IDNO

D.147836.ACH2

Description

Engraving of a “View of a Hut in New South Wales”, including an Aboriginal family of two men, a woman and child sitting in front of a bark? and thatch hut. The child holds a throwing stick?, and there are two large pronged fishing spears lying in the foreground. [JD 19/02/2019]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; New South Wales

Cultural Affliation

Aboriginal

Named Person

Photographer

Phillip, Arthur (Governor) [Artist]; Medland, T.; R. Cleveley delin

Collector / Expedition

D.147836.Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; ?Haddon, Alfred

Date

26 June 1789

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Pickles, John D.

Format

None

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Source: Transferred from the papers of the Antiquarian Society by John Pickles in January 2019, and given the Museum Entry number and temporary Object IDNO of MN0199.1 by Alison Clark 01/05/2019.

Collector: D.147836. and D.147837 were found in a brown envelope, now numbered C1020/, that is consistent with the envelopes and the inscriptions used to arrange photographs by geographical regions for the Haddon Mounted and Unmounted Collections. These two photographs have been provisional associated with the Unmounted Haddon Collection. [JD 29/09/2021]

Related Image: Same image held at National Library of Australia, reference 285317, with the following information:
"View of a hut in New South Wales [picture] / R. Cleveley delint.; T. Medland sculpt.
Author: Medland, Thomas, 1755-1822  
Description [London] : Published by J. Stockdale, June 26, 1789 
1 print: engraving ; plate mark 20.5 x 26 cm. 
Series: Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK3374/4.
Notes: Plate from: The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay / Arthur Phillip.
Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135910348
Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK3374/4.
U4852 proof, lacks title and imprint.
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Dwellings -- Early works to 1800.
Other authors/contributors Cleveley, Robert, 1747-1809 | Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814. Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay." [Source: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/285317, JD 19/02/2019]