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Background imageOutback Collection: Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. Artist: Baldwin Spencer

Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. Artist: Baldwin Spencer
Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. For indigenous Australians, the corroboree comes closest to a modern concept of theatre

Background imageOutback Collection: Sketches in Australia - Mode of Climbing a Tree, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Sketches in Australia - Mode of Climbing a Tree, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Australia - Mode of Climbing a Tree, 1857. Traditional Aboriginal skills. The native, having eyed well the inclination of the tree

Background imageOutback Collection: Sketches in Southern Australia - River Fall in the interior, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Sketches in Southern Australia - River Fall in the interior, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Southern Australia - River Fall in the interior, 1857. View of...a specimen of the romantic river scenery of the interior of Australia; the cataract

Background imageOutback Collection: Sketches in Southern Australia - the Dead Emu, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Sketches in Southern Australia - the Dead Emu, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Southern Australia - the Dead Emu, 1857. The taking of the Emu is a favourite sport of the aborigines: the emu is caught in very large nets, twenty yards long and five feet high

Background imageOutback Collection: Kangaroo Hunt in Western Australia, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Kangaroo Hunt in Western Australia, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Kangaroo Hunt in Western Australia, 1857. This exhilarating sport commences before sunrise, and the sense of freedom and enjoyment which one experiences, mounted on a good horse

Background imageOutback Collection: Sketches in Western Australia - Culham, in the Upper Valley of the Swan, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Sketches in Western Australia - Culham, in the Upper Valley of the Swan, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Western Australia - Culham, in the Upper Valley of the Swan, 1857. The upper valleys of the Swan and its tributaries are studded with thriving farms and settlements

Background imageOutback Collection: Delivering Letters in the Australian Bush, 1911. Creator: Unknown

Delivering Letters in the Australian Bush, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Delivering Letters in the Australian Bush, 1911. From "The Book of the Coronation". [Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, 1911]

Background imageOutback Collection: At Bay - 'Sticking up a Boomer', 1850. Creator: Unknown. At Bay - 'Sticking up a Boomer', 1850

At Bay - "Sticking up a Boomer", 1850. Creator: Unknown. At Bay - "Sticking up a Boomer", 1850
At Bay - "Sticking up a Boomer", 1850. Kangaroo-hunting in Australia:..a party of men and dogs have come up with the kangaroo - or, as it is called

Background imageOutback Collection: Full Cry, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Full Cry, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Full Cry, 1850. Kangaroo-hunting:..the favourite colonial sport of Australia...the full chase, with its adventurous character across a half-cleared country; in which the flying leaps of the kangaroo

Background imageOutback Collection: Bushing It - Camped for the Night, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Bushing It - Camped for the Night, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Bushing It - Camped for the Night, 1850. British settlers in Australia....the Settlers Bushing it, and camped for the night, having wearied themselves with the chase of the kangaroo

Background imageOutback Collection: Driving Horses to the Stock-Yard, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Driving Horses to the Stock-Yard, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Driving Horses to the Stock-Yard, 1850. British settlers in Australia. The horses are hardy, and perform long, nay surprising journeys, during which they are not supplied with any provender

Background imageOutback Collection: Killing a 'Boomer', 1850. Creator: Unknown. Killing a 'Boomer', 1850. Creator: Unknown

Killing a "Boomer", 1850. Creator: Unknown. Killing a "Boomer", 1850. Creator: Unknown
Killing a "Boomer", 1850. Kangaroo-hunting in Australia: The native name for the Kangaroo is "boomer" hence the boomerang...the kangaroo is seized on by the dogs

Background imageOutback Collection: Toyota Ampol fuelling trucks for Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt, Australia

Toyota Ampol fuelling trucks for Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt, Australia
Toyota Ampol fuelling trucks for Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt at Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Background imageOutback Collection: Opossum, from Quadrupeds series (N41) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1890

Opossum, from Quadrupeds series (N41) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1890

Background imageOutback Collection: Kangaroo, from Quadrupeds series (N41) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1890

Kangaroo, from Quadrupeds series (N41) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1890

Background imageOutback Collection: Femme Australienne Portant Son Enfant, (Australian Woman Carrying her Child), 1900

Femme Australienne Portant Son Enfant, (Australian Woman Carrying her Child), 1900. From " Autour du Monde - Fascicule XLI". [L. Boulanger, Paris, 1900 ]

Background imageOutback Collection: The Monaro Plains, 1923. Creator: Unknown

The Monaro Plains, 1923. Creator: Unknown
The Monaro Plains, 1923. From " Australia, New Zealand and Oceania in Pictures", by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. Blitt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1923]

Background imageOutback Collection: A Fertile Spot in Central Australia, 1923. Creator: Unknown

A Fertile Spot in Central Australia, 1923. Creator: Unknown
A Fertile Spot in Central Australia, 1923. From " Australia, New Zealand and Oceania in Pictures", by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. Blitt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1923]

Background imageOutback Collection: A party of Queensland natives carrying spears and shields, 1902. Artist: Henry King

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]

Background imageOutback Collection: Digger on the tramp, Australia, 1879. Artist: McFarlane and Erskine

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

Background imageOutback Collection: Aborigines of Australia, 1879. Artist: McFarlane and Erskine

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

Background imageOutback Collection: 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. 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

Background imageOutback Collection: Mount Buffalo, Victoria, Australia, 1928

Mount Buffalo, Victoria, Australia, 1928. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Australia, 2nd series

Background imageOutback Collection: Mount Feathertop, Victoria, Australia, 1928

Mount Feathertop, Victoria, Australia, 1928. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Australia, 2nd series

Background imageOutback Collection: Leura Falls, Blue Mountains, Australia, 1928

Leura Falls, Blue Mountains, Australia, 1928. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Australia, 2nd series

Background imageOutback Collection: Upper Murray River, Victoria, Australia, 1928

Upper Murray River, Victoria, Australia, 1928. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Australia, 2nd series

Background imageOutback Collection: A country school, Australia, 1928

A country school, Australia, 1928. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Australia, 2nd series

Background imageOutback Collection: Drovers camp, Australia, 1928

Drovers camp, Australia, 1928. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Australia, 2nd series

Background imageOutback Collection: Cattle station homestead, Australia, 1928

Cattle station homestead, Australia, 1928. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Australia, 2nd series

Background imageOutback Collection: Nothing in Sight, 1886. Artist: Frank P Mahony

Nothing in Sight, 1886. Artist: Frank P Mahony
Nothing in Sight, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co, 1886)

Background imageOutback Collection: A Bushmans Home, Australia, 1886. Artist: William Thomas Smedley

A Bushmans Home, Australia, 1886. Artist: William Thomas Smedley
A Bushmans Home, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

Background imageOutback Collection: Hunting kangaroos, Australia, 1877

Hunting kangaroos, Australia, 1877. Dramatic outback scene with dogs barking and mounted men chasing frightened kangaroos. One hunter has fallen from his horse

Background imageOutback Collection: Hauling timber, Australia, 1877

Hauling timber, Australia, 1877

Background imageOutback Collection: Murray River, Victoria, Australia, 1877

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

Background imageOutback Collection: Waterfall gold mine, Boorara, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1896

Waterfall gold mine, Boorara, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1896. The town of Kalgoorlie grew up after gold was discovered in the area in June 1893


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