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Magil, Corroboree dance [ca 1819-20] / [attributed to R.Browne]
Magil, Corroboree dance [ca 1819-20] / [attributed to R.Browne]
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Author / Creator
Date
[ca 1819-20]
Call Numbers
SV/147
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 23.5 x 31.5 cm. - 1 watercolour
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Digitised
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Magil, Corroboree dance [ca 1819-20] / [attributed to R.Browne]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:a1528359...
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled beneath image
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Sotheby's, 29 October, 1987 (Lot 153)
Transfer from SV* file in 2007
Pic.Acc.6417
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Administrative / Biographical history
Biraban (Magil, McGill, Magill, Eaglehawk, We-pohng) (fl.1819-1842): An Aboriginal leader who was a member of the Awabakal or Newcastle tribe. From boyhood he was servant to an officer at the military barracks, Sydney, where he learnt to speak English fluently, and was given the name John McGill. He served as an interpreter in court cases involving...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SV/147
Record Identifier
YEGmwAKn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGmwAKn
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Reference code
457943
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