Returning Photos: Australian Aboriginal Photographs from European Collections

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  • ‘The best day for me, looking at these old photos’

    Jane Lydon with Donna Oxenham, 2019 ‘The best day for me, looking…

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  • ‘Seeing Ms Dhu: How Photographs Argue for Human Rights’

    A light graffiti image of Ms Dhu is projected on a building…

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  • Video Post: Returning Photos to the Kimberley

    Credit: ABC Journalist – Emily J Smith The Returning Photos team recently…

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  • Sharing Images of the Past: The Alex van der Leeden images in Numbulwar

    24 July – 4 August 2017 The National Museum of World Cultures…

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  • Video Post “Coming Home”

    Despite hardships endured, the Australian Aboriginal community remain one of the oldest surviving cultures on the planet.

    From the mid-19th century, photographs of Aboriginal people were taken for scientific purposes and were eventually archived in museums around the world.

    This culturally significant research reconnects families and country by bringing these lost ancestors home.

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  • John Thomas Tunney – The Origins of An Image

      At the turn of the twentieth century, we can see from…

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  • Visualising Human Rights Conference

    Visualising Human Rights Conference 5-6 December 2016 Fremantle, Western Australia We are…

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  • Aboriginal Photo Project, Part 5

    Wonu Veys travelled to Australia as part of an international collaborative project…

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  • Aboriginal Photo Project, Part 4

    Wonu Veys travelled to Australia as part of an international collaborative project…

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  • Aboriginal Photo Project, Part 3

    Wonu Veys travelled to Australia as part of an international collaborative project…

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News

  • ‘The best day for me, looking at these old photos’

    Jane Lydon with Donna Oxenham, 2019 ‘The best day for me, looking…

    •
  • ‘Seeing Ms Dhu: How Photographs Argue for Human Rights’

    A light graffiti image of Ms Dhu is projected on a building…

    •
  • Video Post: Returning Photos to the Kimberley

    Credit: ABC Journalist – Emily J Smith The Returning Photos team recently…

    •
  • Sharing Images of the Past: The Alex van der Leeden images in Numbulwar

    24 July – 4 August 2017 The National Museum of World Cultures…

    •
  • Video Post “Coming Home”

    Despite hardships endured, the Australian Aboriginal community remain one of the oldest surviving cultures on the planet.

    From the mid-19th century, photographs of Aboriginal people were taken for scientific purposes and were eventually archived in museums around the world.

    This culturally significant research reconnects families and country by bringing these lost ancestors home.

    •
  • John Thomas Tunney – The Origins of An Image

      At the turn of the twentieth century, we can see from…

    •
  • Visualising Human Rights Conference

    Visualising Human Rights Conference 5-6 December 2016 Fremantle, Western Australia We are…

    •
  • Aboriginal Photo Project, Part 5

    Wonu Veys travelled to Australia as part of an international collaborative project…

    •
  • Aboriginal Photo Project, Part 4

    Wonu Veys travelled to Australia as part of an international collaborative project…

    •
  • Aboriginal Photo Project, Part 3

    Wonu Veys travelled to Australia as part of an international collaborative project…

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This research was supported under Australian Research Council's Discovery Projects funding scheme (project DP110100278).
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