• Title
  Photographs of First Nations family displaying wares at La Perouse, New South Wales
• Call number
  SPF/3772
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  probably between 1905 and 1920
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  9676421
• Physical Description
  1 photographic print - postcard, hand-tinted - 9 x 14 cm
  
• Collection history
  Titled as 'Wollongong Aborigines display wares including Shell Necklaces at La Perouse, Sydney' in catalogue from Ancanthe, 2023.
• Scope and Content
  Hand-tinted photographic print in postcard format depicting a First Nations man, woman and three toddler children from Wollongong displaying wares for sale in La Perouse, including shell necklaces, which were a popular Victorian craft object, being modelled on the children.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are advised that this collection includes images of people who are deceased, and annotations which may reflect the author's/creator's attitude or that of the period in which they were written, but are now considered inappropriate in today's context.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Original title printed on recto: "Wollongong Blacks on a Visit to La Perouse".
• Date note
  
  Date construed from vendor catalogue and fashion depicted in image.
• Subject
  Aboriginal Australians--New South Wales--La Perouse.
  Aboriginal Australians--New South Wales--Photographs.
  Children, Aboriginal Australian--New South Wales--La Perouse--Photographs.
  Shellcraft--New South Wales.
  Art - Crafts - Shell works
  Material culture - Shell objects and decorations
  Dharawal (Australian people)
  
• Place
  La Perouse (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE21165395

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