[Stereograph views of Aboriginal sites in NSW], 1896
[Stereograph views of Aboriginal sites in NSW], 1896
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Date
1896
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Cataloguing in progress
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Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
6 photographs - stereographs
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Six stereo-photographs (12 individual photographs) showing three Aboriginal sites in regional NSW, April-October 1896. With original manuscript captions, by unknown photographer.
1. Sandstone Boulder containing the Red Hands. This July – near Rylstone. Ap./96
2. Aboriginal Red Hands. The Gulf near Rylstone. Ap./96
3. Aboriginal Grinding St...
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Stereograph views of Aboriginal sites in NSW], 1896
Notes
General note
Site 1 – Red Hands Cave
Red Hands Cave is situated in the Blue Mountains National Park near Glenbrook. It was gazetted as an Aboriginal Place in June 2015 and is listed on the NSW State Heritage Register. “Red Hands Cave is significant to the Darug [Dharug] Aboriginal groups and to other local Aboriginal people as being a ceremonial cave for...
Attributions / Conjectures
The photos have an anecdotal connection to R.H. Mathews, surveyor and anthropologist, and it is thought they were sent to him, perhaps as some sort of commission, to inspect as part of his ongoing study of Aboriginal life. [Matthew Fishburn secondhand catalogue, 2016].
R. H. Mathews was the most prolific writer on Aboriginal rock art in NSW at t...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Matthew Fishburn in 2016
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Cataloguing in progress
Record Identifier
1JkPwexY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkPwexY
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Reference code
1006084
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