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Aborigine man of the Worki (?) tribe, Gilbert River

Aborigine man of the Worki (?) tribe, Gilbert River

Public domain reproduction of colorized lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aboriginals Camp, Herbert River, Queensland, Australia - circa 1910

Aboriginals Camp, Herbert River, Queensland, Australia - circa 1910

NaN Public domain scan of the vintage Queensland postcard, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

West Australian aborigines, 1920s

West Australian aborigines, 1920s

1920-1929 Public domain photograph of indigenous native people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Native family and their home at Koolpinyah Compound, Northern Territory - 1945
Jubilee of Point McLeay Mission, South Australia - 9 May 1909

Jubilee of Point McLeay Mission, South Australia - 9 May 1909

Point McLeay Mission (renamed Raukkan in 1982) was founded in 1859 by the Aborigines' Friends Association. This station was designed to help the Aboriginal people of the Lower Lakes area. The poor quality of t... More

Warrior Chiefs in War Paint - Australian Aborigines

Warrior Chiefs in War Paint - Australian Aborigines

A Queensland government photograph possibly from the 1930/40s.

Visit of Charles Fraser p22 (2) - Public domain scan / engraving

Visit of Charles Fraser p22 (2) - Public domain scan / engraving

Image from The Visit of Charles Fraser to the Swan River in 1827 (1906) by José Guillermo Hay Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This image is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain bec... More

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Image-taken-from-page-437-of-an-account-of-the-english-colony-in-new-s...

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

Kolaia man - A man in a giraffe hat doing a yoga pose

Kolaia man - A man in a giraffe hat doing a yoga pose

Kolaia man wearing a headdress worn in a fire ceremony, Forrest River, Western Australia.

Rock paintings - NMA-11802

Rock paintings - NMA-11802

Aboriginal people painted on rock surfaces using four main colours - red, yellow, black and white. Only rarely were other colours employed. Red, yellow and white come from rocks and clay, and black often from c... More

233 of 'Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines ... With ... illustrations' (11243978375)

233 of 'Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland A...

Image taken from: Title: "Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines ... With ... illustrations" Author: ROTH, Walter Edmund. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 10491.ff.27." Page: 2... More

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 01

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 01

North Australian

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 12

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 12

Man of New Britain Public domain photograph related to the history of China, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Australian Legendary Tales p51

Australian Legendary Tales p51

image from page 51 of "Australian Legendary Tales" by K. Langloh Parker

Page 052 Boy Travellers Australasia

Page 052 Boy Travellers Australasia

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Page 101 Boy Travellers Australasia

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Page 304 Boy Travellers Australasia

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Page 390b Boy Travellers Australasia

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An account of the English colony in New South Wales, from its first settlement in January 1788 to August 1801 BHL45924494

An account of the English colony in New South Wales, from its first se...

An account of the English colony in New South Wales, from its first settlement in January 1788 to August 1801 /

Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes (Pl. XXXV) (7979797224)

Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes (Pl. XXXV) (7979797224)

Deutsch: Timor-Blattnasenfledermaus (Hipposideros crumeniferus) Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes : exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'empereur et roi, sur les corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste, e... More

Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes (Pl. XXXIII) (7979795942)

Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes (Pl. XXXIII) (7979795942)

File from the Biodiversity Library. The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open-access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives.

Aborigines of Victoria - Fig 248 - King George's Sound Man

Aborigines of Victoria - Fig 248 - King George's Sound Man

Man from King George's Sound, Western Australia, drawn by Deputy Assistant Commisionary-General Neill

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p300a

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p300a

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p300a

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p302b - Public domain  drawing

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p302b - Public domain drawing

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p302b Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group at the Zoo - A black and white photo of a group of people

Group at the Zoo - A black and white photo of a group of people

Group of Noongar men and women - Fanny Balbuk on the right in a white dress. Image taken at the Perth Zoo between 1885 and 1902.

The Australian Museum magazine (1921) (20162392400)

The Australian Museum magazine (1921) (20162392400)

Title: The Australian Museum magazine Identifier: australianmuseum1192123aust (find matches) Year: 1921 (1920s) Authors: Australian Museum; Australian Museum Subjects: Natural history Publisher: Sydney, Austr... More

The Australian Museum magazine (1921) (20356325571)

The Australian Museum magazine (1921) (20356325571)

Title: The Australian Museum magazine Identifier: australianmuseum1192123aust (find matches) Year: 1921 (1920s) Authors: Australian Museum; Australian Museum Subjects: Natural history Publisher: Sydney, Austr... More

Aboriginal winter encampments in wurlies, near Adelaide, South Australia, Eugene von Guérard ca. 1858

Aboriginal winter encampments in wurlies, near Adelaide, South Austral...

Aboriginal winter encampments in wurlies, near Adelaide, South Australia, Eugene von Guérard ca. 1858

Scene at Palm Islands, North Queensland - 1908

Scene at Palm Islands, North Queensland - 1908

One of many postcards produced by the Queensland Government to hand out at the Franco-British Exhibition in London in 1908.

Aboriginal boy holding two infant wallabies or kangaroos - NTL PH0340-0077

Aboriginal boy holding two infant wallabies or kangaroos - NTL PH0340-...

Aboriginal boy holding two infant wallabies or kangaroos.

Joseph Lycett Corroboree Newcastle

Joseph Lycett Corroboree Newcastle

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

Queensland State Archives 5737 Mission conducted by Seventh Day Adventists Mona Mona June 1931

Queensland State Archives 5737 Mission conducted by Seventh Day Advent...

Mission conducted by Seventh Day Adventists, Mona Mona.

SLNSW 44240 Aboriginals and their Gum Leaf Band pass the dais

SLNSW 44240 Aboriginals and their Gum Leaf Band pass the dais

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

Stringybark s - Public domain  print

Stringybark s - Public domain print

"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

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

Three Aboriginal Australian men posing outside a tent, Durundur reserv...

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

Mick-Rangiari-1971

Mick-Rangiari-1971

Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy SEARCH Foundation collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVGxxY/8PME6b0z2WG3J Related article: nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237868755

361 of 'Blandt Menneskeædere. Fire aars Reise i Australien' (11290145663)

361 of 'Blandt Menneskeædere. Fire aars Reise i Australien' (112901456...

Image taken from: Title: "Blandt Menneskeædere. Fire aars Reise i Australien" Author: LUMHOLTZ, Carl. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 10491.ff.10." Page: 361 Place of Publishing: Kjøbenhavn Date of Publishing... More

Illawalla 1 - Victorian era public domain image

Illawalla 1 - Victorian era public domain image

The Illwalla, Thornton, Lancashire. Now demolished. Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Page 111b Boy Travellers Australasia

Page 111b Boy Travellers Australasia

Bottom slice of illustration on page 111 of The Boy Travellers in Australasia (1888).

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Page 339b Boy Travellers Australasia

Bottom slice of illustration on page 339 of The Boy Travellers in Australasia. (1888)

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Page 401d Boy Travellers Australasia

Fourth slice of illustration on page 401 of The Boy Travellers in Australasia. (1888)

Tom Foster Gum Leaf Band, Sydney, Australia

Tom Foster Gum Leaf Band, Sydney, Australia

Left to Right Fred Foster, Tom Foster, Bob Simms, Dick Petty Together forming the Bringa's Gum Leaf Quartette 1932

Native tribes of South-East Australia Fig 32 - Earth figure in relief of Daramulan
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Page 127 Boy Travellers Australasia

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Page 319 Boy Travellers Australasia

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Page 341 Boy Travellers Australasia

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Page 432 Boy Travellers Australasia

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Page 525 Boy Travellers Australasia

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Aboriginesofvictoria01-p304c

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p304c

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p304c

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p313-Fig96

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p313-Fig96

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p313-Fig96

Nativepolicedispersal

Nativepolicedispersal

Native Police dispersal

Painting of Aborigines of the Newcastle area by James Wallis

Painting of Aborigines of the Newcastle area by James Wallis

Painting of Aborigines of the Newcastle area by James Wallis

The Aborigines of Victoria Frontpiece vol 1

The Aborigines of Victoria Frontpiece vol 1

Aboriginal corroberee Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The black police of Queensland - reminiscences of official work and personal adventures in the early days of the colony (1902) (14594959629)

The black police of Queensland - reminiscences of official work and pe...

Identifier: blackpoliceofque00kenn (find matches) Title: The black police of Queensland : reminiscences of official work and personal adventures in the early days of the colony Year: 1902 (1900s) Authors: Ke... More

Aboriginal woman in a kangaroo skin cloak carrying a child, South Australia, ca. 1860

Aboriginal woman in a kangaroo skin cloak carrying a child, South Aust...

Portrait Aboriginal woman and child, wearing a kangaroo skin cloak, South Australia, ca. 1860

Australian Aboriginal Message Sticks (Howitt, 1889)

Australian Aboriginal Message Sticks (Howitt, 1889)

Australian message sticks. Message sticks were inscribed with notches and strokes whose meaning is codified. They are typically given to a messenger who delivers it to a recipient (often after a long journey).... More

Aboriginal Flag, Invasion Day march, Redfern, 26 January 2018
Australian scenery & Aboriginals - (photogr.) J. W. Lindt - btv1b8447085f (23 of 38)

Australian scenery & Aboriginals - (photogr.) J. W. Lindt - btv1b84470...

Français : Sujet : Aborigènes d'Australie Australie Paysages -- 1870-1913 Portraits -- 1870-1913 Langue : anglais Sujet : Aborigènes d'Australie Australie Paysages -- 1870-1913 Portraits -- 1870-1913 Langue : anglais

Australia 261

Australia 261

Illustration from opp p233 Illustration from opp p233

History of Australia - p113

History of Australia - p113

MARRIAGE LAWS, NEW NORCIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. MARRIAGE LAWS, NEW NORCIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Of the aborigines of the western country

Of the aborigines of the western country

Picryl description: Public domain document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Kings [sic] Sound - aborigine man in loin-cloth, with chest and arms covered with ritual scars

Kings [sic] Sound - aborigine man in loin-cloth, with chest and arms c...

Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collec... More

Aboriginal Australian women and children, Maloga, N.S.W

Aboriginal Australian women and children, Maloga, N.S.W

Postcard showing a group of women in bush setting, two standing beside bark shelter, two more seated at entrance of shelter, three of them holding babies. All the women are wearing European dress, woman on left... More

Australian Aboriginal encampment (8285825877)

Australian Aboriginal encampment (8285825877)

Format: Postcard, photo mechanical print. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Part Of: Powerhouse Museum Collection 426937 Acquisition credit line: Gift of Elizabeth Bullard, 1967

Corroboree Barak - A painting of a group of people on a wall

Corroboree Barak - A painting of a group of people on a wall

Figures in possum-skin cloaks, circa 1898

Harold Holt and FCAATSI

Harold Holt and FCAATSI

Harold Holt and two government MPs meeting with representatives of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) – from left to right: Gordon Bryant, Faith Bandler,... More

Map of Area Occupied by Wangerriburra People, Queensland

Map of Area Occupied by Wangerriburra People, Queensland

Map of area occupied by Wangerriburra people, Queensland.

Queensland State Archives 1000 Aborigine climbing for Coconuts Neck Bay Shaw Island near Lindeman Island c 1931

Queensland State Archives 1000 Aborigine climbing for Coconuts Neck Ba...

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.)

Queensland State Archives 2984 Panel from the Exhibition of Australian Aboriginal Culture prepared by the Australian National Committee for UNESCO at the Queensland Museum Brisbane 1959

Queensland State Archives 2984 Panel from the Exhibition of Australian...

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

Queensland State Archives 3072 Sergeant Whiteford and his trackers 1898

Queensland State Archives 3072 Sergeant Whiteford and his trackers 189...

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

Queensland State Archives 5866 Residents on the beach Mapoon 20 July 1911
Queensland State Archives 928 Messrs Davidson and Deering and two Black Boys from Lindeman Island who went spearing turtles c 1931

Queensland State Archives 928 Messrs Davidson and Deering and two Blac...

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

SLNSW 802637 Page 236 - Public domain dedication image
Men and boys playing a game of gorri - NMA-11726

Men and boys playing a game of gorri - NMA-11726

All over Aboriginal Australia, men, youths and sometimes boys play games where they try to spear moving targets. Often the targets are round discs of bark. In the Humbert River area two sides take it in turns t... More

Sunday Islanders on board - NMA-13594

Sunday Islanders on board - NMA-13594

Original caption: "Sunday Islanders (Ikey, Teddy and Jacky) on board the 'Rita', as members of the crew (Western Australia)."

Face detail, from- Towtrer Tasmanian Aboriginal by W B Gould 1833 (cropped) (cropped)

Face detail, from- Towtrer Tasmanian Aboriginal by W B Gould 1833 (cro...

Towtrer Chief of the Port Davey Tribe, Tasmania, c.1933, W.B. Gould, State Library of New South Wales V/91}

Homo sapiens - Aboriginal, Australië - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ19500019

Homo sapiens - Aboriginal, Australië - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographi...

Homo sapiens - Aboriginal, Australië Public domain scan of zoological print or book illustration, zoology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Last Aboriginal Tasmanian (from a book Published in 1931) P.312

Last Aboriginal Tasmanian (from a book Published in 1931) P.312

日本語: 最後のタスマニア人(1931年出版の本より)

Image taken from page 67 of 'Botany Bay past and present' (11093388524)

Image taken from page 67 of 'Botany Bay past and present' (11093388524...

Image taken from: Title: "Botany Bay past and present" Author: MYERS, Francis - Writer on Australia Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 10492.f.33." Page: 67 Place of Publishing: Sydney Date of Publishing: 1885 P... More

Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland - Warraba

Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland - Warraba

"WARRABA", SIR J. P. BELL'S BLACKBOY.

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 04

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 04

South Australian, Moroya Tribe

Page 368a Boy Travellers Australasia

Page 368a Boy Travellers Australasia

Top slice of illustration on page 368 of The Boy Travellers in Australasia. (1888)

Douglas Grant, draughtsman and soldier, with his ornamental pond and Harbour Bridge, Callan Park, between 1932-1940 photographer Sam Hood

Douglas Grant, draughtsman and soldier, with his ornamental pond and H...

Douglas Grant, draughtsman and soldier, with his ornamental pond and Harbour Bridge, Callan Park, between 1932-1940 / photographer Sam Hood Douglas Grant was orphaned in a tribal battle or some say, in punitive... More

Man of the Wonkanguru - An old black and white photo of a man with a beard

Man of the Wonkanguru - An old black and white photo of a man with a b...

scan of illustration from p. 46 of The native tribes of South-East Australia

Native tribes of South-East Australia Fig 10 - Kumabara record
Native tribes of South-East Australia Fig 25 - Spear throwers
Page 089 Boy Travellers Australasia

Page 089 Boy Travellers Australasia

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Page 129 Boy Travellers Australasia

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Page 531 Boy Travellers Australasia

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Le Tour du monde-02-p184

Le Tour du monde-02-p184

Français : Types indigènes (Australie du Sud). English: Indigenous types (South Australia).

Two natives preparing for a corroboee (Euahlayi Tribe)

Two natives preparing for a corroboee (Euahlayi Tribe)

Two natives preparing for a corroboee

Voyageto New Holland Vol 3 1703 Illus PDF 223

Voyageto New Holland Vol 3 1703 Illus PDF 223

Illustration from a Journey to New Holland (Vol III) (1703)

George French Angas01

George French Angas01

Te Wainokenoke (seated), to the left of Nohorua (with full moko and a grey beard). Behind the couple is Nohorua's son, Tuarau, standing wrapped in a blanket, ca 1844. Painting by George Francis Angas who recor... More

Natives of Australia (1906) (14582177728)

Natives of Australia (1906) (14582177728)

Identifier: nativesofaustral00thomuoft (find matches) Title: Natives of Australia Year: 1906 (1900s) Authors: Thomas, Northcote Whitridge, 1868- Subjects: Ethnology -- Australia Australia -- Social conditio... More

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