Bungaree. Chief of the Broken-Bay tribe, N.S.Wales. / C. Rodius
Bungaree. Chief of the Broken-Bay tribe, N.S.Wales. / C. Rodius
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1830
Call Numbers
ML 153
Record Identifier
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Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 23.8 x 17.0 cm in frame 31 x 24 cm - lithograph
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Level of description
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Out of copyright
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Issue Copy
Copy print : ML 153
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Bungaree. Chief of the Broken-Bay tribe, N.S.Wales. / C. Rodius
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The lithograph shows two images of Bungaree. The image on the left is a right-side profile, military jacket, no hat. While the image on the right shows a three-quarter left-side view, and Bungaree is depicted wearing a military jacket and hat
Signature / Inscriptions
Title written below image. 'Drawn on stone by C. Rodius' is written below the profile image on left. Undated.
The image is inside a wooden frame with a brass plaque at centre bottom with the wording 'Bungaree. Chief of the Broken Bay Tribe, by C. Rodius, 182-. Presented by A. Lackey, Esq, 1958'.
Date note
Dated from notice of publication in Sydney Monitor, 6 March 1830 (ref: RAV/FM4/263).
Conservation note
Lithograph has been pasted onto wood and is showing signs of cracking.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mr. A. Lackey, 1956.
Administrative / Biographical history
Bungaree was an Aboriginal of medium build, 5 ft 8 ins (173 cm) tall, with a happy disposition and much intelligence, who came with the remnants of his Broken Bay group to settle in Sydney. He sailed in the Norfolk for the north in 1799, and had a town on Bribie Island named after him; accompanying Matthew Flinders in the Investigator in 1801-02 he...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 153
Record Identifier
nvg8N001
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nvg8N001
Other Identifiers
Reference code
457879
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