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Corroboree Barak - A painting of a group of people on a wall

Corroboree Barak - A painting of a group of people on a wall

Figures in possum-skin cloaks, circa 1898

Different methods of hair dressing - NMA-11787

Different methods of hair dressing - NMA-11787

Men displaying different methods of dressing their hair (Cambridge Gulf, Western Australia).

Aboriginal carved trees, photographed by Henry King (ca.1889 and 1894)

Aboriginal carved trees, photographed by Henry King (ca.1889 and 1894)

Aboriginal carved trees, photographed by Henry King (ca.1889-1894). A remarkable example of a carved burial tree. This photo was taken by Henry King in 1889-1894 before it was removed and taken to the Australi... More

A group of Aboriginal men in possum skin cloaks and blankets in 1858 at Penshurst in Victoria

A group of Aboriginal men in possum skin cloaks and blankets in 1858 a...

Group of Aboriginal men in possum skin cloaks and blankets. An additional figure on the left, man with a gun? - has been blotted out, just a blur remains.

Corroboree on the Murray River

Corroboree on the Murray River

Corroboree on the Murray River, 1858. Watercolour by Gerard Krefft.

Marn grook football - Drawing. Public domain image.

Marn grook football - Drawing. Public domain image.

Aboriginal domestic scene. The etching was executed by German artist Gustav Mützel, who worked from the sketches of German explorer Johan Wilhelm Theodor Ludwig von Blandowski (see Marn Grook: name of the earl... More

NATIVES OF ENDEAVOUR RIVER IN A CANOE, FISHING

NATIVES OF ENDEAVOUR RIVER IN A CANOE, FISHING

Copy of woodcut done by Phillip Parker King during his voyage of 1818

Marn grook illustration 1857

Marn grook illustration 1857

Aboriginal domestic scene. The etching was executed by German artist Gustav Mützel, who worked from the sketches of German explorer Johan Wilhelm Theodor Ludwig von Blandowski (see Marn Grook: name of the earl... More