IDNO

P.85890.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.297.ACH1: “Burying ground on the Bogan river.”

A burying ground on the Bogan River as viewed from a hill in the foreground where two Aboriginal men sit with spears upright in the ground next to them. The burial area is divided into grassy sections with trees growing on them. [JD 23/8/2007] [WV 5/5/2009]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; New South Wales; Bogan 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.85812. to P.85900. were tied together in a bundle.

This is a photograph of a pencil drawing, probably created in the 1860’s.

All the photographs are duplicated in the Mounted Haddon Collection.

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:
“131. Following Sir Thomas Mitchell’s report, there are formal burial grounds with channels at the Bogan river (147° eastern longitude and 35°southern latitude).” [WV 6/4/2009]

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 7/4/2009]