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[Photograph of] Aboriginal hut, La Perouse, [ca. 1910]
[Photograph of] Aboriginal hut, La Perouse, [ca. 1910]
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1910
Call Numbers
SSV/138
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photographic print - image 9.30 x 11.55 cm, black cardboard album page cut-out 10.40 x 12.10 cm - gelatin silver
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
A non-Aboriginal woman, probably a tourist, stands beside a hut at La Perouse, Sydney, NSW.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Photograph of] Aboriginal hut, La Perouse, [ca. 1910]
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed on mount 'Aboriginal Hut. La Perouse.'
Date note
Dated by vendor
Conservation note
Photograph pasted on portion of black cardboard album page. Minor rumpling where glued.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Acanthe, Mittagong, 30 April 2015, Lot 53
Administrative / Biographical history
During the mid-1880s the community at La Perouse began attracting non-indigenous tourists from the city. The La Perouse Aboriginal people participated in the tourist industry, selling boomerangs and other souvenirs, including the famed shellwork produced by the Aboriginal women to visitors. Between 1908 and 1915 the population at La Perouse grew fr...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SSV/138
Record Identifier
1DrmJGb9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1DrmJGb9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1336663
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