Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Mervyn Bishop Blazed Trail as Australia's First Aboriginal Press Photographer
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'Mervyn Bishop's iconic 1975 photo of Gough Whitlam pouring red earth into Gurindji leader Vincent Lingiari's hand in the aftermath of the Wave Hill strike only exists because Bishop insisted on a reshoot.' (Introduction)

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