Photographs of Aboriginal people taken by Europeans
Examples of photographs of Aboriginal ancestors taken by Europeans before 1950.
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Blanket (Aboriginal man), photographed by Morris & Billing London Saloon at 251 Pitt Street, Sydney (ca. 1865-1866). Community:
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Studio portrait of Biddy of Maitland, ca. 1875.Community:
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Gwoja Tjungurrayi ("One Pound Jimmy"), with spear and woomera, photographed by the Australian National Travel Association in 1935.Community:
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Photograph of a woman with her children in a non-identified location.Community:
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Photograph of a woman taken for a flyer or a book? Community:
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Photograph of "Nellie", considered at that time the last person of the Nepean community. Community:
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Photograph of Patty, or Cooneana (Ringtailed Opossum). Community:
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A man with breastplate, and two women staging by bark shelter.Community:
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Image of a bearded man, seated with loin cloth and some weapons. Community:
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Photo of a man, standing full length wearing headdress and fur rug.Community:
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Staged photo of two men, wearing European clothes. Community:
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Photo showing a man seated with breastplate and boomerangs, with two women by a bark shelter.Community:
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A staged image of a woman standing close to a young kid. Community:
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Staged photo of a man, seated, wearing feather headdress. Community:
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Photo of young woman, wearing fur headdress and a necklace. Community:
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Staged photo of a young man, seated, with boomerangs and skin rug. Community:
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Staged photo of two women, seated full length, with two children by a bark shelter. Community:
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Staged photograph of a bearded man with fur headdress and cloth standing. Community:
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Image of a group of warriors with spears, posing on a beach.