IDNO

D.51299.NWT

Description

Photograph of an engraving of a “View of a Hut in New South Wales”.

Engraving of an Aboriginal family of two men, a woman and child of New South Wales sitting in front of a bark? and thatch hut. The child holds a throwing stick?, and there are two large pronged fishing spears lying in the foreground. [JD 19/02/2019]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; New South Wales

Cultural Affliation

Aboriginal

Named Person

Photographer

Phillip, Arthur (Governor) [Artist]; Medland, T.; R. Cleveley delin

Collector / Expedition

Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay

Date

26 June 1789

Collection Name

?Northcote Thomas Collection

Source

?Thomas, Northcote Whitridge

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.51289 to P.51299 were in the envelope now numbered C228/ which was kept in wooden drawer I.

Related Image: Same image held at National Library of Australia, reference 285317, with the following information:
"View of a hut in New South Wales [picture] / R. Cleveley delint.; T. Medland sculpt.
Author: Medland, Thomas, 1755-1822  
Description [London] : Published by J. Stockdale, June 26, 1789 
1 print: engraving ; plate mark 20.5 x 26 cm. 
Series: Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK3374/4.
Notes: Plate from: The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay / Arthur Phillip.
Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135910348
Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK3374/4.
U4852 proof, lacks title and imprint.
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Dwellings -- Early works to 1800.
Other authors/contributors Cleveley, Robert, 1747-1809 | Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814. Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay." [Source: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/285317, JD 19/02/2019]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Aboriginal Visual Histories Project, Monash University. [Wonu Veys 29/5/2009]