• Title
  William Thomas, protector of Aborigines, pictorial material
• Creator
  William Thomas, 1793-1867
• Call number
  PXA 1321
  MIN 452
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1832-1875
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings, Photographs
• Reference code
  107327
• Issue Copy
  Partly Digitised : PXA 1321/no. 1
  
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 3 pencil drawings - 16 x 22.5 cm.-13 x 20.5 cm.
  Photographs - 1 albumen photoprint - 7.5 x 9.5 cm. - torn at left and bottom right
  Drawings - 1 silhouette (hand cut portrait pasted on card) - oval image 7.5 x 9 cm., in frame 14.5 x 12.5 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  PXA 1321
  1. Protector's Hut, near Studley Park [This is probably not the Protector's Hut. The photograph was taken in the 1870s and the hut was demolished in 1850. The man on the right has been identified as William Jackson Thomas (1820-1909), son of William Thomas (1794-1867)] -- Curator of Photographs, Mitchell Pictures, Aug 2010
  
  2-3. Two sketches of Aboriginal ceremonies around a camp fire
  
  4. Portrait of a male Aborigine, with fur cloak & spear, entitled "Wynberry"
  
  MIN 452
  Mrs S. Thomas, 1832, Windsor Park, England [silhouette portrait in frame]
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - Applies to MIN 452
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Reference Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1788-1850, vol.2. Melbourne University Press, 1967.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 980077
• Name
  Thomas, Mrs S. (Susannah)
  Thomas, William, 1793-1867
  
• Subject
  Aboriginal Australians--Portraits.
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal artefacts
  Aboriginal culture
  Aboriginal customs
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  bark roofs
  campfires
  cloaks
  corroborees
  portraits
  silhouettes
  slab huts
  
• Place
  Victoria
  

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