IDNO

P.85737.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.234.ACH1: “The natives shifting their encampment.”

Two Aboriginal families moving their encampment. The lead man is carrying a shield and throwing spear, and checking the route and for enemies. His companion, has an axe and a hand weapon on his back and is carrying a heavy stick in his right hand. Three women are carrying infants and supplies on their backs, and two children also follow carrying fire-sticks. The last person carries a bundle of spears which indicates that they are travelling to a meeting as well as changing their camp. The group is accompanied by two dogs. [See Blanddowski 1862, pl.42]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Victoria; Darling River; Murray River

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Muetzel, Gustav [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

1861; 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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 135. William v. Blandowski, Australia. The natives shifting their encampment”. The image is signed “G.M.60 61”. [JD 23/8/2007]

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]

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:
“42. Two families, moving their camp. The leader contemplates every move, looks at the tracks on the ground and tries to see far into the distance with his sharp eyes. With his shield and throwing spear he seems to have seen and expects enemies. His companion, with an axe and hand weapon on his back, steps exactly in the leading man's steps so he doesn't distract the man's attention. In his right hand he holds the heavy stick, ready in an instant to kill a startled marsupial, a disturbed bird or a crawling snake with a skilful throw of this deadly weapon. Starved-looking but disciplined dogs follow, eagerly poised for the first sign. The heavily loaded women follow them and then come the children, carrying their little belongings and the never missing, indispensable fire stick. The last individual, carrying a bundle of spears indicates they are travelling to a meeting, as well as changing their camp. In the distance, the wonderful Casuarina quadrivalis, so characteristic for the Australian landscape Drawn by G. Mützel.” [WV 27/3/2009]

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 1/4/2009]