This is a hand-coloured photographic print of an Indigenous Australian from Victoria, taken in about 1858. Measuring 24 cm x 19 cm, it is entitled 'SIMON. An Australian Aborigine of the Yarra Yarra tribe which opposed the landing of Batman 1835'. The man is pictured with a spear in one hand and a wooden club in the other. He is wearing a traditional possum-skin cloak.
Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of National Library of Australia |
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Creator | George William Perry, photographer William Gould, artist |
Identifiers | National Library of Australia number nla.pic-an8953954
TLF resource R4660 |
Source | National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au |