Drawings depicting aboriginal life, ca. 1885 / drawn by "King Billy"
Drawings depicting aboriginal life, ca. 1885 / drawn by "King Billy"
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1885
Call Numbers
PXA 2129
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
Albums - 24.7 x 31.5 cm. - Album cover and leaves separately mounted for preservation reasons - 1 album (15 ink sketches)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1. [Hunting emu]
2. [Ceremony]
3. [Hunting possums and goannas]
4. [Ceremony]
5. [Stalking emu]
6. [Ceremony]
7. [Ceremony]
8. [Ceremony]
9. [Two men with shields and clubs]
10. [Hunting birds]
11. [Ceremony]
12. [Squatter watching a duel]
13. [Ceremony]
14. [Family spearing fish]
15. [Ceremony]
Alternative Titles
Full title
Drawings depicting aboriginal life, ca. 1885 / drawn by "King Billy"
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 823613...
Signature / Inscriptions
"Mr Lefaivre, 89 Womerah Av. Darlinghurst, got the attached book of abo[riginal] drawings from "King" Billy, about 39 years ago. Mr Lefaivre was travelling for the Universal Nursery Co. at the time, and was often down near Corowa, where several hundred abo[riginal]s were camped, "King Billy" among them. "King Billy" used often to do little drawings...
Contextual Information
Source
Possibly presented 1925
Administrative / Biographical history
Tommy McRae spent most of his life in the upper Murray region of New South Wales and Victoria, and may have belonged to the Kwatkwat people of that area. He was known variously as Tommy McCrae, Tommy Barnes, Yakaduna, and Warra-euea, Chief of the Wahgunya tribe. McRae began sketching in the 1860s, traditional Aboriginal life and the presence of Eur...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 2129
Record Identifier
9yM6DkD9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6DkD9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
446974
