Person
Walker, Harrison Dodge Howell (Howell) (1910 - 2003)
- Born
- 4 August 1910
U.S.A. - Died
- 26 January 2003
Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Journalist and Photographer
- Alternative Names
- Walker, Howell (Also known as)
Summary
Howell Walker was a photographer and journalist, joining the National geographic magazine in 1936. He spent many years travelling the world for the magazine. In 1941 he was sent to Australia to cover the war effort in the southwest Pacific region, serving with the U.S. Army Air Force as an intelligence officer from 1943 to 1946. Walker was appointed to the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in 1948 as representative of the magazine. While on the Expedition he took both still and moving images. Walker continued working for National geographic until 1975, revisiting Australia a number of times. In 1954 he was in the Northern Territory and Melville Island with Charles Mountford, who had led of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. After retiring Walker settled in Sydney with his Australian wife Sheila.
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Chronology
- 1933
- Education - Graduated from Princeton University, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- 1936
- Career event - Joined National geographic magazine
- 1943 - 1946
- Military service - Served with the U.S. Army Air Force
- February 1948 - November 1948
- Career position - Writer and Photographer, American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
- 1954
- Career event - In Northern Territory and Melville Island with Charles Mountford
- 1975
- Life event - Retired
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Book Sections
- Harris, Joshua, 'Hidden for sixty years: the motion pictures of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land' in Exploring the Legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition, Thomas, Martin and Neale, Margo, eds (Canberra: ANU E Press, 2011), pp. 239-51, https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p116081/pdf/ch123.pdf. Details
- Jenkins, Mark Collins, 'A Robinson Crusoe in Arnhem Land: Howell Walker, National geographic and the Arnhem Land Expedition of 1948' in Exploring the Legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition, Thomas, Martin and Neale, Margo, eds (Canberra: ANU E Press, 2011), pp. 73-85, https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p116081/pdf/ch047.pdf. Details
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Created: 2 September 2025