Aboriginal Collection (page 2)

A party of Queensland natives carrying spears and shields, 1902. Artist: Henry King
A party of Queensland natives carrying spears and shields, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Aboriginal men approaching a settlers farm, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Aboriginal men approaching a settlers farm, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Native of Australia, c1885, (1890). Artist: Robert Taylor Pritchett
Native of Australia, c1885 (1890). From Journal of Researchers into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S

Natives Gathered Round Them, c1908, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
Natives Gathered Round Them, c1908, (c1920). Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), English navigator and cartographer, who was the first to circumnavigate Australia and identify it as a continent

Tasmanian forest scene, 1879. Artist: McFarlane and Erskine
Tasmanian forest scene, 1879. A print from The History of Australasia, by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson, and Niven, 1879

Aborigines of Australia, 1879. Artist: McFarlane and Erskine
Aborigines of Australia, 1879. A print from The History of Australasia, by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson, and Niven, 1879

A portrait of Lepchas, West Bengal, India, c1910. The Lepcha are the aboriginal inhabitants of present day Sikkim. Many Lepcha are also found in western and southwestern Bhutan

Medicine man, Australia, 1922. Artist: Spencer and Gillen
Medicine man, Australia, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Three Aborigines from the coast tribes above Brisbane, Australia, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Speared manatee, north-west Australia, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Men of the Never Never land, in totem attire, Australia, 1922. Artist: PJ MacMahon
Men of the Never Never land, in totem attire, Australia, 1922. The tufted sticks rising from the heads of the men in the second row are in the nature of nurtunjas, or totem poles

An emu man performing the sacred totem of his group, Australia, 1922. Artist: Spencer and Gillen
An emu man performing the sacred totem of his group, Australia, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

A couple of Gran Chaco Indian women, South America, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXXVIII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

Angaite Indians, North Chaco, Paraguay, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXXVIII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Inside a Ticuna hut, South Ameriica, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXXVIII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

A group of Araucanians, Chile / Argentina, 1895
A group of Araucanians, Chile/Argentina, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXXVI, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Three Guarauni Indians, Venezuela, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXXVI, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

A group of Antis (Ashaninkas), Peru, 1895. The Ashaninka (or Ashaninca) are an indigenous people of who live in the rainforests of Peru and in the State of Acre Brazil

Alakaluf Fuegians, dressed in guanaco skins, Chile, 1895. A guanaco is a South American ruminant mammal, related to and resembling the domesticated llama

A man from the Warramunga tribe making a stone axe head, Australia, 1922. Artist: Spencer and Gillen
A man from the Warramunga tribe making a stone axe head, Australia, 1922. The man is chipping a block of diorite by means of a small lump of hard quartzite

Australian aborigine, 1886. Artist: E Ronjat
Australian aborigine, 1886

Australian aborigines, 1886. Artist: Edouard Riou
Australian aborigines, 1886

A French Metis, Canada, 19th century. Artist: Sellier
A French Metis, Canada, 19th century. A Metis is a person born to parents who belong to different groups defined by visible physical differences, regarded as racial

Portrait of an American Indian, 20th century

The Aborigines which visited England in 1868, 1912. From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

Affray of Aboriginal, three miles from Brisbane, New South Wales, 1854. An engraving from The Illustrated London News, 17th June 1854

Mackabarang, c1803. A native of New South Wales and known in the Colony by the name of Broken Bay Jack

A native Australian, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Patet, Australians of King Georges Sound, 1848. Artist: J Bull
Patet, Australians of King Georges Sound, 1848. Australian aboriginals. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Natives of Queensland, Australia, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Natives of Queensland, Australia, late 19th century. Group portrait of Aboriginal people, whose culture and way of life were suppressed by white settlers

Aborigines of North America, 1873. Artist: JJ Crew
Aborigines of North America, 1873. From Left to right: Iriouois (Iroquois), Assiniboine, Crow, Pawnee woman, Assiniboine in gala dress, Dakotah (Lakota) or Sioux warrior

Batman Treating with the Blacks, 1835, (1886). Artist: Julian Ashton
Batman Treating with the Blacks, 1835, (1886). John Batman (1801-1839) was an Australian farmer and businessman and is considered one of the founders of the city of Melbourne

Natives opposing Captain Cooks landing, Australia, 1770 (1886). Artist: W Macleod
Natives opposing Captain Cooks landing, Australia, 1770 (1886). Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

An Aboriginal Warrior, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co)

A Native Wurley, 1886. Artist: A Irwin
A Native Wurley, 1886. Australian aboriginals in a wurley or hut. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Crushing the Cane, 1886. Artist: W Mollier
Crushing the Cane, 1886. Australian aboriginal people working on a sugar plantation. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Blackfellow Mending His Net, Australia, 1886. An aboriginal man repairing his net. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

An Aboriginal Woman, 1886. Artist: WA Hirschmann
An Aboriginal Woman, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co)

The Death Of Kennedy, Queensland, Australia, 1848, (1886). British-born explorer Edmund Kennedy (1818-1848) was killed by an aboriginals spear during his attempt to travel from Rockingham Bay to Cape

Native Troopers Dispersing A Camp, Australia, 1886. Artist: Frank P Mahony
Native Troopers Dispersing A Camp, Australia, 1886. An aboriginal man being chased away from his camp during the colonisation of Australia

Australian Inhabitants, 1800-1850. Artist: G Mutzel
Australian Inhabitants, 1800-1850. Far from being one homogenous race, at the time of European settlement in the 18th century, the estimated 750

Murray River, Victoria, Australia, 1877. Aboriginal men on the bank of the river

Australian Aboriginal Bark Painting. Bark painting is an Australian Aboriginal art form, involving painting on the interior of a strip of tree bark

Australian Aboriginal bark-painting of a Dugong from Arnheim-Land

Australian natives preparing meal from an animal they have hunted, c1895. The man on the left makes a fire by the blister method

Australian aborigines butchering a kangaroo, 1885-1888. A family of New South Wales natives butchering the spoils of their hunting expedition, preparatory to cooking

Aboriginal bark painting. Bark painting is an Australian Aboriginal art form, involving painting on the interior of a strip of tree bark

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