Tasmanian Aborigines, 1866 / photographed by Charles Alfred Woolley
Tasmanian Aborigines, 1866 / photographed by Charles Alfred Woolley
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1866
Call Numbers
PXB 435
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 14 x 11 cm. or smaller - 15 albumen photoprints, cardboard mounted
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Photographer took 3 shots of each individual. These groupings by individual are preserved. Each series of 3 had a running number & the order is preserved but single images are renumbered uniquely
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1-3. William Lanney, 26 yrs old. Coal River Tribe
4-6. Patty or Cooneana (Ringtailed opossum), female, 60 yrs old. Kangaroo Point Tribe
7-9. [Wapperty?] or [Wonoteah Cortamena?] (Human [& Lightning?]), female of the Benlomona Tribe, 70 yrs old
10-12. Lallah Rookh or Truganini (Seaweed), female, 65 yrs old, Bruni Island Tribe
13-15. Bess...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Tasmanian Aborigines, 1866 / photographed by Charles Alfred Woolley
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Titled on reverse
In August 1866 Charles Woolley took a series of excellent head-and-shoulder portraits of the surviving Tasmanian Aborigines, which were later re-printed by J W Beattie. Source: Tasmanian Photographers 1840-1940: a directory / Chris Long. Hobart: Tasmanian Historical Research Association: Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, 1995
Digital order no:Album ID : 823436...
Signature / Inscriptions
Tasmanian Aborigines -- handwritten in ink at upper edge
Contextual Information
Exhibited in
- Shot : 400 photographs, 200 photographers, 3 centuries
State Library of New South Wales (October 2023 - October 2024)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 435
Record Identifier
1bGdO0PY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1bGdO0PY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
442867
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