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Section of Aboriginal meeting in Australian Hall

Section of Aboriginal meeting in Australian Hall

Section of Aboriginal meeting in Australian Hall, Sydney, organised by the Aborigines' Progressive Association mourners. ..This image is part of the collections of the State Library of NSW and has been used wit... More

Public domain stock image. Tipi teepee sabtuan.
Korewah group, aboriginal, Chota Nagpoor. [Men carrying bows and arrows]

Korewah group, aboriginal, Chota Nagpoor. [Men carrying bows and arrow...

Public domain photograph of India under British rule, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saltwater Aboriginal Fisherman, North Queensland, Australia - circa 1910

Saltwater Aboriginal Fisherman, North Queensland, Australia - circa 19...

NaN Public domain photograph related to Queensland, Australia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bullroarer (Imunu Viki?)

Bullroarer (Imunu Viki?)

Medium: wood, lime Geography: Papua New Guinea Culture: Papua New Guinean Classification: Aerophone-Free Aerophone Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 Accession Number: 09.163.3

Aboriginal Corroboree, Australia

Aboriginal Corroboree, Australia

A corroboree is an event where Australian Aborigines interact with the Dreamtime through dance, music and costume.

Aboriginal leader called King Jimmy - very early 1900s
Benelong- a native of New Holland (BM 2016,2024.11)

Benelong- a native of New Holland (BM 2016,2024.11)

Portrait of Bennelong, an Aboriginal man from the region of Sydney, facing to left, and wearing a colonial-era jacket; illustration to James Grant 'Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery [in] the Lady Nelson ... to... More

Piper. The Native who accompanied Major Mitchell in his Expedition to the Interior. (BM Oc2006,Prt.340)

Piper. The Native who accompanied Major Mitchell in his Expedition to ...

Portrait of Piper in profile (partially in silhouette), wearing a British(?) military uniform consisting of a cocked hat with a metalic symbol, with a jacket, and a pair of trousers. He holds a gun in his right... More

Aborigine-2. Image from Zeno.org
Aborigine. Image from Zeno.org
Corroboree dance

Corroboree dance

Illustration from the book "Twenty years before the mast" by Charles Erskine. Between pages 100-101. Русский: Иллюстрация из книги Чарльза Эрскина "Twenty years before the mast". Между страницами 100-101.  Th... More

Ku-ring-gai Chase - petroglyph2

Ku-ring-gai Chase - petroglyph2

Ku-ring-gai_Chase_-_petroglyph

Aboriginal man with spear, woomera (spear-thrower) and waddy, South Australia. ca. 1876

Aboriginal man with spear, woomera (spear-thrower) and waddy, South Au...

Aboriginal man with spear, woomera (spear-thrower) and waddy, South Australia. Photographed by Captain Sweet ca. 1876

Aboriginal bark canoe in process of construction, South Australia ca. 1862

Aboriginal bark canoe in process of construction, South Australia ca. ...

Aboriginal bark canoe in process of construction, South Australia. Photographed by General Burnell ca. 1862. [On back of photograph] 'Aboriginal Canoe Building on Murray River / The sheet of bark, after being... More

Chaudière - Ottawa. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain photograph.

Chaudière - Ottawa. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain photogr...

Public domain photograph - landscape, 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Queensland Aborigine......Tree Climbing - circa 1906

Queensland Aborigine......Tree Climbing - circa 1906

"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

A man of the Akar Bale tribe

A man of the Akar Bale tribe

A man of the Akar Bale tribe

Canoe tree at Waikerie on the River Murray(GN10389)
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

007-ABORIGINAL HUTS AT THE AMAZON RIVER

007-ABORIGINAL HUTS AT THE AMAZON RIVER

The number is a page number in the book, "Woman Triumphant"; the story of her struggles for freedom, education, and political rights. Dedicated to all noble-minded women by an appreciative member of the other ... More

William Rickett Bakharev4
A group of people in a field with grass. Papua dance tribe, sports.

A group of people in a field with grass. Papua dance tribe, sports.

A man in a traditional costume dancing in a field / A group of people in traditional dress dancing / Public domain sport photography.

A teepee with a red and yellow design on it. Tipi native american teepee.

A teepee with a red and yellow design on it. Tipi native american teep...

A tipi tent with a red and white top / A tent with a flag on it / Public domain stock photo of a ship.

Cullabaa. Native of Lake George, Five Islands Tribe. (BM 1875,0508.43)

Cullabaa. Native of Lake George, Five Islands Tribe. (BM 1875,0508.43)

Portrait of Cullabaa in profile (partially in silhouette), wearing a jacket and waistcoat with a pair of trousers, and holding a wooden stick(?) in his right hand; open-letter state; with pencil sketch both on ... More

Piper. The Native who accompanied Major Mitchell in his Expedition to the Interior. (BM Oc2006,Prt.340 1)

Piper. The Native who accompanied Major Mitchell in his Expedition to ...

Portrait of Piper in profile (partially in silhouette), wearing a British(?) military uniform consisting of a cocked hat with a metalic symbol, with a jacket, and a pair of trousers. He holds a gun in his right... More

Kai Kai Western Arrernte

Kai Kai Western Arrernte

Deutsch: Kai Kai, a Western Arrernte man, Henbury station, Northern Territory, 1920English: This Western Arrernte man's name was Kai Kai (in Basedow's spelling) and Basedow photographed him in the Aboriginal ca... More

Truganini - Charles Woolley

Truganini - Charles Woolley

Aboriginal Tasmanian woman Truganini

A Miami Chief, from The Aboriginal Portfolio - SAAM - 1973.167.35
Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland - Aboriginal Baby
Aboriginal tracker piper

Aboriginal tracker piper

Lithograph of 'John Piper' an Aboriginal tracker who accompanied surveyor Major Sir Thomas Livingstons Mitchell on his expedition across the Great Dividing Range by W.H. Fernyhough

ASH-E-TAA-NA-QUET; A Celebrated Chippeway Chief, from The Aboriginal Portfolio - SAAM - 1973.167.44
KEE-ME-ONE or Rain; A Chippeway Chief, from The Aboriginal Portfolio - SAAM - 1973.167.58
O‑WAN-ICH-KOH or the Little Elk; A Winnebago Chief, from The Aboriginal Portfolio - SAAM - 1973.167.70
A couple of kids sitting next to each other. Children people didgeridoo.

A couple of kids sitting next to each other. Children people didgerido...

Two children playing a pipe on chairs. Public domain stock photographs related to music and performing arts.

The flag of the aboriginal republic of australia. Australia indigenous oceania.

The flag of the aboriginal republic of australia. Australia indigenous...

Flag of the aboriginal people / The flag of the aboriginal republic of australia / Public domain stock illustration.

Group of Aborigines with protest sign

Group of Aborigines with protest sign

Group of Aborigines with protest sign reading "Aborigines claim citizen rights!" ..This image is part of the collections of the State Library of NSW and has been used with permission. The State Library’s Flickr... More

Aboriginal Corroboree - very early 1900s

Aboriginal Corroboree - very early 1900s

Australian Aborigines A group of people in traditional costumes on a beach. A group of people dancing on the beach. Public domain postcard scan.

Aboriginal graves in Western Australia  - 1905

Aboriginal graves in Western Australia - 1905

Australian Aborigines A group of people sitting around a tree. A black and white photo of a group of people sitting around a table. Public domain postcard scan.

Spear Throwing, Palm Island, Qld, Australia

Spear Throwing, Palm Island, Qld, Australia

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

Mi'kmaq History Month (21626355469)
Australie Aborigene ancetre totemique kangourou

Australie Aborigene ancetre totemique kangourou

Français : Ancêtre totémique kangourou - Peinture sur écorce - Kunwinjku. Provenance : Alligator River, terre d'Arnhem, Territoire du Noni, Australie. English: Kangaroo totemic ancestor - Bark painting - Kunw... More

Chief Jim Humchitt VPL 1708

Chief Jim Humchitt VPL 1708

Chief Jim Humchitt with potlatch bowl, masks, talking stick and button blanket at Kingcome Inlet VPL Accession Number: 1708 Date: 1926 Photographer/Studio: Paull, Albert Content: Native name Kodi from Dzawad'e... More

Aboriginal carved trees VII, photographed by Russell Black (ca.1930s)

Aboriginal carved trees VII, photographed by Russell Black (ca.1930s)

Aboriginal carved trees VII, photographed by Russell Black (ca.1930s)

Lepcha, aboriginal, Sikhim. [male]

Lepcha, aboriginal, Sikhim. [male]

Public domain photograph of India under British rule, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A blackboard displayed outside the hall proclaims, "Day of Mourning"

A blackboard displayed outside the hall proclaims, "Day of Mourning"

A large blackboard displayed outside the hall (Australia Hall) proclaims, "Day of Mourning". Leaflets warned that, "Aborigines and persons of Aboriginal blood only are invited to attend". At 5 o'clock in the af... More

Aboriginal camp at Rockingham Bay, North Qld - very early 1900s

Aboriginal camp at Rockingham Bay, North Qld - very early 1900s

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

Young aboriginal boy from South Australia - very early 1900s

Young aboriginal boy from South Australia - very early 1900s

A very happy photo of a young aboriginal boy. Public domain photograph of 20th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Distant view of KOONIBBA ABORIGINAL LUTHERAN MISSION - 1947
Zacharie Vincent, vers 1875 - Public domain scenic

Zacharie Vincent, vers 1875 - Public domain scenic

Français : Le peintre Huron-Wendat Zacharie Vincent (1815-1886), photographie: albumine; 9,8 X 14,5 cm

PSM V19 D701 Eucalyptus rostrata bark peeled for canoe building

PSM V19 D701 Eucalyptus rostrata bark peeled for canoe building

Eucalyptus rostrata bark peeled for canoe building Public domain scan of 19th-century botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

PSM V52 D031 Mackenzie an aboriginal

PSM V52 D031 Mackenzie an aboriginal

Mackenzie, an aboriginal

Arrernte man Australoid body hair
Aboriginal carved trees, photographed by Clifton Cappie Towle (c. 1925)

Aboriginal carved trees, photographed by Clifton Cappie Towle (c. 1925...

Aboriginal carved trees, photographed by Clifton Cappie Towle (c. 1925)

Metis. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain photograph.

Metis. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain photograph.

Public domain photograph - sculpture, 19th-century albumen silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bunum man (Formosa) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Bunum man (Formosa) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An old woman standing in front of a hut. Tribal woman india odisha, beauty fashion.

An old woman standing in front of a hut. Tribal woman india odisha, be...

Stock photography: A woman in a village / An old woman standing in front of a hut.

Dorrie-Ann Raymond, Larrakia National Aboriginal Corporation

Dorrie-Ann Raymond, Larrakia National Aboriginal Corporation

Dorrie-Ann Raymond, Larrakia National Aboriginal Corporation Elder, delivers the Welcome to Country at the Opening Ceremony and Mass Air Brief for Exercise Pitch Black 2016 at RAAF Base Darwin. Pitch Black is a... More

Aboriginal Woomera Spearman, North Queensland - circa 1910

Aboriginal Woomera Spearman, North Queensland - circa 1910

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

[Indigenous] woman in traditional dress

[Indigenous] woman in traditional dress

Date: 1914.Creator: Photographer unknown, possibly Frank X. Amoss.Reference Code: C 156-3-0-1-4.Archives of Ontario, I0004426

A blackboard displayed outside the hall proclaims, "Day of Mourning"

A blackboard displayed outside the hall proclaims, "Day of Mourning"

A large blackboard displayed outside the hall (Australia Hall) proclaims, "Day of Mourning". Leaflets warned that, "Aborigines and persons of Aboriginal blood only are invited to attend". At 5 o'clock in the af... More

Aboriginal women of Victoria, Australia
Old man in front of his hut, photograph by H. Basedow

Old man in front of his hut, photograph by H. Basedow

Original caption: "Old man in front of his hut."

Paiwan woman pounding millet

Paiwan woman pounding millet

中文:排灣族勒克勒克社婦女搗小米

Sketch of Truganini - Duterrau

Sketch of Truganini - Duterrau

Sketch of Aboriginal Tasmanian woman Truganini - "Truggernana, a native of the southern part of V.D. Land & wife of Woureddy, was attach's to the mission in 1829"

Aboriginal man making boomerang, New South Wales, Australia, ca. 1905

Aboriginal man making boomerang, New South Wales, Australia, ca. 1905

Aboriginal man making boomerang, New South Wales, Australia. Photographed by Thomas Dick 1905

A Celebrated Ottowa Chief, from The Aboriginal Portfolio - SAAM - 1973.167.46
Bunum man (Formosa) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Bunum man (Formosa) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

A group of men standing next to each other. Tribal natives tradition.

A group of men standing next to each other. Tribal natives tradition.

A group of people in traditional attire with a sword. Public domain stock photographs related to music and performing arts.

A close up of a statue of a face. Totem pole aboriginal art.

A close up of a statue of a face. Totem pole aboriginal art.

A totem pole in the sun / A totem pole at the entrance to the museum sculpture.

Aborigine, Coopers Creek, Qld - Public domain portrait print

Aborigine, Coopers Creek, Qld - Public domain portrait print

NaN Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait, middle-aged man, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1947 - KOONIBBA ABORIGINAL LUTHERAN MISSION

1947 - KOONIBBA ABORIGINAL LUTHERAN MISSION

Vintage South Australia Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aboriginal Chief - Workii Tribe - 1908

Aboriginal Chief - Workii Tribe - 1908

"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

Nicolas-Martin Petit Tasmanierin mit Kind in Känguruhaut

Nicolas-Martin Petit Tasmanierin mit Kind in Känguruhaut

Deutsch: Nicolas-Martin Petit (1777–1804): Tasmanierin mit Kind in Känguruhaut (Ausschnitt), Muséum Le Havre, Inv.-Nr. 20022-3. Der Künstler war Mitglied der französischen Australien-Expedition (1800–1804) unt... More

Truganini - Alfred Winter (cropped)

Truganini - Alfred Winter (cropped)

Aboriginal Tasmanian woman Truganini

Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland - Durrambol
Amis Ancestral Shrine (Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village)

Amis Ancestral Shrine (Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village)

Amis Ancestral Shrine (Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village)中文:阿美族祖祠日本語: アミ族祖廟

Native tribes of South-East Australia Fig 27 - Pigeon rock
Aboriginal Cricket Team 1867

Aboriginal Cricket Team 1867

A team comprised of Australian Aborigines, coached and captained by Tom Wills, plays against the Melbourne Cricket Club on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Nanabush Mazinaw Rock (14586550832)

Nanabush Mazinaw Rock (14586550832)

One of the original pictographs on the Mazinaw Rock. There have been over 250 different pictographs documented on the cliff face. They are located just above the water line along its kilometre length. Most of t... More

Edward S. Curtis - [Tsawatenok girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Edward S. Curtis - [Tsawatenok girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, faci...

J19749 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3567. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30 suppl., v. 10, oppos. p. 90.

The (AB) original "babe in the woods".

The (AB) original "babe in the woods".

Minnesota stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More

Black's Camp on Palm Island, North Qld - circa 1908

Black's Camp on Palm Island, North Qld - circa 1908

One of hundreds of promotional postcards produced from photos taken by Henry William Mobsby, official photographer for the Department of Agriculture and Stock in Qld. These were handed out to visitors to the Qu... More

King Billy - a Murchison aborigine in Western Australia - very early 1900s
Saltwater Aboriginal Fisherman, North Queensland, Australia - circa 1910

Saltwater Aboriginal Fisherman, North Queensland, Australia - circa 19...

"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

Huttes autochtones en ecorce et femme fabriquant un panier - La Malbaie 1890

Huttes autochtones en ecorce et femme fabriquant un panier - La Malbai...

Photograph Aboriginal bark huts and basket maker, Murray Bay, QC, about 1890, Livernois, Silver salts on paper - Albumen process - 15 x 20 cm Français : Photographie, Huttes autochtones en écorce et femme fabri... More

Bungaree australian aboriginal leader

Bungaree australian aboriginal leader

Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

PSM V19 D698 Aboriginal stone hatchet

PSM V19 D698 Aboriginal stone hatchet

Aboriginal stone hatchet Public domain photograph of statue, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aboriginal carved trees VIII, photographed by Russell Black (ca.1930s)

Aboriginal carved trees VIII, photographed by Russell Black (ca.1930s)

Aboriginal carved trees VIII, photographed by Russell Black (ca.1930s)

KE-WA-DIN or the North Wind; A Chippeway Chief, from The Aboriginal Portfolio - SAAM - 1973.167.61
Group of Aborigines with protest sign

Group of Aborigines with protest sign

Group of Aborigines with protest sign reading "Aborigines claim citizen rights!" ..This image is part of the collections of the State Library of NSW and has been used with permission. The State Library’s Flickr... More

War bride and her native husband, Manitowaning

War bride and her native husband, Manitowaning

Date: 1946.Place: Manitowaning, Ontario.Creator: Gordon W. Powley.Reference Code: C 5-2-2-16-4.Archives of Ontario, I0002899

Aboriginal Corroboree - circa 1900
'Tahbilh" - Fraser Island Aborigine, Qld - very early 1900s

'Tahbilh" - Fraser Island Aborigine, Qld - very early 1900s

Vintage Queensland Public domain photograph - 19th-century studio portrait photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woman painted with pipe-clay, photograph by H. Basedow
Aboriginal female and child, in Taiwan

Aboriginal female and child, in Taiwan

日本語: 大布十字に

Yagan original, Native Americans

Yagan original, Native Americans

Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Seated Aboriginal - An old picture of a man with a surfboard
President Patten (right) reads resolution, Sydney, NSW, Australia

President Patten (right) reads resolution, Sydney, NSW, Australia

President Patten (right) reads resolution, "We, representing the ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA ... on the 150th Anniversary of the whitemen's seizure of our contry, HEREBY MAKE PROTEST against the callous treatment o... More

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