Box 04: Subject and place file, Australian Aborigines – N.S.W. to Australia’s 150th anniversary celebrations – Decorations, ca. 1810 to 1963

PXA 2113/Box 04

item

between ca. 1810 to 1963

1293119

94 photographic prints, prints, drawings and clippings (1 box)

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES
Australian Aborigines – N.S.W.
1. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1820 / Joseph Lycett?
Folder with 20 black and white photographs
These photographs “are of an album of watercolours, thought to be by Joseph Lycett, and dating from c. 1820, which were offered for auction 1972, and now held in the National Library of Australia, Canberra”
“Notes re attribution and sources are filed at PXn 339”
2 - 14 Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Folder with 13 photographs, black and white
Originals filed at PXA 432, volume 3
2. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Photograph, black and white
Original filed at PXA 432 no. 1 (vol. 3, no. 1)
Negative available at FM1 / 2982
3. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Photograph, black and white
Original filed at PXA 432 no. 2 (vol. 3, no. 2)
Negative available at FM1 / 2983
4. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Photograph, black and white
Original filed at PXA 432 no. 13 (vol. 3, no. 13)
Negative available at FM1 / 2994
5. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Photograph, black and white
Original filed at PXA 432 no. 12 (vol. 3, no. 12)
Negative available at FM1 / 2993
6. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Photograph, black and white
Original filed at PXA 432 no. 11 (vol. 3, no. 11)
Negative available at FM1 / 2992
7. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Photograph, black and white
Original filed at PXA 432 no. 10 (vol. 3, no. 10)
Negative available at FM1 / 2991
8. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Photograph, black and white
Original filed at PXA 432 no.9 (vol. 3, no. 9)
Negative available at FM1 / 2990
9. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Photograph, black and white
Original filed at PXA 432 no. 8 (vol. 3, no. 8)
Negative available at FM1 / 2989
10. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Photograph, black and white
Original filed at PXA 432 no. 7 (vol. 3, no. 7)
Negative available at FM1 / 2988
11. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Photograph, black and white
Original filed at PXA 432 no. 6 (vol. 3, no. 6)
Negative available at FM1 / 2987
12. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Photograph, black and white
Original filed at PXA 432 no. 5 (vol. 3, no. 5)
Negative available at FM1 / 2986
13. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Photograph, black and white
Original filed at PXA 432 no. 4 (vol. 3, no. 4)
Negative available at FM1 / 2985
14. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1873
Photograph, black and white
Original filed at PXA 432 no. 3 (vol. 3, no. 3)
Negative available at FM1 / 2984
15. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., 189-
“Aboriginal woman taken at Newcastle, 189-“ – verso
Photograph, sepia toned
Negative available at FM1 / 3988
16. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., c. 1894 / G.W. Wilson, Sydney
N.S.W. Aborigine
“Date from Catalogue of Photographs in Australia. Published by G.W. Wilson & Co. Ltd., 1894 in which this photograph is listed”- verso
Photograph, sepia toned
17. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
“Bhoolidhoo”, Qdeen?, Wagga, Tribe, N.S.W.
Photograph, sepia toned
18. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated / H. King Photo, Sydney
Australian Aboriginal, N.S.W.
Photograph, sepia toned
19. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
“Weyera”, Aboriginal, Newcastle
Photograph, sepia toned
20. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
“Coondah” Gin?, Moss Vale Tribe, N.S.W.
Photograph, sepia toned
21. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated / Kerry photo, Sydney
Darling River Native
Photograph, sepia toned
Negative available at FM1 / 5513
22. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated
Group of Aboriginals, Wilcannia
Print, coloured
23. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
King of the Moruya Tribe
Photograph, sepia toned
24. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated
Both photographs: “Nerelle” Princess, Moruya Tribe, N.S.W. / Kerry Photo, Sydney
2 photographs, sepia toned, on 1 page
25. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated
1. Australian Aborigine (girl), Shoalhaven District, N.S.W. / H. King, Sydney
2. Woman, Bombala, N.S.W. / Kerry Photo, Sydney
2 photographs, sepia toned, on 1 page
26. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
1. “Gumbanlee”, Clarence R[iver], Warrior
2. “Jinnagorray”, Aboriginal Warrior, Grafton
2 photographs, sepia toned, on 1 page
27. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated
1. N.S.W. Aborigine (boy), Port Stephens District / H. King, Sydney
2. Queen “Keanni”, Macleay River, N.S.W. / Kerry Photo, Sydney
2 photographs, sepia toned, on 1 page
28. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated
“New South Wales Natives” -verso
“Extracted from album … of views of countries visited presumably by J. McDakin Clench (whose ticket was in the album) on a world tour begun … leaving London 5 April 1895 for Albany, W.A.” – verso
Photograph, sepia toned
29. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated
“Breast-plates were usually worn on a chain of some sort as shown in this photograph. The Wolgal Tribe, of which Murray Jack was “King”, comes from the south-east of New South Wales”
Clipping
30. Australian Aborigines – N.S.W., undated / C. Dick, Photo
“The Australian Museum, Sydney” – source?
“A scene in camp. One man is making a club, one is resting, and one is preparing food in a bark container. Port Macquarie, New South Wales”
Notes about Aboriginal camp life are printed on verso.
Post card, black and white

Australian Aborigines – North Australia
31. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 1
Photograph, black and white
32. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 2
Photograph, black and white
33. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 3.
Photograph, black and white
34. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 4
Photograph, black and white
35. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 5
Photograph, black and white
36. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 6
Photograph, black and white
37. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 7
‘Mary” & “Lindsay” named
Photograph, black and white
38. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 8
Photograph, black and white
39. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 9
Photograph, black and white
40. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 10
Photograph, black and white
41. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 11
Photograph, black and white
42. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 12.
Photograph, black and white
43. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 13
Photograph, black and white
44. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 14.
Photograph, black and white
45. Australian Aborigines – North Australia, undated, photograph no. 15
Photograph, black and white

Australian Aborigines – N.T.
46. Australian Aborigines – N.T., c. 1896
“Australian Aborigines, Northern Territory, men of the Woohiah? Tribe … in ceremonial paint, c. 1896” – verso
Photograph, sepia toned
47. Australian Aborigines – N.T., 1947 / Edward Searle, Sydney
“Arunta Native, Alice Springs, 1947” – verso
Photograph, black and white
48. Australian Aborigines – N.T. undated / H. King, Sydney
“Northern Australia Aboriginal”
Photograph, sepia toned
49. Australian Aborigines – N.T. undated
Photograph, sepia toned
50. Australian Aborigines – N.T. undated
“Larrakia & Woolnah salt water blacks, Pt. Darwin” – verso
Photograph, sepia toned

Australian Aborigines – Qld
51. Australian Aborigines – Qld, 1886
“Queensland Aborigines from a painting by W.P. Wilshire” - verso
Print, black and white
52. Australian Aborigines – Qld, 1894 / H. King, Sydney
“Date from MS title to set of photos” - verso
Photograph, sepia toned
53. Australian Aborigines – Qld, 1894
1. Aust’n Aborigine (Queensland) / H. King, Sydney
2. Karundi …? / Kerry Photo, Sydney
2 photographs, sepia toned, on 1 page
54. Australian Aborigines – Qld, undated / Kerry Photo, Sydney
“Aboriginal, Roma, Queensland”
Photograph, sepia toned
55. Australian Aborigines – Qld, undated / H. King, Sydney
Both photographs labelled “Australian Aborigine, Queensland”
2 photographs, sepia toned, on 1 page
56. Australian Aborigines – Qld, undated
Barron River Aborigines
Print, black and white

Australian Aborigines – Rites and ceremonies
57. Australian Aborigines – Rites and ceremonies, undated
“A corroboree. Australian Aboriginals” – caption
Print, coloured
58. Australian Aborigines – Rites and ceremonies, undated
1. Photograph, black and white: “In ceremonial attire”
2. Photograph, sepia toned: “In ceremonial paint (representing white men?)”
2 photographs

Australian Aborigines – S.A.
59. Australian Aborigines – S.A., 1891
Print, black and white
From: Anthropological sketches made during the Elder Scientific Expedition, 1891-1893 / Richard Helms. Held at PXA 2576
60. Australian Aborigines – S.A.? [Queensland], undated / William Westall, painter; Freeman & Co., London, photographer
Print, black and white, of a watercolour painting
Set at Port Clinton, formerly known as Port Bowen - verso
61. Australian Aborigines – S.A., undated
“Extracted from album … of views of countries visited presumably by J. McDakin Clench (whose ticket was in the album) on a world tour begun … leaving London 5 April 1895 for Albany, W.A.” – verso
Photograph, sepia toned
62. Australian Aborigines – S.A., undated
“Group of South Australian Aboriginals” - verso
“Extracted from album … of views of countries visited presumably by J. McDakin Clench (whose ticket was in the album) on a world tour begun … leaving London 5 April 1895 for Albany, W.A.” – verso
Photograph, sepia toned
63. Australian Aborigines – S.A. (Port Lincoln Natives), undated
Photograph, sepia toned
Negative at FM2 / 1024

Australian Aborigines – Vic.
64. Australian Aborigines – Vic., undated
Australian Aborigine ( Gippsland, Vic)
Photograph, sepia toned
65. Australian Aborigines – Vic. (Portland), undated
“Australian Aborigines – Vic. (Portland Bay)” – verso
Print, black and white

Australian Aborigines – Wars, fights, skirmishes, etc.
66. Australian Aborigines – Wars, fights, skirmishes, etc., undated
“Mounted police & blacks” / sketch by Col. Mundy
Image from first page: Our antipodes, or, Residence and rambles in the Australasian colonies : with a glimpse of the gold fields / by Godfrey Charles Mundy. London : Richard Bentley, 1852.
Print, black and white
Negative located at FM1 / 3356

Australian Aborigines – W.A.
67. Australian Aborigines – W.A., 1810?
“Country near the Swan River, W.A., c. 1810-1815” – verso
Print, black and white
Offered Sotheby’s, London, 1 November 1973, lot 87
68. Australian Aborigines – W.A., 1810?
“Country near the Swan River, N.S. Wales” – inscription under image (but there is no Swan River in N.S.W.; has been filed as being in W.A.)
Print, black and white
Offered Sotheby’s, London, 1 November 1973, lot 87
69. Australian Aborigines – W.A., 1842 / sketch by Mrs. George King
“A group of Swan River natives”
“Sketched by Mrs. George King in 1842, which is as photograph of a group of Western Australian Aborigines from an engraving, that appeared in a Quarterly Paper, April 1845 for the “Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts” - verso
Clipping
From: Quarterly Paper, No. XXXIII, 1845
70. Australian Aborigines – W.A., 1895
“Extracted from album … of views of countries visited presumably by J. McDakin Clench (whose ticket was in the album) on a world tour begun … leaving London 5 April 1895 for Albany, W.A.” – verso
Photograph, sepia toned
71. Australian Aborigines – W.A., undated
“Front view of natives showing cuts, West Australia” - verso
Photograph, black and white
72. Australian Aborigines – W.A., undated
“West Australian Blacks” – caption near bottom of picture
“Extracted from album … of views of countries visited presumably by J. McDakin Clench (whose ticket was in the album) on a world tour begun … leaving London 5 April 1895 for Albany, W.A.” – verso
Photograph, sepia toned
73. Australian Aborigines – W.A., undated / Coolga?
“Extracted from album … of views of countries visited presumably by J. McDakin Clench (whose ticket was in the album) on a world tour begun … leaving London 5 April 1895 for Albany, W.A.” – verso
Photograph, sepia toned
74. Australian Aborigines – W.A., undated
“Aboriginals, Coolgardie” at bottom of picture
“Extracted from album … of views of countries visited presumably by J. McDakin Clench (whose ticket was in the album) on a world tour begun … leaving London 5 April 1895 for Albany, W.A.” – verso
Photograph, sepia toned
75. Australian Aborigines – W.A., undated
“West Australian Native Women” – verso
“Extracted from album … of views of countries visited presumably by J. McDakin Clench (whose ticket was in the album) on a world tour begun … leaving London 5 April 1895 for Albany, W.A.” – verso
Photograph, sepia toned
76. Australian Aborigines – W.A., undated
“NorWest Natives” at bottom of picture
“Broome Natives (North West) West Australia” - verso
Photograph, black and white


AUSTRALIAN ALPS
77. Australian Alps, undated
“Alpine Hill from Providence”
Post card, sepia toned
78. Australian Alps, undated / Kerry, Sydney
“Where the Snow King reigns. Series 17 – Australian Alps”
Post card, black and white

AUSTRALIAN ART
79 - 80 Australian Art, various dates / undated
4 prints, black and white, on 2 pages.
Clipping
From: Catalogue of Christie’s sale, 18 March 1969
79. Australian Art, various dates
Lot 142: Venice from the Giudecca / Sir Arthur Streeton (1909?)
Lot 121: The Sturt expedition on the Darling / Pro (Kevin) Hart (1963)
2 prints, black and white
80. Australian Art, undated
Lot 140: The station platform / Charles Blackman
Lot 141:The sheep station / Sali Herman
On verso of item no. 79
2 prints, black and white

AUSTRALIAN FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
81. Australian Floral and Horticultural Society, 1841
Medal inscribed “November Show 1841. Presented to Mr. John Nobbs, Kentish cherries”
Print, black and white
82. Australian Floral and Horticultural Society, 1842
Medal inscribed “Australian Floral & Horticultural Society, March show 1842”
Print, black and white
83. Australian Floral and Horticultural Society, undated
Medal inscribed “Australian Floral & Horticultural Society”
Print, black and white

AUSTRALIA’S 150TH ANNIVERSARY (1938)
84. Australia’s 150th anniversary, 1938 / N.S.W Government Printer?
No “N.S.W. Government Printer” stamp on verso
“Four heralds on horseback” – verso
Photograph, black and white
Photograph no. 21189
85. Australia’s 150th anniversary, 1938 / N.S.W Government Printer
“Procession of floats, 150 Ann. Celebrations 26.1.38” - verso
Photograph, black and white
Photograph no. 21186
86. Australia’s 150th anniversary celebrations, 1938 / N.S.W Government Printer
“Road Unit, Coaching Days” - verso
Photograph, black and white
Photograph no. 21192
87. Australia’s 150th anniversary celebrations, 1938 / N.S.W Government Printer
“Coach and horses” - verso
Photograph, black and white
Photograph no. 21148
88. Australia’s 150th anniversary celebrations, 1938 / N.S.W Government Printer
“Illumination, Registrar General’s Dept” - verso
Photograph, black and white
Photograph no. 21570
89. Australia’s 150th anniversary celebrations – Decorations, 1938 / N.S.W. Government Printer
“Street decorations, Mark Foys Building”
Photograph, black and white
Photograph no. 21587
90. Australia’s 150th anniversary celebrations – Review Centennial Park, 1938 / N.S.W. Government Printer
“150 Ann. Celebration 29.1.38”
Folder with 4 photographs, black and white (no inscriptions or descriptions given)
Original photograph numbers in folder: 21198, 21200, 21205, 21201
91 - 94 Australia’s 150th anniversary celebrations – Wreath of Governor, 1938 / N.S.W. Government Printer
Folder with 4 photographs, black and white
91. Australia’s 150th anniversary celebrations – Wreath of Governor, 1938 / N.S.W. Government Printer
1. Sir Geo Broadbridge, Hon. Hugh Main, Lord Mayor (Ald. W. Work?), Hon. John Dunningham, W.K.R. Cramp O.B.E., Mrs. Cramp” – listed on verso
Photograph no. 21311
92. Australia’s 150th anniversary celebrations – Wreath of Governor, 1938 / N.S.W. Government Printer
2. “Wreath on Gov. Phillip’s Statue by Mayors of London & Sydney” – verso
Photograph no. 21312
93. Australia’s 150th anniversary celebrations – Wreath of Governor, 1938 / N.S.W. Government Printer
3. “Wreath on Gov. Phillip’s Statue by Mayors of London”
Photograph no. 21313
94. Australia’s 150th anniversary celebrations – Wreath of Governor, 1938 / N.S.W. Government Printer
4. “Wreath on Gov. Phillip’s Statue by …? Mayors of London & L.M. of Sydney”
Photograph no. 21310

Box contents arranged in alphabetical order subject or location.

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Listing transcribed from the headings used in the Self Indexing File (commonly known as the Small Pictures File) established in 1945. All users of the catalogue should also be aware that certain words, terms or descriptions may be culturally sensitive and may be considered inappropriate today, but may have reflected the author's/creator's attitude or that of the period in which they were written.