Photographic album of the employees and inhabitants of the Coolangatta Estate, Shoalhaven River, N.S.W. / presented to John Hay, Esq., by his employees, November 1891

Photograph album of the employees and inhabitants of the Coolangatta Estate, Shoalhaven River, N.S.W. / presented to John Hay, Esq., by his employees, November 1891

A presentation album (36 pages) of brown leather stamped on edges and spine with gold leaf decoration containing 55 photographs of the inhabitants of the Coolangatta Estate.  Images include group portraits of male workers, families, children, women, women and children, and household staff.  One group portrait, possibly of members of the Hay family, is taken in front of “Coolangatta”.

The album contains group portraits of Aboriginal workers and families (including the Adler [i.e. Ardler] family, Gottlieb Adler, Mary Ann Dixon and Rosanna Adler), and Aboriginal workers appear in the group portraits of men.  Photographs of the ships ‘Brinawarr’ and ‘Coomonderry’ appear in the album.

Photographic album of the employees and inhabitants of the Coolangatta Estate, Shoalhaven River, N.S...

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