IDNO

LS.109055.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.226.ACH1: “Domestic life in the summer season on the Lower Murray river.”

Summer scene on the plains area of the Lower Murray River with small groups of women collecting the roots of the reeds (Typha slothenheymii) in shallow swamps. These roots are the staple vegetable food throughout the high summer period. The small secondary roots are taken off, after which the roots are tied into bundles and put on to heated lumps of earth. They are covered with dirt and roasted for two to three hours. There is Mesembryanthemum. [Blandowski 1862, fig. 32]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Victoria; Darling River; Lower 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

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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 172?. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Domestic life in the summer season on the Lower Murray River”. The image is signed “G.M.60”. [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:
“32. The women collect the roots of the Typha slothenheymii in shallow swamps between January and March and these roots are the staple vegetable food throughout the high summer period. The small secondary roots are taken off, then the roots are tied into bundles and put on to heated lumps of earth. They are covered with dirt and roasted for 2-3hours. In the foreground is a Mesembryanthemum. The setting is the plains area of the Murray river. Composed 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 27/3/2009]