IDNO

P.85630.ACH2

Description

On catalogue card: “Burial place near the Budda ... [illegible, possibly River] from a sketch by Capt. Sturt.”

Aboriginal burial tomb situated in a grove near the Budda River. The tomb is a smooth half-spherical mound within a ditch and circular area of trampled earth with a path leading into the foreground. Around the tomb are three large tree trunks (probably Eucalyptus trees), which each have had a large band of bark removed. An Aboriginal man sits by a fire with his spear upright in the ground next to him in the foreground. [WV 5/5/2009]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; New South Wales; Budda River

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Muetzel, Gustav [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

von Blandowski, William [Blandowski Expedition to the Lower Murray River, 1857]

Date

1860; 1862

Collection Name

Haddon Collection

Source

?Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.84200. to P.84255. and P.85603. to P.85634. were tied together in a bundle.

Related Image: The original Blandowski album, from which this is a copy print, is held in the Haddon Library, Cambridge, reference 260.B. [JD 25/6/2008]

Bibliographical Reference: Blandowski, William von, 1862. Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 182?. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Burial place near the Budda in 148o & 32o, from a sketch by Capt. Sturt”. The image is signed “G.M.60”. [JD 23/8/2007]

Bibliographical Reference: Blandowski, W. 1862. Australien in 142 Photographischen Abbildungen. Gustav Neumann, Gleiwicz. Edited by Harry Allen. Translated from the German by Lillian Barton. Translation Copyright: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2007.
“137. Oxley found small earth mounds with odd circular channels and dams at the Budda River (148o eastern longitude and 32o southern latitude).” [JD 25/6/2008]

Related Image: The original sketch by Sturt is published in Two expeditions into the interior of southern Australia : during the years 1828,1829,1830, and 1831 : with observations on the soil, climate, and general resources of the colony of New South Wales / By Capt. Charles Sturt. With the caption “Native Burial Place near Budda”. [See Related Document File, JD 25/6/2008]

Biographical Information: CHARLES STURT (1795-1869), explorer, soldier and public servant, was born on 28 April 1795 in India. In 1828 Sturt, with his native-born assistant Hamilton Hume, began his expedition to trace the course of the Macquarie River. During this expedition he discovered and named the Darling River. “The Darling River had offered a new challenge and Sturt soon sought permission to lead another expedition to trace the Darling to its assumed outlet in the inland sea. However, it was decided instead that he should investigate the Lachlan-Murrumbidgee river system discovered by Oxley and proceed to the Darling only if the Murrumbidgee proved impassable. On 3 November 1829 the second expedition left Sydney”
Sturt published two accounts of his expeditions:
Two expeditions into the interior of southern Australia : during the years 1828,1829,1830, and 1831 : with observations on the soil, climate, and general resources of the colony of New South Wales / By Capt. Charles Sturt. 
Author: Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869.
Publisher: London : Smith, Elder and co., 1833.
Journal of the Central Australian expedition, 1844-5 / by Charles Sturt ; edited with an introduction and notes by Jill Waterhouse 
Author: Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869.
Publisher: London : Caliban Books, 1984
[Source: H. J. Gibbney, 'Sturt, Charles (1795 - 1869)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition,
Copyright 2006, updated continuously, ISSN 1833-7538, published by Australian National University
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020458b.htm, JD 25/6/2008] [See Related Document File, JD 25/6/2008]

Biographical Information: JOHN JOSEPH WILLIAM MOLESWORTH OXLEY (1785?-1828), surveyor-general and explorer. Oxley led the following expeditions:
Oxley and Evans expedition of 1817 with John Oxley and George Evans (explorer) charting the Lachlan River.
Oxley expedition of 1818 John Oxley sailed to Jervis Bay but found it unsuitable for settlement.
Oxley expedition of 1819 John Oxley explored Port Macquarie and Hastings River.
Oxley expedition of 1823 John Oxley explores Port Curtis, and Moreton Bay, South East Queensland.
Oxley and Cunningham expedition of 1823 *check date* John Oxley and Allan Cunningham discovered the Brisbane River and Bremer River on Moreton Bay.
Oxley survey of 1825 John Oxley surveyed Twofold Bay.
[Source: E. W. Dunlop, 'Oxley, John Joseph William Molesworth (1785? - 1828)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition, Copyright 2006, updated continuously, ISSN 1833-7538, published by Australian National University
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020273b.htm, JD 25/6/2008] [See Related Document File, JD 25/6/2008]

CUMAA Exhibition: P.84112.ACH2 to P.85713.ACH2 were on display in the SSL as part of the Brook Andrew ‘The Island’ Exhibition, 24th June - 27th September 2008. [JD 25/6/2008]

Publication: Blandowski, W. 1862. Australien in 142 Photographischen Ahbildungen. Gustav Neumann, Gleiwicz. Edited by Harry Alien. Translated from the German by Lillian Barton. Translation Copyright: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2007. with the caption:
“137. Oxley found small earth mounds with odd circular channels and dams at the Budda River (148° eastern longitude and 32° southern latitude).” [WV 23/4/2009]

Bibliographical Reference: For discussion of authorship see: Allen, H. 2006. Authorship and ownership in Blandowski's Australien in 142 Photographischen Abbildungen. Australasian Historical Archaeology 24:31-37. [Jane Lydon, Monash University, 8/7/2009]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 23/8/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Aboriginal Visual Histories Project, Monash University. [Wonu Veys 23/4/2009]