IDNO

LS.109056.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.225.ACH1: “Water-collecting in the desert.”

An Aboriginal man, two women, and a child constituting "a family travelling through mallee scrubs and stopping at lunchtime to quench their thirst. The roots of the Hakea stricta are broken into foot long pieces and placed vertically in a flax basin to collect the juice. On the right the Hakea gets collected. The mallee scrub is in the background. On the left, a woman grinds acacia grains. An old woman has a snake for lunch. In the foreground there is a shield, a club and nets. There is also a Hakea branch with its wood-like pear-shaped fruit." [Blandowski 1862, fig. 31]

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

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 Australien in 142 Photographischen (Unpublished), with the caption “Aborigines of Australia, Plate 102. William v. Blandowski, Australia. Water Collecting in the Desert”. 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:
“31. A family travelling through mallee scrub stops at lunchtime to quench their thirst- The roots of the Hakea stricta are broken into foot long pieces and placed vertically in a flax basin to collect the juice. On the right the Hakea gets collected, the Mallee scrub is in the background, left a woman grinds acacia grains, an old woman has a snake for lunch. In the foreground: shield, club and nets: a Hakea branch with its wood-like pear-shaped fruit. 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 27/3/2009]