9676421
- TitlePhotographs of First Nations family displaying wares at La Perouse, New South Wales
- Call numberSPF/3772
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
probably between 1905 and 1920 - Type of material
- Reference code9676421
- Physical Description1 photographic print - 9 x 14 cm - postcard, hand-tinted
- Collection historyTitled as 'Wollongong Aborigines display wares including Shell Necklaces at La Perouse, Sydney' in catalogue from Ancanthe, 2023.
- Scope and ContentHand-tinted photographic print in postcard format depicting a First Nations man, woman and three toddler children from Wollongong displaying wares for sale in La Perouse, including shell necklaces, which were a popular Victorian craft object, being modelled on the children.
- Language
- Copying ConditionsOut of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - General note
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are advised that this collection includes images of people who are deceased, and annotations which may reflect the author's/creator's attitude or that of the period in which they were written, but are now considered inappropriate in today's context. - Signatures / Inscriptions
Original title printed on recto: "Wollongong Blacks on a Visit to La Perouse". - Date note
Date construed from vendor catalogue and fashion depicted in image. - SubjectAboriginal Australians--New South Wales--La Perouse.
Aboriginal Australians--New South Wales--Photographs.
Children, Aboriginal Australian--New South Wales--La Perouse--Photographs.
Shellcraft--New South Wales.
Art - Crafts - Shell works
Material culture - Shell objects and decorations
Dharawal (Australian people) - Place
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