Image

Record#

Record#


Date:
1895 - 1899

Named Person:

Photographer:
Kerry & Co., Sydney (Charles Henry Kerry)

Expedition/Compiler:

Image Caption:

Source:
Not recorded

Acquired:
Unknown

Collection:
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford


Region:
New South Wales

Cultural Group:

Description:
Photograph of a section of a commercial display board advertising fifteen photographs of indigenous Australians available from Kerry's studio, Sydney. Group portraits, corroboree shelters etc. Numbers 1 to 15 of Kerry's Series. See Primary Documentation for list.

Primary Documentation:
Written on mount - AUSTRALIA. P.R. Mus. a ... AUSTRALIAN types and scenes. PRMB49/4.a-c [LM 20/1/2009]
Printed on original display board - KERRY'S STUDIOS, 310 George Street, NEAR HUNTER STREET, SYDNEY. [LM 20/1/2009]

This display board relates to numbers 1-15 of Kerry's Series (see Related Document File):

1: Corroboree or tribal dance
2: Ditto
3: Group Warriors with spears
4: Corroboree
5: Ditto
6: Mia-Mia, or Aboriginal house, Richmond River
7: Group of Mia-Mias, Interior of NSW
8: Aboriginal piccaninnies
9: Aboriginal Family
10: Aboriginal camp
11: Aboriginal Family
12: Aboriginal chief (painted with pipe clay)
13: Govt. agents distributing blankets to Aboriginals
14: Group men from interior of Queensland
15: Aboriginal chief and Gin

Research Notes:


Submit Comments

Please submit a comment or information about this image Required fields are marked *