A local character fishing in the Barcoo, a western Queensland river flowing towards Lake Eyre in central Australia.

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"Dickie'' McCulkin, aged 70 at the time, had lived and worked in the bush all his adult life, droving, fencing and crutching

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Size: 5154px × 3450px
Location: Barcoo River, Isisford, Queensland, Australia
Photo credit: © Philip Game / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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