Historical information

Mia Mia on Mission frontage Occasionally the Natives erect temporary homes on the shores of the lake, and here we have a mother and two daughters, who have occupied this mia-mia for three weeks or more.See also page 180 'The Kurnai of Gippsland', by Phillip Pepper and Tess deAraugo

Physical description

Black and white photograph of a group of Aboriginal women at a Mia Mia at Lake Tyers Mission. It shows four women wearing European style dresses, one with an apron. Photo taken outside a structure of canvas and branches with a bullock team in the background. The campfire at the front includes a bucket Lake Tyers Victoria