IDNO

P.85739.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.219.ACH1: “Mondellimin near the junction of the Darling and Murray Rivers.”

Four Aboriginal men with dogs hunting emu at Mondellimin, near the junction of the Darling and Murray Rivers. First the men watch the emu carefully for where it looks for water. They then enclose this spot with large strong nets to block up the favourite spots of this animal with cages. The hunters wait singly or in groups in a hideout for two or three days until the emu comes looking for water. The men then jump out with their dogs and kill the animal one way or another. A casuarina tree is in the foreground on the right. [See Blandowski 1862, fig. 51]

Place

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

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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished, Gleiwitz), with the caption “Aboriginals of Australia, Plate 195. William Blandowski, Australia. Casuarina. Emu Hunt”. The image is signed “G.M.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:
“51. The Emu, the Australian ostrich, is watched by the Aborigines at places where it looks for water, and they observe where it came from and to where it goes. They then enclose this spot with large, strong nets or block up the favourite spots of this animal with cages. The hunters wait singly or in groups in a hideout for two to three days, until the emu comes looking for water, then they jump out with their dogs and kill the animal one way or another.”

Place: Mondellimin (Victoria) is 16 km south of the junction of the Murray River and Darling River. [Source: Museum of Victoria, JD 24/8/2007]

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 26/3/2009]