An Australian Family-Party from New South Wales (BM 2016,2041.1)

An Aboriginal family in a camp scene, a man stands behind with a spear, boomerang and club, three women are in front and two other people at left. One of the women is holding a dead kangaroo, another woman a baby, and the other woman a basket. There are at bottom right three pelts of possum skins pegged out to dry to make possum cloaks. In the background is a bark shelter and a tree from which hang two bags. There is a fire in the foreground. Print is from book Ratzel's 'History of Mankind'.

Lithograph

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1896

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