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Date:
1868 circa

Named Person:
'King Tidy'

Photographer:
?Daniel Marquis

Expedition/Compiler:
Julius Ferdinand Berini

Image Caption:

Source:
Dammann Estate

Acquired:
Purchased 1901

Collection:
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford


Region:
Queensland; Brisbane

Cultural Group:
‘Jagera’ from National Native Title Tribunal spelling (http://www.nntt.gov.au). http://www.ausanthrop.net/resources/ausanthrop_db: ‘several groups listed under this name’. Alternate spellings for Jagera as listed on Ausanthrop website: Jagara, Jagarabal (jagara = "no"), Jergarbal, Yagara, Yaggara, Yuggara, Yugg-ari, Yackarabul, Turubul (language name), Turrbal, Turrubul, Terabul, Torbul, Turibul, Yerongban, Yeronghan, Ninghi, Yerongpan, Biriin (see Jukambe) * Yuggera.

Description:
Portrait of 'King Tidy' of Brisbane, seated, wearing a "king plate" around his neck, hat and staff. A copy photograph made in the early 1870s by C. Dammann from a print probably supplied by Julius Ferdinand Berini.

Primary Documentation:
Written on back of mount [pencil] - King Tidy [LM 28/4/2009]
Written on bank of mount [ink] - part of a paragraph in German, cut to fit the photo (see Research Notes). [CM 06/07/2015]

Research Notes:


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