographic collection begins with the 1903 Government North-West Prospecting Expedition into the far north-west of South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Basedow's next expedition, in 1905, investigated the geology of the coastline between Port Essington and the mouth of the Victoria River, and from Darwin south to Katherine.
Between 1905 and 1907 he made a number of short visits to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, again undertaking geological investigations. On the first he came across Aboriginal rock engravings which he continued to document on subsequent trips.
Basedow undertook further expeditions in search of mineral deposits; to the Kimberley in 1916 and the Victoria River district in 1922.
Boys in a dugout and two bark canoes (1911) by Herbert BasedowNational Museum of Australia
Men, possibly of the Wogait people, preparing for an emu hunt (probably 1905) by Herbert BasedowNational Museum of Australia
Rock engravings (1905 to about 1913) by Herbert BasedowNational Museum of Australia
Rock paintings (1916) by Herbert BasedowNational Museum of Australia
Main street of Derby, Western Australia (1916) by Herbert BasedowNational Museum of Australia
Ploughing with camel (1920) by Herbert BasedowNational Museum of Australia
Basedow's other major expeditions were to report on the health of South Australia's Aboriginal people in the state's settled districts and the south of the Northern Territory in 1919 and 1920.
He also undertook a vice-regal trip to central Australia in 1923.
This was followed by two trips funded by wealthy grazier Donald Mackay into central Australia in 1926 and Arnhem Land in 1928.
Women and children leaving church (1920) by Herbert BasedowNational Museum of Australia
Expedition camp, with Arrerika (left), Nell Basedow and Frank Feast (1920) by Herbert BasedowNational Museum of Australia
Wagon carrying an 8-tonne load (1922) by Herbert BasedowNational Museum of Australia
Collecting firewood for 'corroboree' held for the Governor of South Australia Sir Tom Bridges (1923) by Herbert BasedowNational Museum of Australia
Rock paintings, southern side of Uluru, Northern Territory (1926) by Herbert BasedowNational Museum of Australia
More of Basedow's images and information can be found on the National Museum of Australia's website
