Outback Collection

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

Manchester trade in Australia: a commercial traveller in the "back blocks", 1909. Creator: Unknown
Manchester trade in Australia: a commercial traveller in the "back blocks", 1909. Messrs. Barlow and Jones of Manchester was '...one of the oldest firms in the Cotton Industry...which

The Duke of Edinburgh starting for a kangaroo-hunt, Campbell-House Station... South Australia, 1868 Creator: Unknown
The Duke of Edinburgh starting for a kangaroo-hunt, Campbell-House Station, Lake Albert, South Australia, 1868. Engraving from a photograph '...representing the party about to start...The Prince

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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]

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 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Hauling timber, Australia, 1877

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

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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