Crocodile skinning, North Queensland, 1946

Skinning crocodiles is a skilled and unpleasant task as the skin needs to be cut away – it cannot be pulled away from the body like mammal skin. As it is the belly skin of a crocodile that is valuable that is kept intact while the back is cut open. Many crocodile hunters employed Aboriginal people to undertake their skinning for them. Skinning a crocodile, North Queensland, 1946. Collection of the National Archives of Australia

Collection of the National Archives of Australia

Date captured: 
21 August 2013
Date created: 
21 August 2013