Every poster is screen printed by hand onto 80gsm Kraft paper, and signed. This full size poster (82 x 117 cm) will arrive in a tube.

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Learn more about Bejah Dervish at The Australian Dictionary of Biography

Bejah Dervish was twenty-eight at the time this photo was taken in 1890 on Rundle St, Adelaide. At that age he had already served with British forces at Kandahar and Karachi under Lord Roberts, where he attained the rank of sergeant. In 1896 Bejah was engaged by Lawrence Wells to manage the camels used for transport on the ill-fated Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition to the Great Sandy Desert of north-central Western Australia. In 1902 he settled in Marree where he bought land, operated his camel transport business, married and raised a son. In 1930 he retired from camel driving to grow date palms. Sixty Four year after this photo was taken of Bejah Dervish, the  was featured in the award-winning documentary film The Back of Beyond. He died three years later On 6 May 1957 in the Port Augusta Hospital.