Aborigine Collection

Portrait of an Aboriginal man, named Bennelong
Drawing 41 from the Watling Collection titled Native name Ben-nel-long, as painted when angry after Botany Bay Colebee was wounded by Port Jackson Painter, c. 1790

Truganini, last surviving female Tasmanian Aboiginal
Truganini (Truganina, Trugernanner or Lalla Rooke, c1812-1876), the last surviving Tasmanian Aboiginal or Palawa woman. 1866

Dampier Shown Boomerang
William Dampier is shown a boomerang by an aborigine

Portrait of an Aboriginal woman named Abbarroo, decorated fo
Drawing 45 from the Watling Collection titled Abbarroo a moobee after Balloderrees funeral by Port Jackson Painter, c. 1791

Pomfret illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Affray of rival Aboriginal tribes, three miles from Brisbane in New South Wales, Australia. The Illustrated London News notes with undisguised disgust

Fern Tree Valley, near Hobart, Tasmania
View of Fern Tree Valley near Hobart, Tasmania, showing a river and waterfall in a tropical landscape. 1870

Tools of the Australian aborigines
Tools and weapons of the Australian aborigines. Drinking vessel made of dulse leaf 1, stone knife 2, basket for shells 3, basket 4, shell necklace 5, spears 6-9, wooden sword 10, 12, shield 13

Aboriginal medicine man of the Worgaia, Central Australia. Date: 1922

Western Australia - Aborigine Elders ready for a Corroboree
Western Australia, Australia - Five Australian Aborigine Elders ready for a Corroboree (an an Australian Aboriginal dance ceremony which may take the form of a sacred ritual or an informal gathering)

Maori tools and weapons with elaborate carving: axe, fish knife, and box. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Australian aborigines with body painting and scarification. Woman Worogan from Sydney area, man with body painting Y-Erran-Gou-La-Ga, and head of man with moustache

Aboriginal Warramunga man, Northern Territory, Australia
Aboriginal Warramunga (Warumungu) man, Northern Territory, Australia. Seen here in profile, with his nostrils broken under the weight of a large wooden spike. Date: 1922

Aboriginal men and woman, Brisbane area, Australia
Two aboriginal men and one woman in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. They have their names on brass plates around their necks. Date: 1922

Western Australia - Aborigine Camp In The Bay of Dogs

Veddahs, forest dwelling aborigines of Sri Lanka, Victorian period

Aborigine children in a Mission School, Queensland, Australia

Aborigine in northern New South Wales, Australia

Studio portrait of Australian aborigines - Victorian period

Aborigine throwing spear with a womerah Australia Victorian period

Aborigine Lake Tyers Victoria Australia Victorian period

Aborigine Mission School Queensland Australia Victorian period

Aborigine Queensland Australia Victorian period

Aborigine King Tommy Carrs Creek New South Wales Australia Victorian period

Australia Samsans ladies Victorian period Victorian period

Aborigine employed as a Government tracker New South Wales Australia Victorian period

Australian aborigines with boomerangs, Victorian period

Aboriginal canoe-men Date: circa 1860

Aboriginal children 1914
Aboriginal children in a mission school at Mitchell River, north-west Australia. Date: 1914

Queen Victoria pictured visiting the South Australian Court at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London in 1886. Date: 1886

Scene showing Aborigines of Victoria, to accompany given in The Illustrated London News, which describes the native Australians sometimes visiting towns dressed in a mix of cast-off European style

Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on the indigenous people of Australia Felix, Port Phillip, in New South Wales

Noru Gal Derri, Aborigine warrior, Australia
Noru Gal Derri, Aborigine warrior with spear and shield, Australia. From an illustration by Nicolas Martin Petit. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated Natural

Australian aborigines of the Malay race. Mour-Re-Mour-Ga, man in turban, Y-Erran-Gou-La-Ga, man with face painting, and Ou-Re-Kine, woman in bandana (after Nicolas-Martin Petit)

Inside a Maori fortified village or pa, New Zealand
Inside a Maori fortified village or pa (Hippah), New Zealand. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Andrea Bernieri after John Webber from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Portraits of Maori warriors with facial tattoos, New Zealand
Portraits of Maori warriors, New Zealand. Men and boy with facial tattoos and feathers in their hair. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Francesco Rosaspina after William Hodges

Maori family in Dusky Bay, New Zealand. The man holds a taiaha club, the woman a spear, and all wear cloaks of skins or leaves

Maori war canoe in front of a pa on a rock
Maoris in a war canoe in front of a pa on an arched rock in New Zealand. The fortified village or pa is atop the perforated rock at Tolaga

Aborigine huts and village in West Australia (Eendachts land). Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Aged native of Otaheite (Tahiti) and New Hollander (Australia). Portraits by John Lewin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward

Portrait of Yango Mungo ye Yango, New South Wales
Portrait of Yango Mungo ye Yango, a native of Bathursts Plains, New South Wales, 19th century. He wears a possum-skin cloak. (Man of the Wiradjuri people?) Portrait by John Lewin, engraved by M

Three Maori people of New Zealand, based on an illustration from the HMS Beagle expedition. Date: 1842

Aborigines of Australia, Corroboree dance. Date: 1842

Aborigine trackers working for the police force, Australia -- Leo (above) and Paddy (below). Date: circa 1900s

Mounted aborigine police with white officer, Queensland, Australia. Date: circa 1900s

Mounted police constable and aborigine trackers on patrol
Mounted police constable and aborigine trackers starting out on a patrol. circa 1900s

Aboriginal Karundi warrior, Queensland, Australia
Aboriginal Karundi warrior of Queensland, Australia. Date: 1922

Aboriginal woman, Southern Queensland, Australia
Aboriginal woman of Southern Queensland, Australia, seen here with parasol at a railway station on the Brisbane line. 1922

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