title As keen as ever Ern McQuillan: on assignmentwith a camera
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Left to right: photographers Jack Dabinett, Ern McQuillan, Ken Issitt, Hopalong Cassidy/ William Boyd, John Tanner and John Jones.

Photographer unknown (1954)
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Straight off the plane: William Boyd—better known as Hopalong Cassidy—had just arrived at Mascot Airport Sydney in 1954. Having given all his hats away, Boyd turned to Ern and pinned a badge onto Ern’s lapel, saying ‘You’re my deputy’.

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