Early European representations of Aboriginal people
Drawings, sketches and paintings of Aboriginal ancestors and country made by Europeans after the invasion.
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Painting of a fight witnessed in 1845 at Sherbourne Shepherds Station, on the junction of the lower Goulburn River (probably by J. Phillips).Community:
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Etching signed by B.E. Minns of an Aboriginal woman from Bombala NSW and man from the North Coast NSW. Community:
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Lithograph of King teapot, Chief of the Bogen Tribe N.S Wales and two other Aboriginal women.Community:
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Governor Arthur's Proclamation to Aboriginal people, ca. 1828-1830.Community:
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Image of Corroboree drawn by William Curtis in Wellington NSW, on April 1847. Community:
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Oil painting of a group of Australian Aboriginal people, possibly in Sydney, ca. 1849. Community:
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Aboriginal people of Australia, painted in the 1890s and attributed to H.M.L. Atcherley.Community:
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Aboriginal woman beside humpy painted by Joseph Wolinski in La Perouse in 1929. 14 pages
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Series 02: Gerard Krefft album of watercolour drawings, ca. 1857-1858, 1861, 1866. Community:
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Drawing of Mickie from Lake Macquarie, Newcastle community. Community:
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Drawing of Punch, wife of Cullabaa, from the Broken Bay community. Community:
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Portrait of Tooban, Wife of the Chief of Shoalhaven Tribe.Community:
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Portrait of King Bungaree, Chief of the Broken-Bay community - NSW Community:
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Portrait of Jemmy, from the Newcastle community. Community:
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Portrait of Morirang, from the Shoalhaven community in NSWCommunity:
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Two portraits of King Bungaree by Charles Rodius. Community:
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Portrait, chief of the the Nunnerahs community in NSW.Community:
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Portrait of Toby Broken Bay community.Community:
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Bungaree, late King of the Broken Bay community, near Sydney. Community:
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Portrait of Bill Worrall, from the Five Island community.Community:
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Drawing of a man going to battle. Community:
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Tommy from Broken Bay community.Community:
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Possibly portrait of Tora-Wa, in the act of fighting. Community:
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Possibly a drawing of Killigrant. Community:
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Portrait of Jemmy, from the Broken Bay community in NSW.Page 9 of 14
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Aboriginal peoples crossing the Murray in a bark canoe.Page 2 of 14
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'Jimmy Bigfoot' Aboriginal person carrying a Kangaroo to his camp.Page 3 of 14
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Sergeant Gunbower Creek (Head of an Aboriginal), by G. Krefft, 1857.Page 4 of 14
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Head of an Aboriginal person (front seated profile)Page 5 of 14
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Aboriginal woman cleaning fish by G. KrefftPage 6 of 14
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Portrait of three Aboriginal girls - unnamed. Page 7 of 14
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Drawing of an Aboriginal man making a weapon on country. Page 8 of 14
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Hunting scene involving Aboriginal man, 3 native dogs, and rock wallaby by G. Krefft, 1857.Page 10 of 14
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Scene of a Corroboree dancePage 11 of 14
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Two Aboriginal people portrayed duging an hunting scene. Page 12 of 14
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Native graves in Hamilton Station (in Murrumbidgee), by G. Krefft, 1857Page 13 of 14
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Drawing of Aboriginal people in the bush. Page 14 of 14
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Drawing of the bend of the Murray River.