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Postcards: Aboriginal Subjects, collection of (43) real photo…
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Melbourne
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13-Jun-2020
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Postcards: Aboriginal Subjects, collection of (43) real photo cards, circa 1905-10, almost all postally used and the subjects mainly from identified locations: Queensland (5), South Australia (2), Tasmania (2), Victoria (10), Western Australia (14), and general (8), together with a small group of non-Aboriginal subjects of the same period (9). Cpl. of duplicates noted. (Total: 50). Among the subjects we note 'Natives playing football at Coranderrk, Vic.', 'Annual distribution of blankets to blacks, Malogo, Vic.', 'Wild natives in Camp, Vic.', 'North Coolgardie Blacks, W.A.', 'A Local Lockup. Aboriginal Prisoner Chained to a Tree.', 'Group of Western Australian Aborigines Entertained at Christmas by their White Friends'.
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Printed & Written Material: Postcards