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Aboriginal men making bark shields, ca 1905

Aboriginal men making bark shields, ca 1905

Aboriginal men making bark shields. Photographed by Thomas Dick ca. 1905

Aboriginal family group, Eugene Von Guerard, ca. 1859

Aboriginal family group, Eugene Von Guerard, ca. 1859

This drawn portrait of an Indigenous family group and their temporary bark gunya (shelter) dates from a journey Eugene von Guérard undertook in 1856 to Victoria’s Western District.

Australian scenery & Aboriginals - (photogr.) J. W. Lindt - btv1b8447085f (16 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

Cunningham Aborigines Group of seven London Crystal Palace 1884

Cunningham Aborigines Group of seven London Crystal Palace 1884

Deutsch: Cunningham Aborigines Group of seven London Crystal Palace 1884, Private Collection Cunningham Aborigines Group of seven London Crystal Palace 1884, Private Collection

Joobaitch and Monop corroboree 1932

Joobaitch and Monop corroboree 1932

photo of Joobaitch a Noongar elder with other corroborree dancers including Monop

Kaikai Kulgoa Koompartoo - Public domain image of steamship

Kaikai Kulgoa Koompartoo - Public domain image of steamship

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

Queensland State Archives 1376 Natives display before tourists at Palm Island c 1935

Queensland State Archives 1376 Natives display before tourists at Palm...

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.)

Queensland State Archives 5783 Dancers Mapoon June 1931
Queensland State Archives 5797 Dancers Palm Island June 1931
Queensland State Archives 5813 Boys dormitory Palm Island June 1931
Visit of Charles Fraser p18 (3) - Public domain  engraving

Visit of Charles Fraser p18 (3) - Public domain 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

Punch. Wife of Cullabaa. Broken Bay Tribe. (BM 1893,0803.59)

Punch. Wife of Cullabaa. Broken Bay Tribe. (BM 1893,0803.59)

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

Charles Perkins talking with Aboriginal residents at Moree, February 1965 - The Tribune (20153364632)

Charles Perkins talking with Aboriginal residents at Moree, February 1...

Aboriginal activist Charles Perkins talking with Aboriginal residents at Moree in Australia Deutsch: Der Aboriginalaktivist Charles Perkins im Gespräch mit Aboriginal-Einwohnern in Moree in Australien Can you h... More

Walter Baldwin Spencer and Francis J Gillen - Young Anmatyerr man, Barrow Creek, Central Australia, 1901 - Google Art Project
Portrait of a man with long hair and painted markings, photograph by H. Basedow

Portrait of a man with long hair and painted markings, photograph by H...

Original caption: "Portrait of a man with long hair and painted markings."

Two men with wooden hair ornaments, spears and shields, photograph by H. Basedow

Two men with wooden hair ornaments, spears and shields, photograph by ...

Original caption: "Two men with wooden hair ornaments, spears and shields."

Seven Peace Keepers (18946669324)

Seven Peace Keepers (18946669324)

A photograph of "The Seven Peace Keepers" on top of the Flinders Slopes. This artwork is part of the Cross Currents Georges River Art Walk. Jamie Eastwood is a Western Sydney based Aboriginal artist working wi... More

Lesueur Charles Alexandre (1778-1846)

Lesueur Charles Alexandre (1778-1846)

Portrait of Charles-Alexandre Lesueur (1778-1846) Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Journal of a voyage to New South Wales (17895933145)

Journal of a voyage to New South Wales (17895933145)

Journal of a voyage to New South Wales : with sixty-five plates of nondescript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions /

Journal of a voyage to New South Wales (17896324405)

Journal of a voyage to New South Wales (17896324405)

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

Journal of a voyage to New South Wales (17896392075)
Aboriginesofvictoria01-p307c

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p307c

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p307c

Aboriginesofvictoria01p278b - A close up of a necklace made of sticks
Captains Hunter, Collins and Johnston with Governor Phillip, Surgeon White visiting a distressed female native of New South Wales at a hut near Port Jackson 1793

Captains Hunter, Collins and Johnston with Governor Phillip, Surgeon W...

Captains Hunter, Collins and Johnston with Governor Phillip, Surgeon White visiting a distressed female native of New South Wales at a hut near Port Jackson 1793

Australian Blacks 1901 Korensky

Australian Blacks 1901 Korensky

Group of Indigenous Australians. An illustration to a Czech-language travelogue Obrazy z jižní polokoule ("Pictures from the Southern Hemisphere"), chapter I. Hostem u českobratrského misionáře ("As a guest of ... More

Westall Chasm Island art

Westall Chasm Island art

William Westall (1803) 'Chasm Island, native cave painting, 1803', watercolour26.7 x 36.6 cm.

Yonki yonka

Yonki yonka

Yonki Yonka [picture] / on stone by H. Hainsselin; printed by C. Risdon, Exeter Yonki Yonka [picture] / on stone by H. Hainsselin; printed by C. Risdon, Exeter

2 phot., portraits d'aborigènes du Queensland (Australie). Don en 1886 de Edmond Cotteau - btv1b53273678q (3 of 3)

2 phot., portraits d'aborigènes du Queensland (Australie). Don en 1886...

Français : Sujet : Anthropologie physique Queensland Australie Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoGéo1 Couverture : Australie Langue : français Sujet : Anthropologie physique Queensland Australie Appa... More

Australian scenery & Aboriginals - (photogr.) J. W. Lindt - btv1b8447085f (21 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

Australian scenery & Aboriginals - (photogr.) J. W. Lindt - btv1b8447085f (22 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

Bewoners van Australië - Ludwig Gottlieb Portman

Bewoners van Australië - Ludwig Gottlieb Portman

Een echtpaar met hun jonge kind bij hun hut. De man en vrouw kijken gealarmeerd opzij waar mogelijk gevaar dreigt. De man staat paraat met zijn wapenrusting.

Fotoreproductie van een tekening van oorspronkelijke bewoners van Australië onder een afdak
Queensland aborigines photographed by J.J. Hogg & Co, George Street, Brisbane - circa 1900
North Coolgardie Blacks, Western Australia - very early 1900s

North Coolgardie Blacks, Western Australia - very early 1900s

"I originally joined Flickr to dedicate and share on my photostream vintage photographs taken by Henry William Mobsby F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A. (1860-1933) who was my husband's great great uncle... He was an Englishma... More

didgeridoo (18), Bernard Spragg Photo

didgeridoo (18), Bernard Spragg Photo

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

Bathurst Island men - Australia in World War Two

Bathurst Island men - Australia in World War Two

Title: Personal photographs of the Hon. C L A Abbott during his term as Administrator of the Northern Territory - Aborigine Chief of Bathurst Island who died of fright in Darwin when he saw his first motor car Date: 1939

Corroborree - A black and white photo of a group of people

Corroborree - A black and white photo of a group of people

Cropped image from photograph taken at the premiere of Corroboree, a ballet written by composer John Antill and based on the real-life ceremony, at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, in about 1950. Photographer: Bill ... More

Painted men and boys - NTL PH0724-0031

Painted men and boys - NTL PH0724-0031

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

Queensland State Archives 3207 Blacks Dugout Tinnenburra c 1910

Queensland State Archives 3207 Blacks Dugout Tinnenburra c 1910

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

Queensland State Archives 3329 Aboriginal axe found in gravel dump 25 February 1936

Queensland State Archives 3329 Aboriginal axe found in gravel dump 25 ...

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

Queensland State Archives 5804 Hon J C Peterson Home Secretary and party with residents of Yarrabah June 1931

Queensland State Archives 5804 Hon J C Peterson Home Secretary and par...

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

Queensland State Archives 5808 Residents of Yarrabah June 1931
Queensland State Archives 5809 Residents of Yarrabah June 1931
SLNSW 799117 8 Corroboree

SLNSW 799117 8 Corroboree

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

SLSA B 61437 Aborigines inspecting a bicycle

SLSA B 61437 Aborigines inspecting a bicycle

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

Wedding portrait of William Wallace Chatfield and his bride, Mary Jane Cain.

Wedding portrait of William Wallace Chatfield and his bride, Mary Jane...

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

Corroboree (BM 2016,2036.4)

Corroboree (BM 2016,2036.4)

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

Aboriginal Australian in 1965 detail, from- Charles Perkins talking with Aboriginal residents at Moree, February 1965 - The Tribune (20153364632) (cropped)

Aboriginal Australian in 1965 detail, from- Charles Perkins talking wi...

Aboriginal activist Charles Perkins talking with Aboriginal residents at Moree in Australia Deutsch: Der Aboriginalaktivist Charles Perkins im Gespräch mit Aboriginal-Einwohnern in Moree in Australien Can you h... More

Pandanus basedowii - A black and white photo of a tree in the desert

Pandanus basedowii - A black and white photo of a tree in the desert

Pandanus basedowii, northern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.

Victor Trumper - 1890s - An old photo of a man holding a bat

Victor Trumper - 1890s - An old photo of a man holding a bat

Victor Trumper - 1890s, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia

Group of Aboriginals at Chowilla Station on the lower Murray River, South Australia (6174049594)

Group of Aboriginals at Chowilla Station on the lower Murray River, So...

Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897 Title devised by cataloguer based on inscription beneath photograph.; In: Views of scenery on the Darling & Lower Murray during the flood of 1886.; Inscriptions: "Group of Aboriginal... More

Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies - The World
Portraits of Victorian aboriginals of various races (Aborigines of Victoria)

Portraits of Victorian aboriginals of various races (Aborigines of Vic...

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Aboriginesofvictoria01-p309-fig88

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p309-fig88

Aboriginesofvictoria01-p309-fig88 Public domain reproduction of artwork related to ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interview with Natives of Wickham River

Interview with Natives of Wickham River

Drawing entitled Interview with Natives of Wickham River by Harden S. Melville

Kaawirn kuunawarn

Kaawirn kuunawarn

"Kaawirn Kuunawarn (Hissing Swan), Chief of the Kirrae Wuurong (Blood Tip Tribe)"

Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; (1889) (14595469569)

Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of...

Identifier: amongcannibalsac1889lumh (find matches) Title: Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; Year: 1889 (1880s) Authors: Lumh... More

Natives of Australia (1906) (14582338497)

Natives of Australia (1906) (14582338497)

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

Popular greenhouse botany; containing a familiar and technical description of a selection of the exotic plants introduced into the greenhouse (1857) (14776820115)

Popular greenhouse botany; containing a familiar and technical descrip...

Identifier: populargreenhous00catl (find matches) Title: Popular greenhouse botany; containing a familiar and technical description of a selection of the exotic plants introduced into the greenhouse Year: 185... More

Australian scenery & Aboriginals - (photogr.) J. W. Lindt - btv1b8447085f (08 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

Australian scenery & Aboriginals - (photogr.) J. W. Lindt - btv1b8447085f (15 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

Cunningham Aborigines Group of seven Berlin 1884 Photographer Carl Günther

Cunningham Aborigines Group of seven Berlin 1884 Photographer Carl Gün...

Deutsch: Cunningham Aborigines Group of seven Berlin 1884 Photographer Carl Günther, Société de Géographique and Bibliotèque Nationale, France Cunningham Aborigines Group of seven Berlin 1884 Photographer Car... More

Aboriginal children at the Bungalow in Alice Springs

Aboriginal children at the Bungalow in Alice Springs

Aboriginal children at the Bungalow in Alice Springs.

Aboriginal man and boy with dugout - NTL PH0190-0018

Aboriginal man and boy with dugout - NTL PH0190-0018

Steam ship from Sydney at Darwin Wharf. Aboriginal man and boy in foreground with dog and dugout canoe.

Boomerangs Forbes 1916 during World War I

Boomerangs Forbes 1916 during World War I

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Cissie McLeod and Mrs Mugg (PH0412-0025)

Cissie McLeod and Mrs Mugg (PH0412-0025)

Maid servant Cissie McLeod stands by Mrs Mugg (B. James) seated in cane chair outside Government House in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. (PH0412-0025)

Crystal Palace, Prof Natives April 1884, Hyde Park, London

Crystal Palace, Prof Natives April 1884, Hyde Park, London

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

Queensland State Archives 5738 Hon J C Peterson Home Secretary and party with residents of Mona Mona June 1931

Queensland State Archives 5738 Hon J C Peterson Home Secretary and par...

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

Queensland State Archives 5798 Dancers Palm Island June 1931
Queensland State Archives 5811 Crew of the Melbidir II Badu June 1931
SLNSW 9306 NSW police officer talking to Aboriginal John Noble also known as Marvellous at the opening of Federal Parliament 1927

SLNSW 9306 NSW police officer talking to Aboriginal John Noble also kn...

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

Visit of Charles Fraser p12 (1) - Public domain portrait engraving

Visit of Charles Fraser p12 (1) - Public domain portrait 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

Visit of Charles Fraser p12 (4) - Public domain portrait engraving

Visit of Charles Fraser p12 (4) - Public domain portrait 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

William Barak 1866 - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

William Barak 1866 - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

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.

Douglas Thomas Kilburn - Three Aboriginal men, Melbourne, Victoria - Google Art Project

Douglas Thomas Kilburn - Three Aboriginal men, Melbourne, Victoria - G...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Different methods of hair dressing - NMA-11787

Different methods of hair dressing - NMA-11787

Men displaying different methods of dressing their hair (Cambridge Gulf, Western Australia).

Hut Eastern Arrernte Basedow

Hut Eastern Arrernte Basedow

Hut decked with porcupine grass, Eastern Arrernte people, Arltunga district, Northern Territory.

Rock carvings - NMA-144270

Rock carvings - NMA-144270

Rock carvings. A very definite picture of a lizard fully 60cm long stands out boldly (Deception Creek, Red Gorge, Flinders Ranges, South Australia).

William Gilbert Grace - 1890s

William Gilbert Grace - 1890s

William Gilbert Grace - 1890s, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia

JayCreekNorthernTerritory1947 - A black and white photo of a group of people

JayCreekNorthernTerritory1947 - A black and white photo of a group of ...

Jay Creek, west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Gary-Foley-1972

Gary-Foley-1972

Black Moratorium rally. Ningla A-Na. Commons Attribution 4.0 BY International Licence. Under this licence you are free to copy, distribute, remix and build upon this content as long as you acknowledge the Stat... More

Tommy McRAE - Kwatkwat people - New South Wales Blacks - Sydney tribe holding corroboree-Sketchbook of Aboriginal activities - Google Art Project

Tommy McRAE - Kwatkwat people - New South Wales Blacks - Sydney tribe ...

Public domain scan of 17th-century artwork, drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yabarowirro

Yabarowirro

Journalist Abdirahman Yabarow with fellow Somali politician Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi.

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 02

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 02

North Australian woman

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Spinifex and Sand Illustration 38

Spinifex and Sand Illustration 38

Illustration 38: L Ceremonial Sticks from en:Spinifex and Sand

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