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Rock marking of a motor vehicle, The Granites, N.T

Rock marking of a motor vehicle, The Granites, N.T

Charles P. Mountford (1936) Rock marking of a motor vehicle, The Granites, N.T. This image was taken during a University of Adelaide expedition.

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)

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914 (1914) (14586648580)

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connectio...

Identifier: commonwealthofau00brit (find matches) Title: The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement o... More

Aboriginal temporary bark gunyah (shelter), ca. 1870

Aboriginal temporary bark gunyah (shelter), ca. 1870

Aboriginal temporary bark gunyah (shelter), Victoria, John Steel, ca. 1889. "Reminiscence of a visit to Victoria, Australia, April 1889". John Steel, photographer.

Rock engraving of human form - NMA-11812

Rock engraving of human form - NMA-11812

Showing rock engraving of human form (North Western Australia).

NATIVE DANCE

NATIVE DANCE

Illustration from the book "Twenty years before the mast" by Charles Erskine. Page 101. Русский: Иллюстрация из книги Чарльза Эрскина "Twenty years before the mast". Страница 101.  This file was uploaded wit... More

Natives of Australia (1906) (14765658721)

Natives of Australia (1906) (14765658721)

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

Aboriginal burial mound William Blandowski ca. 1856-1857

Aboriginal burial mound William Blandowski ca. 1856-1857

Aboriginal burial mound. Illustrates of Aboriginal Australia by William Blandowski between 1856-1857. William Blanowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition t... More

BOOTH(1873) 1.106 CARROBBOREE, ON THE BANKS OF THE MURRAY
Page 182 diagram 2, inset illustration. Folk-Lore, vol. 17
Aboriginal burial mound, Charles Sturt ca. 1833

Aboriginal burial mound, Charles Sturt ca. 1833

'Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia' - Charles Sturt, 1833

Doctor in Australian Aboriginal culture (from a book Published in 1931) P.304

Doctor in Australian Aboriginal culture (from a book Published in 1931...

日本語: オーストラリアの医者(1931年出版の本より)

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

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

A group of Aboriginal men in possum skin cloaks and blankets in 1858 at Penshurst in Victoria

A group of Aboriginal men in possum skin cloaks and blankets in 1858 a...

Group of Aboriginal men in possum skin cloaks and blankets. An additional figure on the left, man with a gun? - has been blotted out, just a blur remains.

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

BOOTH(1873) 2.316 AUSTRALIAN ABOIUGINALS FISHING
Cave painting (Westall, William)

Cave painting (Westall, William)

This is a digital image of a watercolour (26.7 x 36.6 cm) by William Westall, 1781-1850. It depicts a cave painting on and is titled, "Chasm Island, native cave painting ". Part of a collection on Westall's d... More

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)

Aboriginal men making bark canoe after heating it over fire, ca. 1905

Aboriginal men making bark canoe after heating it over fire, ca. 1905

Aboriginal men making bark canoe after heating it over fire, New South Wales. Photographed by Thomas Dick ca. 1905

Aboriginal carved trees, photographed by Henry King (ca.1889 and 1894)

Aboriginal carved trees, photographed by Henry King (ca.1889 and 1894)

Aboriginal carved trees, photographed by Henry King (ca.1889-1894). A remarkable example of a carved burial tree. This photo was taken by Henry King in 1889-1894 before it was removed and taken to the Australi... More

Liangle (The Present State and Prospects of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales)

Liangle (The Present State and Prospects of the Port Phillip District ...

liangle; p. 155, "The Present State and Prospects of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales"

Australische Kunstgegenstände aus Queensland

Australische Kunstgegenstände aus Queensland

As file Public domain reproduction of artwork related to ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plate 8. Folk-Lore, vol. 15

Plate 8. Folk-Lore, vol. 15

Illustration from an article, the caption was "Stereoscopic View of West Australian Mask (Fig. 10 in Plate XV., Vol. XIV."

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914 (1914) (14770987544)

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connectio...

Identifier: commonwealthofau00brit (find matches) Title: The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement o... More

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

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

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

Aboriginal man carrying a shield and waddy, South Australia, ca. 1875

Aboriginal man carrying a shield and waddy, South Australia, ca. 1875

Aboriginal man holding a shield and waddy, South Australia. Photographed by Captain Sweet ca. 1875

Aboriginal man carrying a shield, waddy and boomerang, South Australia, ca. 1875

Aboriginal man carrying a shield, waddy and boomerang, South Australia...

Aboriginal man carrying a shield, waddy and boomerang, South Australia. Photographed by Captain Sweet ca. 1875

Aboriginal carved trees II, photographed by Henry King (ca.1889-1894)

Aboriginal carved trees II, photographed by Henry King (ca.1889-1894)

Aboriginal carved trees, photographed by Henry King (ca.1889-1894)

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914 (1914) (14773011792)

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connectio...

Identifier: commonwealthofau00brit (find matches) Title: The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement o... More

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914 (1914) (14586874207)

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connectio...

Identifier: commonwealthofau00brit (find matches) Title: The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement o... More

Mutawintji 8 - brolga

Mutawintji 8 - brolga

Mutawintji - Brolga petroglyph

Aboriginal burial mound and carved trees, William Blandowski ca. 1856-1857

Aboriginal burial mound and carved trees, William Blandowski ca. 1856-...

Aboriginal burial mound. Illustrates of Aboriginal Australia by William Blandowski between 1856-1857. William Blanowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition ... More

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

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

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

Aboriginal burial mound, William Blandowski ca. 1856-1857

Aboriginal burial mound, William Blandowski ca. 1856-1857

Aboriginal burial mound. Illustrates of Aboriginal Australia by William Blandowski between 1856-1857. William Blanowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition t... More

Aboriginal burial mound, Australia, Charles Sturt (1833)

Aboriginal burial mound, Australia, Charles Sturt (1833)

Aboriginal burial mound. 'Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia' by Charles Sturt (1833)

Heating bark for making bark canoe 1905

Heating bark for making bark canoe 1905

Heating bark for making bark canoe. Photographed by Thomas Dick ca. 1905

Axe, North Queensland, Australia - Pacific collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05734

Axe, North Queensland, Australia - Pacific collection - Peabody Museum...

Axe, North Queensland, Australia. Exhibit from the Pacific Collection, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Photography was permitted without restriction; exhibit is old enough so ... More

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914 (1914) (14586686929)

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connectio...

Identifier: commonwealthofau00brit (find matches) Title: The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement o... More

BOOTH(1873) 1.043 THE GWALOR PLAINS
Wiwi (The Present State and Prospects of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales)

Wiwi (The Present State and Prospects of the Port Phillip District of ...

wiwi; p. 155, "The Present State and Prospects of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales"

Ros 4

Ros 4

Man-made stone wall

Nla.obj-138890799-1

Nla.obj-138890799-1

Westall, William. Chasm Island, native cave painting, 1803, watercolour. National Library of Australia

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

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

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

Aboriginal man carrying a spear and waddy, South Australia, ca. 1875

Aboriginal man carrying a spear and waddy, South Australia, ca. 1875

Aboriginal man carrying a spear and waddy, South Australia. Photographed by Captain Sweet ca. 1875

Aboriginal people, adult blood baptism (from a book Published in 1931) P.303

Aboriginal people, adult blood baptism (from a book Published in 1931)...

日本語: アボリジニ、成年式の血の洗礼(1931年出版の本より)

Notes on the Aborigines of New South Wales - Fig 2 Tree Carvings and Ground Drawings

Notes on the Aborigines of New South Wales - Fig 2 Tree Carvings and G...

Tree Carvings and Ground Drawings at Bora Camp Public domain photo of drawing, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Aboriginal Bark Canoe c.1842

Aboriginal Bark Canoe c.1842

Aboriginal Bark Canoe by Oswald B. Walters c.1842. New South Wales, Australia.

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

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

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

Eneabba Stone Arrangement - line

Eneabba Stone Arrangement - line

This is a poor quality black and white photograph of the line part of the Eneabba Stone Arrangement, an Australian Aboriginal stone arrangement located inland of Leeman, Western Australia.

BOOTH(1873) 1.162 MOUNT LAURA, CAMPERDOWN

BOOTH(1873) 1.162 MOUNT LAURA, CAMPERDOWN

Public domain image of 18th-19th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Axe, Murugin tribe, NE Arnhemland, Australia - Pacific collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05736

Axe, Murugin tribe, NE Arnhemland, Australia - Pacific collection - Pe...

Axe, Murugin tribe, NE Arnhemland, Australia. Exhibit from the Pacific Collection, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Photography was permitted without restriction; exhibit is ol... More

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914 (1914) (14793211763)

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connectio...

Identifier: commonwealthofau00brit (find matches) Title: The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement o... More

Red hand stencil small

Red hand stencil small

from red hands cave

BOOTH(1873) 1.088 MALLEE SCRUB, RIVER MURRAY
BOOTH(1873) 2.420 NATIVES OF CARPENTARIA

BOOTH(1873) 2.420 NATIVES OF CARPENTARIA

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Native raft (Discoveries in Australia)

Native raft (Discoveries in Australia)

This is an illustration entitled "Native raft" from Volume 1 of John Lort Stokes' 1846 book Discoveries in Australia.

Page 182 diagram 1, inset illustration. Folk-Lore, vol. 17
Natives visiting Europeans - Public domain scan / drawing

Natives visiting Europeans - Public domain scan / drawing

Aborigines visit the colonists, help them cook, wash and carry wood and water in exchange for the paltry amount of one pound of flour daily. Drawing by William Blandowski

Page from gurre kamilaroi or Kamilaroi Sayings

Page from gurre kamilaroi or Kamilaroi Sayings

A page from Gurre Kamilaroi (1856) by William Ridley (1819–1878).

Ros 1 - A black and white photo of a group of people in a field
The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914 (1914) (14773009562)

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connectio...

Identifier: commonwealthofau00brit (find matches) Title: The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement o... More

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914 (1914) (14770988874)

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connectio...

Identifier: commonwealthofau00brit (find matches) Title: The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement o... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aboriginals under temporary bark gunya (shelter), ca. 1888

Aboriginals under temporary bark gunya (shelter), ca. 1888

Aboriginal Australians under temporary bark gunya (shelter), D.Le Souef, ca. 1888

Two Aboriginal men spearing fish from bark canoe, c 1905

Two Aboriginal men spearing fish from bark canoe, c 1905

Two Aboriginal men spearing fish from bark canoe. Photographed by Thomas Dick c.1905

BOOTH(1873) 1.049 MODE OF DISPOSING OF THE DEAD
Arrernte people's dance (from a book Published in 1931) P.310

Arrernte people's dance (from a book Published in 1931) P.310

日本語: アランダ族の踊り(1931年出版の本より)

Aboriginal Bora Ceremony - circa 1900

Aboriginal Bora Ceremony - circa 1900

Photograph of the Aboriginal people during the Bora Ceremony in the 1900s

Ros 2 - Public domain old vintage map

Ros 2 - Public domain old vintage map

Map: “Treasure Believed To Be Buried Here”

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914 (1914) (14586643530)

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connectio...

Identifier: commonwealthofau00brit (find matches) Title: The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement o... More

Aboriginal camp, ca.1858

Aboriginal camp, ca.1858

Aboriginal camp, Victoria. Richard Daintree and Antoine Fauchery, circa. 1858.

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

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

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

Plate 14. Folk-Lore, vol. 14

Plate 14. Folk-Lore, vol. 14

Illustration from an article, "Notes on the Aborigines of Roebuck Bay, Western Australia"

BOOTH(1873) 1.031 KING GEORGES SOUND
Coolamon with dot-painting

Coolamon with dot-painting

softwood coolamon with acrylic paint design. the design indicates that it was propably made for ceremonial use. Acquired by the Australian Museum in 1996, Artist unknown according to the label next to the cool... More

Nourlangie Rock Art 1

Nourlangie Rock Art 1

Koala Rock Art Aboriginal Rock Art, Anbangbang Rock Shelter, Kakadu National Park, Australia According to ozoutback.com.au, it shows Namondjok, a Creation Ancestor, with his wife Barrginj below, the Lightning ... More

Aboriginal art Grampians

Aboriginal art Grampians

Aboriginal painting in Grampians National Park in Victoria, Australia

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

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

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

Eneabba Stone Arrangement - ring

Eneabba Stone Arrangement - ring

This is a poor quality black and white photograph of the ring part of the Eneabba Stone Arrangement, an Australian Aboriginal stone arrangement located inland of Leeman, Western Australia.

Maze, Australian Aboriginal culture (from a book Published in 1931) P.309

Maze, Australian Aboriginal culture (from a book Published in 1931) P....

日本語: 東オーストラリアの成人式(1931年出版の本より)ボラという迷路。

Bush-Tomato

Bush-Tomato

Bush tomatoes during a Bush Tucker

Rock markings, The Granites, N.T

Rock markings, The Granites, N.T

Charles P. Mountford (1936) Rock markings, The Granites, N.T.

Panaramitee Uluru

Panaramitee Uluru

Aboriginal rock art in panaramitee style; Uluru

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

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

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

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

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).

The grave of a native of Australia by G.H. Evans; engraved by R. Havell & Son. John Oxley ca, 1820

The grave of a native of Australia by G.H. Evans; engraved by R. Havel...

The grave of a native of Australia by G.H. Evans; engraved by R. Havell & Son. John Oxley ca, 1820.

Plate 15. Folk-Lore, vol. 14

Plate 15. Folk-Lore, vol. 14

Illustration from an article, "Notes on the Aborigines of Roebuck Bay, Western Australia"

Aboriginal hand stencils, Yeramba Lagoon area Picnic Point (19381414779)

Aboriginal hand stencils, Yeramba Lagoon area Picnic Point (1938141477...

Aboriginal hand stencils, Yeramba Lagoon area Picnic Point

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914 (1914) (14770990544)

The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connectio...

Identifier: commonwealthofau00brit (find matches) Title: The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement o... More

Aboriginal carved tree, Clifton Cappie Towle c. 1925

Aboriginal carved tree, Clifton Cappie Towle c. 1925

Aboriginal carved tree, Clifton Cappie Towle c. 1925

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

Aboriginal carved trees XI, photographed by Clifton Cappie Towle (c. 1...

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

Aboriginal parrying shields and waddy clubs, William Blandowski ca. 1856-1857

Aboriginal parrying shields and waddy clubs, William Blandowski ca. 18...

Aboriginal parrying shields and waddy clubs, Illustrates of Aboriginal Australia by William Blandowski ca. 1856 to 1857.

Aboriginal woman in front of bark gunya (shelter), Johns Album ca. 1872

Aboriginal woman in front of bark gunya (shelter), Johns Album ca. 187...

Aboriginal woman sewing possum pelts in front of bark shelter, Victoria, Johns Album 1872

Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps, photographed by Henry King ca.1893

Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps, photographed by Henry King ca.1893

Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps, photographed by Henry King ca.1893

Plate 12. Folk-Lore, vol. 14

Plate 12. Folk-Lore, vol. 14

Illustration from an article, "Notes on the Aborigines of Roebuck Bay, Western Australia"

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