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Patet. Australians of King George's Sound From: The natural history of Man by James Cowles Prichard

Patet. Australians of King George's Sound From: The natural history of...

Public domain scan of 19th-19th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Australia (Indian), from the Natives in Costume series (N16) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Australia (Indian), from the Natives in Costume series (N16) for Allen...

Trade cards from the "Natives in Costume" series (N16), issued in 1886 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)

Kings Sound - aborigine man, woman, and boy in loin-clothes standing against large trunk of tree

Kings Sound - aborigine man, woman, and boy in loin-clothes standing a...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Aborigine man of the Worki (?) tribe, Gilbert River

Aborigine man of the Worki (?) tribe, Gilbert River

Public domain reproduction of colorized lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Native kangaroo hunters, Queensland, Australia - stereocsopic card

Native kangaroo hunters, Queensland, Australia - stereocsopic card

Photograph shows Aboriginal natives of Australia: kangaroo hunters with spears. No. 24269. No. 24269.

Robert, King of Gumbathagang tribe, New South Wales - circa 1900

Robert, King of Gumbathagang tribe, New South Wales - circa 1900

The maker of the breastplate apparently mispelled two of the place names, which should be Paddy Gully and Wards Mistake (ref. DAWN : A Monthly Magazine Produced by the Aboriginal Welfare Board, NSW, Vol No.11, ... More

Group of female Australian aborigines - circa 1904

Group of female Australian aborigines - circa 1904

Australian Aborigines Public domain photograph - 20th century group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Warrior Chiefs in War Paint - Australian Aborigines

Warrior Chiefs in War Paint - Australian Aborigines

A Queensland government photograph possibly from the 1930/40s.

Mary. Botany Bay Tribe. (BM 1893,0803.54)

Mary. Botany Bay Tribe. (BM 1893,0803.54)

Portrait of Mary in profile (partially in silhouette), wearing a shirt, a skirt, and a cloak; in front of a garment and a small cloth bundle; state with title lettering filled. 1836 Lithograph

Mary. Botany Bay Tribe. (BM Oc2006,Prt.345)

Mary. Botany Bay Tribe. (BM Oc2006,Prt.345)

Portrait of Mary in profile (partially in silhouette), wearing a shirt, a skirt, and a cloak; in front of a garment and a small cloth bundle. 1836 Lithograph

055 Dinjimanne wife daughter w480

055 Dinjimanne wife daughter w480

Dinjimanne his wife and daughter, Giles West Camp, South of Mt Woodroffe, south-central Musgrave Ranges, South Australia, 1903Deutsch: Dinjimanne mit Frau und Tochter im Giles-West-Camp 1903

Arrernte boy with toy shield

Arrernte boy with toy shield

Arrernte boy holding toy shield, Alberga River, South Australia 1920–24Deutsch: Kind der Arrernte mit Holzschwert und Schild am Alberga River, Südaustralien (1920–24).

Arrernte man with badly united fracture, Henbury station, Northern Territory, photograph by H. Basedow

Arrernte man with badly united fracture, Henbury station, Northern Ter...

Original caption: "Arrernte man with badly united fracture, Henbury station, Northern Territory."

Kai Kai Western Arrernte

Kai Kai Western Arrernte

Deutsch: Kai Kai, a Western Arrernte man, Henbury station, Northern Territory, 1920English: This Western Arrernte man's name was Kai Kai (in Basedow's spelling) and Basedow photographed him in the Aboriginal ca... More

Kolaia man - A man in a giraffe hat doing a yoga pose

Kolaia man - A man in a giraffe hat doing a yoga pose

Kolaia man wearing a headdress worn in a fire ceremony, Forrest River, Western Australia.

Native raft called kaloa - NMA-11791

Native raft called kaloa - NMA-11791

Native raft called kaloa, on George Water W.A..

Old man in front of his hut, photograph by H. Basedow

Old man in front of his hut, photograph by H. Basedow

Original caption: "Old man in front of his hut."

Showing method of attack with boomerang - NMA-15147

Showing method of attack with boomerang - NMA-15147

Luritja man demonstrating method of attack with boomerang under cover of shield. An indigenous man with headdress and body paint is posing with a boomerang in his hand raised behind his head, with a shield and ... More

Cobbo, Daniel. Member of the Australian Light Horse, 1917

Cobbo, Daniel. Member of the Australian Light Horse, 1917

Cobbo, Daniel. Member of the Australian Light Horse, 1917 Public domain photograph related to Queensland, Australia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

StateLibQld 2 143847 Bernice Bagwivi

StateLibQld 2 143847 Bernice Bagwivi

Bernice Bagwivi at the age of 21 in 1935. Public domain photograph related to Queensland, Australia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mother and child, South Australia, ca. 1870 (8718150535)

Mother and child, South Australia, ca. 1870 (8718150535)

Title devised by cataloguer based on inscription.; Inscriptions: "Lubra and piccaninni, South Australia"--Below image.; Also online an24652971. an24652971

Plantation owner with his wife and servants (8415569369)

Plantation owner with his wife and servants (8415569369)

Creator: Unknown Date: c. 1856 Format: Photograph; collodion positive / ambrotype Collection: Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum Inventory no: 1990-5036/CD6 Blog: Happy Australia Day A collodion posi... More

Nicolas-Martin Petit Tasmanierin mit Kind in Känguruhaut

Nicolas-Martin Petit Tasmanierin mit Kind in Känguruhaut

Deutsch: Nicolas-Martin Petit (1777–1804): Tasmanierin mit Kind in Känguruhaut (Ausschnitt), Muséum Le Havre, Inv.-Nr. 20022-3. Der Künstler war Mitglied der französischen Australien-Expedition (1800–1804) unt... More

Mick-Rangiari-1971

Mick-Rangiari-1971

Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy SEARCH Foundation collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVGxxY/8PME6b0z2WG3J Related article: nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237868755

Woman of the Larrakia tribe

Woman of the Larrakia tribe

Woman of the Larrakia tribe.The scars on her back are a sign of widowhood. All the young women been married by the old men in a harem, and the widows been married by the young men. The greater sorrow over the ... More

Tommy McRAE - Kwatkwat people - (Whites fighting; musicians) Sketchbook mainly of activities of Aboriginals and Whites - Google Art Project

Tommy McRAE - Kwatkwat people - (Whites fighting; musicians) Sketchboo...

Public domain photograph of music festival, musicians, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of Mannalargenna

Portrait of Mannalargenna

A painting of a middle-aged Tasmanian Aboriginal man, his hair covered with red ochre, the chief of the pairrebeenne clan of the Coastal Plains Nations. Around his neck is a necklace of kangaroo sinews and he ... More

233 of 'Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines ... With ... illustrations' (11243978375)

233 of 'Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland A...

Image taken from: Title: "Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines ... With ... illustrations" Author: ROTH, Walter Edmund. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 10491.ff.27." Page: 2... More

Hey bundið í bagga, 1907

Hey bundið í bagga, 1907

1907, hjónin Áslaug Sigurðardóttir og Stefán Helgason í heyvinnu á Arnarvatni. Hey bundið í bagga. Ljósmyndari / Photographer: Magnús Ólafsson Format: Glerplata / Glass negatives, 12 x 16 cm. Höfundarréttur / ... More

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 01

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 01

North Australian

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 03

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 03

South Australian woman

Aboriginal Chief Derrimut 1836 painting by Benjamin Duterrau

Aboriginal Chief Derrimut 1836 painting by Benjamin Duterrau

Chief Derah Mat [Derrimut] of Port Philip, 5 October 1836, by Benjamin Duterrau, from original oil on canvas, State Library of New South Wales, DL 371

Native tribes of South-East Australia Fig 38 - Tutnurring

Native tribes of South-East Australia Fig 38 - Tutnurring

Tutnurring, showing characteristic markings

Page 425 Boy Travellers Australasia

Page 425 Boy Travellers Australasia

jpg of illustration on page 425 of File:The Boy Travellers in Australasia.djvu

‘King Richard’ or ‘Dick-a-Dick’, the tracker who found the Duff children, 20 August 1864

‘King Richard’ or ‘Dick-a-Dick’, the tracker who found the Duff childr...

Portrait of Australian Aboriginal cricketer Dick-a-Dick, c. 1864.

Aborigines of Victoria - Fig 248 - King George's Sound Man

Aborigines of Victoria - Fig 248 - King George's Sound Man

Man from King George's Sound, Western Australia, drawn by Deputy Assistant Commisionary-General Neill

Balbuk - Public domain portrait print

Balbuk - Public domain portrait print

Group portrait of Noongar men, women, and children, Fanny Balbuk seated on the right in the white dress.

Narcisse Pelletier (photographie de Peigné)

Narcisse Pelletier (photographie de Peigné)

Français : Narcisse Pelletier photographié à son retour à Nantes en 1876.

Australneger Holzstich um 1890 - Public domain portrait engraving

Australneger Holzstich um 1890 - Public domain portrait engraving

Wood engraving about 1890. Text: Aboriginal with a dog's tail like a beard jewelry Deutsch: Holzstich um 1890. Text unter Bild: "Abb. 10. Australneger mit einem Hundeschwanze am Barte als Schmuck."

Two Representative Tribes of Queensland - Kagariu or Johnnie Campbell

Two Representative Tribes of Queensland - Kagariu or Johnnie Campbell

Kagariu, or Johnnie Campbell, Kabi Tribe, Mary River, Queensland, the most notorious native bushranger

Aboriginal man with spear, woomera (spear-thrower) and waddy, South Australia. ca. 1876

Aboriginal man with spear, woomera (spear-thrower) and waddy, South Au...

Aboriginal man with spear, woomera (spear-thrower) and waddy, South Australia. Photographed by Captain Sweet ca. 1876

Aboriginal man carrying a shield and waddy, South Australia, ca. 1875

Aboriginal man carrying a shield and waddy, South Australia, ca. 1875

Aboriginal man holding a shield and waddy, South Australia. Photographed by Captain Sweet ca. 1875

Aboriginal man carrying a shield, waddy and boomerang, South Australia, ca. 1875

Aboriginal man carrying a shield, waddy and boomerang, South Australia...

Aboriginal man carrying a shield, waddy and boomerang, South Australia. Photographed by Captain Sweet ca. 1875

Unaipon c 1934 SLNSW FL19830624

Unaipon c 1934 SLNSW FL19830624

Portrait of David Unaipon, Aboriginal inventor, and author, Sydney, c. 1934, by Harold Cazneaux, from vintage negative, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 061/Item 169

William Tietkens

William Tietkens

Portrait des William_Tietkens

Francis F. Gillen, 41522 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Francis F. Gillen, 41522 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

Aboriginal boy with turkey - NTL PH0116-0004

Aboriginal boy with turkey - NTL PH0116-0004

Aboriginal boy with live scrub turkey.

Aboriginal man and boy with dugout - NTL PH0190-0018

Aboriginal man and boy with dugout - NTL PH0190-0018

Steam ship from Sydney at Darwin Wharf. Aboriginal man and boy in foreground with dog and dugout canoe.

Cissie McLeod and Mrs Mugg (PH0412-0025)

Cissie McLeod and Mrs Mugg (PH0412-0025)

Maid servant Cissie McLeod stands by Mrs Mugg (B. James) seated in cane chair outside Government House in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. (PH0412-0025)

Daisy may bates - A black and white photo of a group of people

Daisy may bates - A black and white photo of a group of people

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ellen Campbell Atkinson and Edwin Atkinson

Ellen Campbell Atkinson and Edwin Atkinson

Ellen Campbell Atkinson and Edwin Atkinson at their wedding in Echuca, 3 May 1911.

Last palawahs - A black and white photo of a group of people

Last palawahs - A black and white photo of a group of people

Last of the aborigines (Tasmanian aborigines; palawah). Aborigines believed to be from left to right: Mary Ann Arthur, William Lanney, seated Bessie Smith and Truganini.

Queensland State Archives 1350 A typical Palm Island Native c 1935

Queensland State Archives 1350 A typical Palm Island Native c 1935

A typical Palm Island Native. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album of tourist activities in North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas.)

Queensland State Archives 5803 Hon James Christian Peterson Home Secretary and party with residents of Fantome Island June 1931

Queensland State Archives 5803 Hon James Christian Peterson Home Secre...

Hon James Christian Peterson, Home Secretary and party with residents of Fantome Island.

SLNSW 9306 NSW police officer talking to Aboriginal John Noble also known as Marvellous at the opening of Federal Parliament 1927

SLNSW 9306 NSW police officer talking to Aboriginal John Noble also kn...

NSW police officer talking to Aboriginal John Noble, also known as "Marvellous", at the opening of Federal Parliament, 1927

Three Aboriginal Australian men posing outside a tent, Durundur reserve, circa 1902

Three Aboriginal Australian men posing outside a tent, Durundur reserv...

Three Aboriginal Australian men posing outside a tent, Durundur reserve, circa 1902

Tommy Governor (Sydney Mail Sat 27 Aug 1892, Page 481)

Tommy Governor (Sydney Mail Sat 27 Aug 1892, Page 481)

Tommy Governor was an Australian Aboriginal. He was the discoverer of the silver-lead deposit at Mt Stewart, later known as Leadville, N.S.W. after the foundation of a town there. He was the father of Jimmy Governor.

Visit of Charles Fraser p12 (1) - Public domain portrait engraving

Visit of Charles Fraser p12 (1) - Public domain portrait engraving

Image from The Visit of Charles Fraser to the Swan River in 1827 (1906) by José Guillermo Hay Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This image is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain bec... More

Visit of Charles Fraser p12 (4) - Public domain portrait engraving

Visit of Charles Fraser p12 (4) - Public domain portrait engraving

Image from The Visit of Charles Fraser to the Swan River in 1827 (1906) by José Guillermo Hay Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This image is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain bec... More

Visit of Charles Fraser p18 (2) - Public domain portrait engraving

Visit of Charles Fraser p18 (2) - Public domain portrait engraving

Image from The Visit of Charles Fraser to the Swan River in 1827 (1906) by José Guillermo Hay Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This image is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain bec... More

Visit of Charles Fraser p18 (4) - Public domain portrait engraving

Visit of Charles Fraser p18 (4) - Public domain portrait engraving

Image from The Visit of Charles Fraser to the Swan River in 1827 (1906) by José Guillermo Hay Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This image is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain bec... More

Wedding portrait of William Wallace Chatfield and his bride, Mary Jane Cain.

Wedding portrait of William Wallace Chatfield and his bride, Mary Jane...

L-R: Private Harry McLaren, Trooper William Wallace Chatfield and his bride Mary Jane Cain, Private Walter James Williams, the bridesmaid Ida Fuller. The soliders are in uniform for the Australian Imperial For... More

William Barak 1866 - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

William Barak 1866 - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

Photograph of Indigenous Australian activist William Barak, albumen silver; approx. 10.0 x 6.7 cm., laid down on panels to form a composite image 101.2 x 146.8 cm.

J W. Lindt - Portrait of an Aboriginal man - Google Art Project

J W. Lindt - Portrait of an Aboriginal man - Google Art Project

Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Punch. Wife of Cullabaa. Broken Bay Tribe. (BM 1893,0803.59)

Punch. Wife of Cullabaa. Broken Bay Tribe. (BM 1893,0803.59)

Portrait of Punch in profile (partially in silhouette), wearing a skirt and a cloak wrapped around herself; state with title lettering filled. 1836 Lithograph

Man and Woman - NMA-11873

Man and Woman - NMA-11873

A man and woman facing each other but the man turns his head to face the camera. Both wear a loin cloth. The man holds a cigarette? and has scarification on his body. There is a pleated bark container at the wo... More

Man scraping a boomerang with a sharp stone flake, photograph by H. Basedow

Man scraping a boomerang with a sharp stone flake, photograph by H. Ba...

Original caption: "Man scraping a boomerang with a sharp stone flake."

Mother and child - NMA-11872

Mother and child - NMA-11872

Mother and child, Sunday Island, Western Australia. Public domain photograph of family portrait, mother and child, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old man with a fan to keep flies away, photograph by H. Basedow

Old man with a fan to keep flies away, photograph by H. Basedow

Original caption: "Old man with a fan to keep flies away."

Old woman in mourning, photograph by H. Basedow

Old woman in mourning, photograph by H. Basedow

Original caption: "Old woman in mourning."

Herbert Basedow, Indigenous Australian Man with Long Hair and Painted Markings, 1923-1930 AD, Photogrpah, National Museum of Australia

Herbert Basedow, Indigenous Australian Man with Long Hair and Painted ...

Original caption: "Portrait of a man with long hair and painted markings."

Herbert Basedow - Portrait of Two Men (1926)

Herbert Basedow - Portrait of Two Men (1926)

Original caption: "Portrait of two men."

Two men with wooden hair ornaments, spears and shields, photograph by H. Basedow

Two men with wooden hair ornaments, spears and shields, photograph by ...

Original caption: "Two men with wooden hair ornaments, spears and shields."

Victor Trumper - 1890s - An old photo of a man holding a bat

Victor Trumper - 1890s - An old photo of a man holding a bat

Victor Trumper - 1890s, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia

William Gilbert Grace - 1890s

William Gilbert Grace - 1890s

William Gilbert Grace - 1890s, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia

Woman with a pet possum on her head - NMA-11728

Woman with a pet possum on her head - NMA-11728

This is a Pongaponga woman from western Arnhem land. She carries, suspended from her head, a basket or bag for holding the food she has gathered. And she has a pet ring-tailed possum, which she carries on her h... More

Face detail, from- Towtrer Tasmanian Aboriginal by W B Gould 1833 (cropped) (cropped)

Face detail, from- Towtrer Tasmanian Aboriginal by W B Gould 1833 (cro...

Towtrer Chief of the Port Davey Tribe, Tasmania, c.1933, W.B. Gould, State Library of New South Wales V/91}

Eliza Fraser portrait - Public domain portrait engraving

Eliza Fraser portrait - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait sketch of Eliza Fraser. Public domain photograph related to Queensland, Australia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nicolas-Martin Petit New Holland-Mororé

Nicolas-Martin Petit New Holland-Mororé

Deutsch: Nicolas-Martin Petit (1777–1804), Teilnehmer der Baudin-Expedition nach Australien (1800–1804): Cour-Rou-Bari-Gal, junger Aborigine, Neuholland (Australien). Muséum d’histoire naturelle du Havre. Vgl.... More

Nicolas-Martin Petit Tasmanierin mit Kind in Känguruhaut grösserer Ausschnitt

Nicolas-Martin Petit Tasmanierin mit Kind in Känguruhaut grösserer Aus...

Deutsch: Nicolas-Martin Petit (1777–1804): Tasmanierin mit geschorenem Haar und mit Kind in Känguruhaut (Ausschnitt), Muséum Le Havre, Inv.-Nr. 20022-3. Der Künstler war Mitglied der französischen Australien-E... More

Mick-Rangiari-1971

Mick-Rangiari-1971

Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy SEARCH Foundation collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVGxxY/8PME6b0z2WG3J Related article: nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237868755

Last Aboriginal Tasmanian (from a book Published in 1931) P.312

Last Aboriginal Tasmanian (from a book Published in 1931) P.312

日本語: 最後のタスマニア人(1931年出版の本より)

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 04

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 04

South Australian, Moroya Tribe

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 09

LA2-NSRW-1-0178 - 09

Assochoreter of Taling

Boom-bul-wa and Quar-tan-grook, his wife (Aborigines of Victoria)

Boom-bul-wa and Quar-tan-grook, his wife (Aborigines of Victoria)

Boom-bul-wa and Quar-tan-grook, his wife; png of Fig. 1 illustration from File:Aboriginesofvictoria01.djvu

Man of the Wonkanguru - An old black and white photo of a man with a beard

Man of the Wonkanguru - An old black and white photo of a man with a b...

scan of illustration from p. 46 of The native tribes of South-East Australia