Item 1: Beerabahn or MacGill, Chief of Bartabah or Lake Macquarie, [1830?] / lithograph by H. B. W....
Item 1: Beerabahn or MacGill, Chief of Bartabah or Lake Macquarie, [1830?] / lithograph by H. B. W....
Item 1: Beerabahn or MacGill, Chief of Bartabah or Lake Macquarie, [1830?] / lithograph by H. B. W. Allan
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Full title
Date
[1830?]
Call Numbers
SAFE/PXD 1465/Box 2/no. 15
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Physical Description
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1 print - 30.2 x 21.8 cm - lithograph on wove paper
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The lithograph shows Beerabahn (Biraban) wearing a king plate on a chain around his neck.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 1: Beerabahn or MacGill, Chief of Bartabah or Lake Macquarie, [1830?] / lithograph by H. B. W. Allan
Notes
General note
Biraban was a prominent Awabakal man, best known for his friendship with Reverend Lancelot Threlkeld and his collaboration with him on language. As a boy he had worked as a servant for John McGill in Sydney, and therefore was often known as McGill. Biraban was presented with a brass king plate by Governor Darling as a badge of distinction in recogn...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed lower right 'H.B.W. Allan'.
Inscribed on king plate in graphite: 'Beerabahn or MacGill. Chief of Bartabah or Lake Macquarie'
Date note
Probable date based on the year that Biraban was presented with the king plate by Governor Darling, as reported in the Sydney Gazette, 12 January 1830 p.2. Allan was known to be publishing work at this time (see another lithograph printed by Allan held by the State Library of NSW at P2/361).
Alphanumeric designations
No. 520 in RAI 1897 Register.
520 in pencil in centre of verso.
6700-915 stamped in black ink on upper right corner of verso.
H285 written in pencil on upper left corner of verso.
Description source
Title taken from inscription on king plate.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/PXD 1465/Box 2/no. 15
Record Identifier
9Namwk2Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Namwk2Y
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Reference code
1010698
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