Portrait of Australian Aboriginal Nangar or Yangar, known as Jimmy "King Billy" Clements to white Au...
Portrait of Australian Aboriginal Nangar or Yangar, known as Jimmy "King Billy" Clements to white Au...
Portrait of Australian Aboriginal Nangar or Yangar, known as Jimmy "King Billy" Clements to white Australians and who attended the opening of Federal Parliament, 1927
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Date
Jan 1928
Call Numbers
Government Printing Office 1 - 02522, Original negative held by State Archives & Records Authority of New South Wales.
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Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
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Photographs - Dry plate. 8.5 x 6.5 in. P.
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Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply : Photographs in this collection fall under Crown Copyright - Date made plus 50 years. Please direct all copyright enquiries to State Archives & Records Authority of New South Wales
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Full title
Portrait of Australian Aboriginal Nangar or Yangar, known as Jimmy "King Billy" Clements to white Australians and who attended the opening of Federal Parliament, 1927
Notes
General note
GPO original locations or series - St12159
Information from NSW Government Printer - Painting.
Digital order no:d1_02522
Contextual Information
Original held by
Government Printing Office original negative archive is held at State Archives & Records Authority of New South Wales as NRS 21689 Images [Government Printing Office] & NRS 4481 Glass Negatives. State Library NSW holds a low resolution copy image only. Please direct all enquiries, including image orders from the original negative, to State Archives...
Administrative / Biographical history
The Aboriginal Nangar or Yangar was known to white Australians as "King Billy" or Jimmy Clements. He said he was about 80 in 1927 and had come from the Mount Hope Ranges. Newspapers said he represented Aboriginal peoples at the opening of Parliament in 1927 although he was probably only there because he was in the Canberra area at the time. He live...
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Call Numbers
Government Printing Office 1 - 02522, Original negative held by State Archives & Records Authority of New South Wales.
Record Identifier
nV2aj8ln
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2aj8ln
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Reference code
165109
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