Aboriginal Australians

Corroboree at Newcastle, painting, oil on wooden panel, 70.5 x 122.4 cm, by Joseph Lycett

Left to right, Sydney Ferries Ltd steamers, wooden-hulled Kai Kai and Kulgoa, and steel-hulled Koompartoo (1922) after her wheelhouses were raised for spectator excursion work. Circa 1938

Last of the aborigines (Tasmanian aborigines; palawah). Aborigines believed to be from left to right: Mary Ann Arthur, William Lanney, seated Bessie Smith and Truganini.

Map of area occupied by Wangerriburra people, Queensland.

Horse drawn buggy outside a stone building at Mundowdna Station ca. 1898

Drawing of South Geelong in 1850. Depicts the first wooden bridge across the Barwon river which washed away in the 1850s.

A group of Aboriginal men and boys painted for a ceremony or corroboree, Darwin, NT, 1940.

Pearl Gibbs photograph in The Sun (Sydney) 22 October 1954: 2 was the only Indigenous member of the Aborigines Welfare Board (1954 - 1957)

Members of R. A. Cunningham Australian Aboriginal international touring company, Crystal Palace, London, April 1884

Aborigine climbing for Coconuts, Neck Bay, Shaw Island, near Lindeman Island. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album of tourist activities in North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas.)

Jackie Cattle Camp an aboriginal, climbing a tree in Mr English's Jungle at Malanda, NQ.

A typical Palm Island Native. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album of tourist activities in North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas.)

A native preparing for a war dance at Palm Island. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album of tourist activities in North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas.)

Natives display before tourists at Palm Island. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album of tourist activities in North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas.)

Palm Island natives in war paint. (The photograph is part of an album of tourist activities in North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas.)

An aboriginal climbing a tree in the Jungle, Malanda, NQ. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album of tourist activities in North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas.)

An aboriginal climbing a Monkey Rope, Malanda, NQ. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album of tourist activities in North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas.)

Aborigines. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album. Register listing indicates Yandilla.)

Panel from the Exhibition of Australian Aboriginal Culture, prepared by the Australian National Committee for UNESCO, at the Queensland Museum, Brisbane. (As part of the Queensland Centenary celebrations, the e More

Sergeant Whiteford and his trackers. (With text from A Report to the Commissioner of Police - On the Aboriginals occupying the "Hinter-land" of Princess Charlotte Bay together with a Preface containing suggesti More

Aboriginal dugout, Tinnenburra Station, south of Cunnamulla, Queensland. Original title: "Blacks' Dugout, Tinnenburra."

"Maranoa Charlie", King of Tinnenburra.

Aboriginal axe found in gravel dump. (Story Bridge construction)

Permanent Residence, Maalan Country, North Queensland.

Mission conducted by Seventh Day Adventists, Mona Mona.

Hon J C Peterson Home Secretary and party with residents of Mona Mona.

Dancers, Mapoon.

Home Secretary's inspection visit to Mapoon.

Resident of Mapoon.

Residents of Palm Island.

Dancers, Palm Island.

Dancers, Palm Island.

Residents of Palm Island.

Dancers, Palm Island.

Dancers, Palm Island. (Home Secretary's inspection visit to Palm Island)

Residents of Palm Island.

Hon James Christian Peterson, Home Secretary and party with residents of Fantome Island.

Hon J C Peterson Home Secretary and party with residents of Yarrabah.

Mrs J C Peterson and child, Yarrabah.

Residents of Yarrabah.

Residents of Yarrabah.

Hon J C Peterson Home Secretary and party with residents of Yarrabah.

Crew of the Melbidir II, Badu.

Crew of the Melbidir II, Badu.

Boys dormitory, Palm Island.

Girls dormitory, Palm Island.

Home Secretary's party and residents of Cowal Creek.

Residents on the beach, Mapoon.

Messrs Davidson and Deering and two Black Boys from Lindeman Island who went spearing turtles. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album of North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas. This phot More

telegram from 1907 requesting that Arsenic be sent to Broome to exterminate Aborigines

Aboriginals and their Gum Leaf Band pass the dais Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Aboriginal man in exhibit, possibly Australian Museum or Royal Easter Show]

Warriors in Ambush : series 49 - Aboriginal Mystic Bora Ceremony Public domain scan of the vintage Australian postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2. [Aborigines hunting]

3. [Aborigines hunting]

8. Corroboree Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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[Drawings by Tommy McRae and Mickey of Ulladulla]

NSW police officer talking to Aboriginal John Noble, also known as "Marvellous", at the opening of Federal Parliament, 1927

a photograph of the Wertheim Electra bicycle of Australian transcontinental cyclist Jerome J. Murif, being inspected by two indigenous aboriginals on Dalhousie Station, Northern Territory (1897), description so More

Lily Lagoon, a backwater of Tully River, ca. 1910 An Aboriginal boy is rowing a boat in a lagoon.

"The bushranging tragedy": portraits of Kelly gang members and police officers involved in the Stringybark killings, clockwise from top left: Constable Lonigan, Ned Kelly, Constable Scanlan, Sergeant Kennedy, C More

Taking of Colbee and Bennelong 25 November 1789 by William Bradley

Kukamunburra (Tambo) and R. A. Cunningham's Australian Aboriginal international touring company in c. 1884

Three Aboriginal Australian men posing outside a tent, Durundur reserve, circa 1902

Tommy Governor was an Australian Aboriginal. He was the discoverer of the silver-lead deposit at Mt Stewart, later known as Leadville, N.S.W. after the foundation of a town there. He was the father of Jimmy Governor.

Buckley's Escape, pen and ink on paper, 24.0 x 30.0 cm, by Tommy McRae

Victorian Aboriginals and war implements (c. 1883) by Fred Kruger

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Image from The Visit of Charles Fraser to the Swan River in 1827 (1906) by José Guillermo Hay.

Image from The Visit of Charles Fraser to the Swan River in 1827 (1906) by José Guillermo Hay.

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L-R: Private Harry McLaren, Trooper William Wallace Chatfield and his bride Mary Jane Cain, Private Walter James Williams, the bridesmaid Ida Fuller. The soliders are in uniform for the Australian Imperial For More

Photograph of Indigenous Australian activist William Barak, albumen silver; approx. 10.0 x 6.7 cm., laid down on panels to form a composite image 101.2 x 146.8 cm.

Ann Curthoys and Louise Higham interview residents at Moree Aborigial Station during the Freedom Ride on 17 February 1965

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Group of Aboriginal men and women standing, sitting and dancing around a fire, some men have white body decoration and hold shields or spears and the women hold sticks or clubs; hills in the background and tree More

An Aboriginal ceremony or dance with a fire in the centre, several women are at bottom right holding wooden music sticks, men are at rear decorated with body ornamentation and holding spears. There are two gum More

View of Farm Cove in Sydney Harbour with ships at anchor. 1849 Tinted lithograph

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Victorian mortuary photograph of murder victim Catherine Eddowes

Portrait of Mary in profile (partially in silhouette), wearing a shirt, a skirt, and a cloak; in front of a garment and a small cloth bundle; state with title lettering filled. 1836 Lithograph

Portrait of Mary in profile (partially in silhouette), wearing a shirt, a skirt, and a cloak; in front of a garment and a small cloth bundle. 1836 Lithograph

Portrait of Punch in profile (partially in silhouette), wearing a skirt and a cloak wrapped around herself; state with title lettering filled. 1836 Lithograph

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