Studio portrait of King Billy Elengeit, Victoria, approximately 1866 / photograph by Thomas J. Washbourne

SPF/1329

fonds

approximately 1866

Graphic Materials, Photographs

909969

1 photographic print - 8.9 x 5.8 cm (carte de visite format) - albumen

Billy Elengeit, also known as King Billy, Barwidgee Tribe, was an Aboriginal Australian man from Victoria. He was the husband of Queen Mary and father of Neddy Wheeler.

Reference:
Lawrence, Ruth E. "Thomas Jeston Washbourne’s photographs of Indigenous Australians." La Trobe Journal, no. 107 (November 2022): 107-11. Accessed 9 December 2022.
https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/stories/our-publications/la-trobe-journal/la-trobe-journal-no-107-november-2022

Trimmed photograph (carte de visite format) of Aboriginal Australian man King Billy Elengeit, wearing a king plate and an animal fur cloak, approximately 1866.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Title devised by cataloguer based on research by Dr Ruth E Lawrence; National Library of Australia catalogue, PIC/15590/1-14 LOC Album 1169; State Library of Victoria catalogue, PCLTAF ; 980

Previously titled [Yarra Aboriginal man in kangaroo furs]

Transferred from SPF/Australian Aborigines -- Vic. (BM), October 2010

Inscribed in ink on verso of photograph by unknown person, 'Blacks, Yarra'.

Previously dated 1870. Date changed to approximately 1866 based on information supplied by Dr Ruth E Lawrence in 2022.