Aboriginal burial mound and carved trees, William Blandowski ca. 1856-...
Aboriginal burial mound. Illustrates of Aboriginal Australia by William Blandowski between 1856-1857. William Blanowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition ... More
Aboriginal carved trees, photographed by Clifton Cappie Towle (c. 1925...
Aboriginal carved trees, photographed by Clifton Cappie Towle (c. 1925)
Aboriginal man making boomerang, New South Wales, Australia, ca. 1905
Aboriginal man making boomerang, New South Wales, Australia. Photographed by Thomas Dick 1905
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 bark canoe in process of construction, South Australia ca. ...
Aboriginal bark canoe in process of construction, South Australia. Photographed by General Burnell ca. 1862. [On back of photograph] 'Aboriginal Canoe Building on Murray River / The sheet of bark, after being... More
Aboriginal burial mound, William Blandowski ca. 1856-1857
Aboriginal burial mound. Illustrates of Aboriginal Australia by William Blandowski between 1856-1857. William Blanowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition t... More
Aboriginal burial mound, Australia, Charles Sturt (1833)
Aboriginal burial mound. 'Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia' by Charles Sturt (1833)
Aboriginal children (Pitjantjatjara) at play, Central Australia, ca. 1...
Pitjantjatjara children at play, Central Australia, Charles Mountford, ca. 1937
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...
Aboriginal man carrying a shield, waddy and boomerang, South Australia. Photographed by Captain Sweet ca. 1875
Aboriginal men making bark canoe after heating it over fire, ca. 1905
Aboriginal men making bark canoe after heating it over fire, New South Wales. Photographed by Thomas Dick ca. 1905
Aboriginal winter encampments in wurlies, near Adelaide, South Austral...
Aboriginal winter encampments in wurlies, near Adelaide, South Australia, Eugene von Guérard ca. 1858
Aboriginal temporary bark gunyah (shelter), ca. 1870
Aboriginal temporary bark gunyah (shelter), Victoria, John Steel, ca. 1889. "Reminiscence of a visit to Victoria, Australia, April 1889". John Steel, photographer.
Four Aboriginal people at the entrance to their dwelling, Western Aust...
Four Aboriginal (Noongar) people at the entrance to their dwelling wearing traditional pelt cloaks, shelter possibly also covered in pelts, Western Australia, Gustav Riemer ca. 1876
Heating bark for making bark canoe 1905
Heating bark for making bark canoe. Photographed by Thomas Dick ca. 1905
Sydney Cove medallion 1789 Josiah Wedgwood a128978
Sydney Cove medallion, 1789, red ochre clay, modelled by William Hackwood after a design by Henry Webber, original issue, Josiah Wedgwood
Two Aborigines in a bark canoe by the riverbank ca.1870
Two Aboriginal people in a bark canoe close to the river bank on the Murray, in the Moorundie area. The man standing is dressed in a fur cloak made of possum skins and is propelling the canoe with a long pole. ca.1870
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
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
William Tietkens
Portrait des William_Tietkens
Aboriginal Australians from "A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian ...
This image has been taken from scan 000283 from "A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies ... Illustrated by three maps, fifteen etchings, and several wood-cuts". The title and subject terms of this im... More
map from "Daily Life and Origin of the Tasmanians. [With plates.]"
This image has been taken from scan 000325 from "Daily Life and Origin of the Tasmanians. [With plates.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the Britis... More
map from "The Australian Race: its origin, languages, customs, place o...
This image has been taken from scan 000582 from volume 03 of "The Australian Race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia, and the routes by which it spread itself over that continent". T... More
Aboriginal Australians from "The Australian Race: its origin, language...
This image has been taken from scan 000168 from volume 01 of "The Australian Race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia, and the routes by which it spread itself over that continent". T... More
Murray River Blacks. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain photog...
Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Queen'sland Blacks. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain photogr...
Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
artist:name=R Jones from "Cassell's Picturesque Australasia. Edited by...
This image has been taken from scan 000448 from volume 01 of "Cassell's Picturesque Australasia. Edited by E. E. M. With ... illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ta... More
artist:name=William Hatherell from "Cassell's Picturesque Australasia....
This image has been taken from scan 000141 from volume 01 of "Cassell's Picturesque Australasia. Edited by E. E. M. With ... illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ta... More
artist:name=R Jones from "Cassell's Picturesque Australasia. Edited by...
This image has been taken from scan 000445 from volume 02 of "Cassell's Picturesque Australasia. Edited by E. E. M. With ... illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ta... More
Kings [sic] Sound - aborigine man in loin-cloth, with chest and arms c...
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collec... More
Kings [sic] Sound - aborigine man, woman, and boy in loin-clothes, sta...
Similar to lantern slide W7-666. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transporta... More
Native Australians hunting
Photograph shows Aboriginal natives of Australia: 2 men hunting with spear.
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
Australia's Aboriginal people had long known about
Australia's Aboriginal people had long known about the crater near Wolfe Creek by the time an aerial survey identified it in 1947. Almost circular, Wolfe Creek Crater (also known as Wolf Creek Crater) is consid... More
The local and traditional land owners of Bradshaw finish
The local and traditional land owners of Bradshaw finish their ceremonial dance by waving to the U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy sailors and Australian soldiers June 23 after the “Welcome to Country” ceremony at Bradsh... More
13. At Warralong Station
'At Warralong Station, in North-West Australia a young camel, that had been caught from a wild mob of such animals, was a station pet.'
Aborigines of Lake Tyers, Victoria - very early 1900s
Vintage Victoria Postcards Public domain scan of the vintage Victoria Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
North Coolgardie Blacks, Western Australia - very early 1900s
"I originally joined Flickr to dedicate and share on my photostream vintage photographs taken by Henry William Mobsby F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A. (1860-1933) who was my husband's great great uncle... He was an Englishma... More
didgeridoo (18), Bernard Spragg Photo
Public domain free photos Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scene at Palm Islands, North Queensland - 1908
One of many postcards produced by the Queensland Government to hand out at the Franco-British Exhibition in London in 1908.
Aborgines at Momba 1870s
Aborigines at Momba Station by Frederick Bonney 1870s
Aboriginal Australian women and children, Maloga, N.S.W
Postcard showing a group of women in bush setting, two standing beside bark shelter, two more seated at entrance of shelter, three of them holding babies. All the women are wearing European dress, woman on left... More
Aboriginal boy holding two infant wallabies or kangaroos - NTL PH0340-...
Aboriginal boy holding two infant wallabies or kangaroos.
Aboriginal boy with turkey - NTL PH0116-0004
Aboriginal boy with live scrub turkey.
Aboriginal boys - NTL 39854
Aboriginal boys. They appear to be standing by a steep bank at a waterhole. The smaller boys have distended abdomens, indicating malnutrition.
Aboriginal boys and men in front of a bush shelter - NTL PH0731-0022
Some Aboriginal boys and men in front of a bush shelter, Groote Eylandt, NT, c.1933.
Aboriginal boys with sticks - NTL 29248
Aboriginal boys with sticks. Public domain photograph of indigenous native people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Aboriginal children at the Bungalow in Alice Springs
Aboriginal children at the Bungalow in Alice Springs.
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.
Australian Aboriginal encampment (8285825877)
Format: Postcard, photo mechanical print. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Part Of: Powerhouse Museum Collection 426937 Acquisition credit line: Gift of Elizabeth Bullard, 1967
Australian Aborigines Advocate front cover 31 March 1908
Front cover of the Australian Aborigines Advocate magazine, dated 31 March 1908
Bathurst Island men - Australia in World War Two
Title: Personal photographs of the Hon. C L A Abbott during his term as Administrator of the Northern Territory - Aborigine Chief of Bathurst Island who died of fright in Darwin when he saw his first motor car Date: 1939
Boolaloo
Boolaloo homestead during floods 1931
Boomerangs Forbes 1916 during World War I
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Charles Kerry - An Aboriginal Bora Ceremony, 1898
Title: Aboriginal bora ceremony
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)
Coolgardie Aboriginals - A black and white photo of a group of people
Aboriginals participating in a performance to mark the opening of the Coolgardie Railway Line, 23rd of March 1896
Aboriginal Corroboree Painting by Barak: A Cultural Icon of Melbourne'...
Figures in possum-skin cloaks, circa 1898
Corroborree - A black and white photo of a group of people
Cropped image from photograph taken at the premiere of Corroboree, a ballet written by composer John Antill and based on the real-life ceremony, at the Empire Theatre, Sydney, in about 1950. Photographer: Bill ... More
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 at their wedding in Echuca, 3 May 1911.
George French Angas - Klemsic, 1846
Klemsic, planographic; relief lithograph, printed in colour, from multiple stones; varnish highlights by brush, 37.0 x 55.6 cm, by George French Angas
Harold Holt and FCAATSI
Harold Holt and two government MPs meeting with representatives of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) – from left to right: Gordon Bryant, Faith Bandler,... More
Joobaitch and Monop corroboree 1932
photo of Joobaitch a Noongar elder with other corroborree dancers including Monop
Joseph Lycett Corroboree Newcastle
Corroboree at Newcastle, painting, oil on wooden panel, 70.5 x 122.4 cm, by Joseph Lycett
Kaikai Kulgoa Koompartoo - Public domain image of steamship
Left to right, Sydney Ferries Ltd steamers, wooden-hulled Kai Kai and Kulgoa, and steel-hulled Koompartoo (1922) after her wheelhouses were raised for spectator excursion work. Circa 1938
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.
Map of Area Occupied by Wangerriburra People, Queensland
Map of area occupied by Wangerriburra people, Queensland.
Mundowdna 2 - An old photo of a man and a woman riding in a horse draw...
Horse drawn buggy outside a stone building at Mundowdna Station ca. 1898
On the Barwon - 1850 - Public domain scan / drawing
Drawing of South Geelong in 1850. Depicts the first wooden bridge across the Barwon river which washed away in the 1850s.
Painted men and boys - NTL PH0724-0031
A group of Aboriginal men and boys painted for a ceremony or corroboree, Darwin, NT, 1940.
Peal Gibbs, Sydney, Australia
Pearl Gibbs photograph in The Sun (Sydney) 22 October 1954: 2 was the only Indigenous member of the Aborigines Welfare Board (1954 - 1957)
Crystal Palace, Prof Natives April 1884, Hyde Park, London
Members of R. A. Cunningham Australian Aboriginal international touring company, Crystal Palace, London, April 1884
Queensland State Archives 1000 Aborigine climbing for Coconuts Neck Ba...
Aborigine climbing for Coconuts, Neck Bay, Shaw Island, near Lindeman Island. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album of tourist activities in North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas.)
Queensland State Archives 1288 Jackie Cattle Camp an aboriginal climbi...
Jackie Cattle Camp an aboriginal, climbing a tree in Mr English's Jungle at Malanda, NQ.
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 1366 A native preparing for a war dance at P...
A native preparing for a war dance at Palm Island. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album of tourist activities in North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas.)
Queensland State Archives 1376 Natives display before tourists at Palm...
Natives display before tourists at Palm Island. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album of tourist activities in North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas.)
Queensland State Archives 1388 An aboriginal climbing a tree in the Ju...
An aboriginal climbing a tree in the Jungle, Malanda, NQ. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album of tourist activities in North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas.)
Queensland State Archives 1389 An aboriginal climbing a Monkey Rope Ma...
An aboriginal climbing a Monkey Rope, Malanda, NQ. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album of tourist activities in North Queensland coastal and hinterland areas.)
Queensland State Archives 2474 Aborigines 1898
Aborigines. (Original photograph caption as it appears in the album. Register listing indicates Yandilla.)
Queensland State Archives 2984 Panel from the Exhibition of Australian...
Panel from the Exhibition of Australian Aboriginal Culture, prepared by the Australian National Committee for UNESCO, at the Queensland Museum, Brisbane. (As part of the Queensland Centenary celebrations, the e... More
Queensland State Archives 3072 Sergeant Whiteford and his trackers 189...
Sergeant Whiteford and his trackers. (With text from A Report to the Commissioner of Police - On the Aboriginals occupying the "Hinter-land" of Princess Charlotte Bay together with a Preface containing suggesti... More
Queensland State Archives 3207 Blacks Dugout Tinnenburra c 1910
Aboriginal dugout, Tinnenburra Station, south of Cunnamulla, Queensland. Original title: "Blacks' Dugout, Tinnenburra."
Queensland State Archives 3217 Maranoa Charlie King of Tinnenburra c 1...
"Maranoa Charlie", King of Tinnenburra.
Queensland State Archives 3329 Aboriginal axe found in gravel dump 25 ...
Aboriginal axe found in gravel dump. (Story Bridge construction)
Queensland State Archives 4938 Permanent Residence Maalan Country Nort...
Permanent Residence, Maalan Country, North Queensland.
Queensland State Archives 5737 Mission conducted by Seventh Day Advent...
Mission conducted by Seventh Day Adventists, Mona Mona.
Queensland State Archives 5738 Hon J C Peterson Home Secretary and par...
Hon J C Peterson Home Secretary and party with residents of Mona Mona.
Queensland State Archives 5783 Dancers Mapoon June 1931
Dancers, Mapoon.
Queensland State Archives 5789 Resident of Mapoon June 1931
Resident of Mapoon.
Queensland State Archives 5797 Dancers Palm Island June 1931
Dancers, Palm Island.
Queensland State Archives 5798 Dancers Palm Island June 1931
Dancers, Palm Island.
Queensland State Archives 5799 Residents of Palm Island June 1931
Residents of Palm Island.
Queensland State Archives 5800 Dancers Palm Island June 1931
Dancers, Palm Island.
Queensland State Archives 5801 Dancers Palm Island June 1931
Dancers, Palm Island. (Home Secretary's inspection visit to Palm Island)
Queensland State Archives 5802 Residents of Palm Island June 1931
Residents of Palm Island.