IDNO

P.85732.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.228.ACH1: “Natives making a canoe on the Murray river.”

Four Aboriginal men use long spears? to cut a large piece of bark from a ‘red rubber tree’ to make a canoe. To the left is an Aboriginal family travelling with their dogs in a bark canoe on the Murray River.
Red rubber trees (probably Eucalyptus camaldulensis? (River Red Gum?)), are to be found in dry areas along the river. In the distance and to the right, there is a tall Eucalyptus subulate (Forest Red Gum), to the left, Eucalyptus bicolor (Eucalyptus largiflorens, Black Box), which are to be found in swampy areas. [See Blandowski 1862, fig. 34]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Victoria; Murray 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.85724. to P.85811. were tied together in a bundle.

Bibliographical Reference: Blandowski, William von, 1862. Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 190?. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Natives making a canoe on the Murray River. Old Gum”. The image is signed “G.M.60”. [JD 23/8/2007]

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:
“34. An area at the bank of the Murray River. In the foreground the Aborigines are making a canoe out of the bark of the red rubber tree. In the distance, right, is a tall Eucalyptus subulate, left, E. bicolor, which are to be found in swampy areas, whereas the first is found in dry areas along the river. On the river there is an Aboriginal family with dogs who are crossing the Murray River in a bark canoe. Drawn by G. Mützel” [WV 27/3/2009]

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 27/3/2009]