IDNO

LS.109053.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.230.ACH1: “Fishing in the sea.”

Five Aboriginal men catching fish while the tide is out by standing knee-deep in the sea where they'll wait for hours, holding their spears ready. In the area around St. Kilda, near Melbourne. [See Blandowski 1862, fig. 38]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Victoria; ?Murray River; near St. Kilda; near Melbourne

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

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

?Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Bibliographical Reference: Blandowski, William von, 1862. Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 203?. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Fishing in the Sea”. 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:
“38. Aborigines at the coast catching fish while the tide is out They wait for hours, holding their spear ready to attack their victims. Area around St Kilda, near Melbourne. Drawn by G. Mützel.” [WV 27/3/2009]

Bibliographical Reference: Blandowski, William, 1855. Australia Terra Cognita (Unpublished, Melbourne). [JD 23/8/2007] Appears to be a plate from this publication, with the caption “Aborigines of Australia”. [JD 23/8/2007]

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 27/3/2009]