1859, English, Photograph edition: Australian Aboriginal men with children, Queensland

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Physical Description
  • Glass plate negatives
Published
  • 1859-1917
Language
  • English

Edition details

Title
  • Australian Aboriginal men with children, Queensland
Other Contributors
  • Tyrrell, James Robert (Used)
  • Tyrrells Bookshop (Used)
  • Australian Consolidated Press (Used)
  • Kerry and Co (Made)
  • Kerry and Co (Used)
  • Kerry, Charles H (Used)
Published
  • 1859-1917
Physical Description
  • Glass plate negatives
Subjects
Summary
  • Photographic negative, outdoor view of unidentified Australian Aboriginal men and child outside a shelter on the beach, Cooktown, North Queensland, Australia, publisher Kerry and Company, 1885-1900 A silver gelatin dry plate glass negative in landscape format. The image shows three Indigenous Australian men sitting cross legged on a beach in front of a dwelling made from Eucalypt branches and bark. A headland can be seen in the background. The caption, studio number and studio mark are inscribed on the reverse of the negative. 75/​188 Tyrrell Inventory Number, 50 Kerry Studio Number
Notes
  • Handwritten caption and studio number across the bottom of the negative reads 'COOKTOWN ABORIGINALS 50 KERRY PHOTO SYDNEY'.
  • This photographic negative was published by the Sydney firm Charles Kerry &​ Co. and is part of the Powerhouse Museum's Tyrrell collection which contains over 2,900 glass plate negatives by Kerry &​ Co. Although a few appear to be from the 1880s most were produced between 1892 and 1917. Over this period, and well into the early 1900s, prints from these negatives appeared in many Australian publications and albums of views. In 1903 the company began producing postcards from these negatives, further establishing the images as some of the most significant and best known early views of New South Wales. Some of the more significant themes covered by the collection include; views of New South Wales, Queensland, country towns, Sydney, Indigenous Australians, the South Pacific, rural life, native flora and fauna, and sentimental views. In addition a number of significant events from the 1900s are covered by the collection including; embarkation of troops for the Boer War, Hordens fire, the Inauguration of the Commonwealth in 1901, the arrival of the Great White Fleet and the Burns verses Johnson boxing match at Rushcutters Bay in 1908. Geoff Barker, Curatorial, January, 2009 References Newton, Gael, Shades of Light; Photography and Australia 1839 - 1988, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1988 David, Millar, Charles Kerry's Federation Australia, Sydney, David Ell Press, 1981 Tyrell, James, Australian Aboriginal and South Sea Islands Implements, Weapons and Curios, James Tyrell, Sydney, 1929
Language
  • English
Image Number
  • 28541
  • 2440
  • 85/​1284-1905

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