Families found within 80 year old photos, paintings

A rare collection of about three thousand photographs, portraits and paintings is being reopened and shared.

The Frobenius Institute in Germany has the images, which were made in 1938.

A group of anthropologists travelled through the far north Kimberley, documenting people, their traditions and the landscape.

Now the Institute and University of Western Australia are working with Kimberley traditional owner groups to share the information and images.