2. Hughey. An old native (Booingooroo) with bunch of green scrub on forehead to alleviate headache, Momba Station nr Wilcannia

1. [Older men & women of the Momba people. Wonko Mary is on the far left, Old Peter is on the far right. Fred Bonney is kneeling behind them, wearing a pith helmet]

1. Older men & women of the Momba people. Wonko Mary is on the far left, Old Peter is on the far right. Fred Bonney is kneeling behind them, wearing a pith helmet ~ Aborigines at Momba, c. 1880. Frederick Bonney. toned silver gelatine photoprint. PXA 562/1

2. Hughey. An old native (Booingooroo) with bunch of green scrub on forehead to alleviate headache / Momba Station / nr Wilcannia

3. Hughey at Momba / 1881

4. [Wonko Mary making a stringbag; in mourning for a favourite dog]

4. Wonko Mary making a stringbag; in mourning for a favourite dog

5. [Wonko Mary in mourning, with white plaster on her head, face and body]

5. Wonko Mary in mourning, with white plaster on her head, face and body

6. [Wonko Mary wearing a widow's cap of kopi, or gypsum]

6. Wonko Mary wearing a widow's cap of kopi, or gypsum

7. [Wonko Mary in widow's cap - now crumbling]

7. Wonko Mary in widow's cap - now crumbling

8. A mother, Weelpilla, carrying her child, Nango

9. [Aboriginal mother and child; possibly Weelpilla and Nango]

9. Aboriginal mother and child; possibly Weelpilla and Nango

10. [Jacob and Mary sitting in a winter camp, with daughter Doughboy]

10. Jacob and Mary sitting in a winter camp, with daughter Doughboy

11. [Bobby Pilteree]

12. Dressed for a corroboree or dance with bone through the nose

13. A young man painted and standing in a fighting attitude - his name - Poondarrie

Photographs of Australian Aborigines at Momba sheep and cattle station, New South Wales, c.1865-1880s

1. [Older men & women of the Momba people. Wonko Mary is on the far left, Old Peter is on the far right. Fred Bonney is kneeling behind them, wearing a pith  helmet]
2. Hughey. An old native (Booingooroo) with bunch of green scrub on forehead to alleviate headache / Momba Station / nr Wilcannia
3. Hughey at Momba / 1881
4. [Wonko Mary making a stringbag;  in mourning for a favourite dog]
5. [Wonko Mary in mourning, with white plaster on her head, face and body]
6. [Wonko Mary wearing a widow's cap of kopi, or gypsum]
7. [Wonko Mary in widow's cap - now crumbling]
8. A mother, Weelpilla, carrying her child, Nango
9. [Aboriginal mother and child;  possibly Weelpilla and Nango]
10. [Jacob and Mary sitting in a winter camp, with daughter Doughboy]
11. [Bobby Pilteree]
12. Dressed for a corroboree or dance with bone through the nose
13. A young man painted and standing in a fighting attitude - his name - Poondarrie

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