Aboriginal Collection

British Empire world map, 19th century
British Empire world map. This world map shows the 19th-century British Empire (pink) and its indigenous peoples. Five illustrations (clockwise from upper left) show the people of Australia

Paintings from the Dreamtime, Australia, Pacific

Captain James Cook taking possession of New South Wales in the name of the British Crown, 1770. James Cook (1728-1779), English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, made three voyages of discovery

Portrait of an Aboriginal man, named Bennelong
Drawing 41 from the Watling Collection titled Native name Ben-nel-long, as painted when angry after Botany Bay Colebee was wounded by Port Jackson Painter, c. 1790

Hand painted didgeridoos, Aboriginal musical instrument, Australia, Pacific

Dream paintings of the Walpiri Tribe of Aborigines, Australia, Pacific

Truganini, last surviving female Tasmanian Aboiginal
Truganini (Truganina, Trugernanner or Lalla Rooke, c1812-1876), the last surviving Tasmanian Aboiginal or Palawa woman. 1866

Young Crow Indian
A Crow boy in dance costume, 1905. Printed reproduction of a photograph by Edward Curtis

BUSN2A-00012
Native Americans exchanging furs for goods at a Hudson Bay Company post. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of a Frederic Remington illustration

Antique map of Victoria or Port Phillip in Australia with vignettes

Rock Abstract Art Western Australia
Part of a cave where there were aboriginal paintings in the northern areas of Western Australia. Together with the rock texture and colours it creates a beautiful abstract image

Picture No. 10766504
Primitive Aboriginal Rock Painting about 20 000 years b.p. Date:

Picture No. 10766707
Australia - aboriginal rock painting of Kangaroos Date:

17th century map of the New World
Western Hemisphere, 17th century Dutch map. This shows the New World that was being discovered by Europeans exploring the Western Hemisphere of the Earth

Crow chief
Crow Indian chief in a traditional war bonnet and clothing, circa 1900. Digitally colored halftone of a photograph

Maori leader, New Zealand, 1800s
Tawhiao, Maori king, with tatooed face in a robe of feathers, New Zealand, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Aboriginal rock art, Ubirr, Kakadu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Aboriginal Rock Art at the Art Gallery, Carnarvon Gorge, Carnarvon National Park, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

A dream painting with snakes of the Walpiri Tribe, Australia, Pacific

NATI2A-00009
Innuit family with dog team and sled, . Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Close-up of hand painted digeridoos for sale in Sydney, New Sout Wales, Australia, Pacific

Aboriginal Rock Art at the Art Gallery, Carnarvon Gorge, Carnarvon National Park, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Dancing figures at Nourlangie Rock, aboriginal shelter and rock art site in Kakadu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Antique map of South Australia with vignettes

Aboriginal rock art, Ubirr, Kakadu National Par, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Glenelg, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Glenelg, 1901. Glenelg, a suburb of Adelaide on Holdfast Bay in Gulf St Vincent, established 1836, the oldest European settlement on mainland South Australia

Aboriginal Wandjina cave artwork in sandstone caves at Raft Point, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Picture No. 10864327
Australian Aboriginal rock art Date:

Picture No. 10864324
Aboriginal art Bigge Island. Date:

Pomfret illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

17th century map of South America
South America, 17th century Dutch map. This shows the new continent that was being discovered by European explorers. The shape is distorted because it had not yet been accurately mapped

EXPL2A-00128
Landing of Jean Nicolet on the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan, 1634, the first European to reach that region. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Affray of rival Aboriginal tribes, three miles from Brisbane in New South Wales, Australia. The Illustrated London News notes with undisguised disgust

Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. Artist: Baldwin Spencer
Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. For indigenous Australians, the corroboree comes closest to a modern concept of theatre

BUSN2A-00177
Native American trappers carrying furs on snowshoes in a forest of the Pacific Northwest Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Reminigton illustration

Truganina, the last Tasmanian woman, from The History of Mankind, Vol. 1, by Prof
BAL126196 Truganina, the last Tasmanian woman, from The History of Mankind, Vol.1, by Prof. Friedrich Ratzel, 1896 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; English

Indian corn, also known as maize, was historically cultivated by tribes in Oklahoma such as the Wichita, Caddo, Creek, Cherokee and Seminole Indians

Fern Tree Valley, near Hobart, Tasmania
View of Fern Tree Valley near Hobart, Tasmania, showing a river and waterfall in a tropical landscape. 1870

Painting of a turtle at the Aboriginal rock art site at Ubirr Rock, Kakadu National Park, where paintings date from 20000 years old to present day, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory

Namondjok in centre, who ate his clan sister, Namarrgon on right the Lightning Man and Barrginj his wife below left, supernatural ancestors at the rock art site, Nourlangie Rock

Picture No. 11992768
Little Crow - About to drink at a pool - Papunya Aboriginal Community - Northern Territory - Australia Little Crow - About to drink at a pool - Papunya Aboriginal Community - Northern Territory

William Lanney, the last Tasmanian, from The History of Mankind, Vol. 1, by Prof
BAL126195 William Lanney, the last Tasmanian, from The History of Mankind, Vol.1, by Prof. Friedrich Ratzel, 1896 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; English

Aboriginal painting, Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Adnjamathanha Aboriginal engravings, Sacred Canyon, Flinders Range, South Australia, Australia, Pacific

Aboriginal medicine man of the Worgaia, Central Australia. Date: 1922

Group of Aboriginal People, Lake Tyers, Victoria, Australia, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Group of Aboriginal People, Lake Tyers, Victoria, Australia, 1901. Lake Tyers Mission was established in 1863 on the shore of Lake Tyers in Victorias Gippsland region following decades of conflict

Western Australia - Aborigine Elders ready for a Corroboree
Western Australia, Australia - Five Australian Aborigine Elders ready for a Corroboree (an an Australian Aboriginal dance ceremony which may take the form of a sacred ritual or an informal gathering)

Aboriginal rock art by the late Jacob Nayinggul depicting a Maccassan ship and hand stencil at Jacobs Hand rock art site, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

Aboriginal rock art depicting a Mimi Spirit at Ubirr, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Casket presented to the Princess of Wales by the ladies of New South Wales, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Casket presented to the Princess of Wales by the ladies of New South Wales, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Hetzen, published in the Sydney Morning Herald, of a...beautiful casket

MAPOON FEATURE
Shells are seen at Janie Creek near the main beach, and Eastern Gulf, in Mapoon, in far North Queensland, Western Cape York, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AAP Image/Jono Searle)

Sydney (City Breaks)
Simon Goggin

Head of an Australian aboriginal. Man of New Holland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberl's
FLO4695308 Head of an Australian aboriginal. Man of New Holland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R

Mourning custom of a Northern tribe of central Australia, c.1913 (b/w photo)
3033729 Mourning custom of a Northern tribe of central Australia, c.1913 (b/w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Widows of a recently deceased man would cut off their hair)

Erebus and Terror in New Zealand, August 1841, c.1847 (oil on canvas)
7295296 Erebus and Terror in New Zealand, August 1841, c.1847 (oil on canvas) by Carmichael, John Wilson (1800-68); 122.7x183.6 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Anthropology: traditional costume of the Aboriginal people of Australia. Chromolithography of the beginning of the 20th
FGL5475395 Anthropology: traditional costume of the Aboriginal people of Australia. Chromolithography of the beginning of the 20th century; Fototeca Gilardi

Australian aboriginal dancing at a corroboree. Body painted with pipe clay and red ochre
FLO4695397 Australian aboriginal dancing at a corroboree. Body painted with pipe clay and red ochre. Native of New South Wales dancing

Australian aboriginal with club. Native of the East Coast of New Holland (Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia)
FLO4695328 Australian aboriginal with club. Native of the East Coast of New Holland (Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a sketch by Jacques Arago from Frederic

A Head Hunter of Malita island, 1911-13 (b/w photo)
7295664 A Head Hunter of Malita island, 1911-13 (b/w photo); 29.8x22.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: HMS Sealark (1898) ex Investigator, ex Consuelo, ex Vagus, ex Wanderer

An avenging expedition by a northern tribe of Central Australia. The men danced just before leaving to take vengeance
3033725 An avenging expedition by a northern tribe of Central Australia. The men danced just before leaving to take vengeance on another group of natives for the death of a relative

Aboriginal shield from Western Australia
3520591 Aboriginal shield from Western Australia; (add.info.: Aboriginal shield from Western Australia. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

An aboriginal canoe coming to meet the schooner Tom Tough, August 28, 1855
MMM5460253 An aboriginal canoe coming to meet the schooner Tom Tough, August 28, 1855, during the British expedition in the Gulf of Carpentaria (Australia); National Maritime Museum, London

A Canadian Indian in the 18th century
3083303 A Canadian Indian in the 18th century.; Private Collection; (add.info.: From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published 1861.)

The Corroboree (b/w photo)
8644659 The Corroboree (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Corroboree)

Aboriginal cave painting of a Wandjina, Mt Elizabeth Station, Kimberley, Western Australia, c.2000 BC
546269 Aboriginal cave painting of a Wandjina, Mt Elizabeth Station, Kimberley, Western Australia, c.2000 BC; (add.info.: Cloud and rain spirits, rock art from around 2000 BC)

Colonization: discovery of the establishment of Port Jackson (Port Jackson), 18th century (aquatint)
MMM5457612 Colonization: discovery of the establishment of Port Jackson (Port Jackson), 18th century (aquatint); National Maritime Museum, London

An Australian Aboriginal in full war paint, after a work by J. Macfarlane, from a contemporary print, c. 1935; Artwork
An Australian Aboriginal in full war paint, after a work by J. Macfarlane, from a contemporary print, c.1935; Artwork

Aboriginal woman smoking a pipe, Australia, c. 1890
Aboriginal woman smoking a pipe, Australia, c.1890

Two aboriginal men, named Garicha and Boyguda, of Cape York, Australia, who were brought to Britain in 1853 after accidentally remaining on board Captain Stricklands ship

Aboriginal Warramunga man, Northern Territory, Australia
Aboriginal Warramunga (Warumungu) man, Northern Territory, Australia. Seen here in profile, with his nostrils broken under the weight of a large wooden spike. Date: 1922

Indigenous People of West Australia, 1901. Creator: Unknown
1901. From " Federated Australia". [The Werner Company, London, 1901]

Tattooed Nukahi warrior with club and gourd, handcoloured copper engravings from picture
aboriginal, body, copper engraving, drawn, ethnic, friedrich justin b, Picture Book for Children, 927938392

Surveyors for the Trans-Australian Railway meet Aboriginals
Aboriginal Tribesmen met by Surveyors for the Trans-Australian Railway. The railway ran from port Augusta in the East to Kalgoorlie in the West. Date: 1914

Aboriginal rock art depicting the spirits Namarndjolg (main figure) and Namarrgon the Lightning Man in the Anbangbang Gallery at Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) rock art site, Kakadu National Park

Aboriginal rock art depicting a cowgirl and rifles at Jacobs Hand rock art site, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

Aboriginal rock art depicting a wallaby at Jacobs Hand rock art site, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

Aboriginal rock art hand stencil at Jacobs Hand rock art site, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

Aboriginal rock art painting depicting the spirit Nabulwinjbulwinj, in the Anbangbang Gallery at Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) rock art site, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Aboriginal rock art in the main gallery on Injalak Hill, Gunbalanya, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

Aboriginal rock art depicting the Rainbow Serpent, an important creation ancestor, at Ubirr, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Australian Aborigines hunting Kangaroo with boomerangs
Australian Aboriginals hunting Kangaroo with boomerangs and young Aboriginal children swinging on ropes tied to a tree. Date: circa 1903

The Algonkin Indians lived in bark covered dwellings called wigwams. Their houses were either built in both a cone or dome shape

Maori village in New Zealand, 1800s
Maori fortified village, or pah, in Taranaki, New Zealand, mid-1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Australian corobboree at Coollaminga; A ride across the frontier of Victoria, 1875. Creator: Philip A. Eagle
Australian corobboree at Coollaminga; A ride across the frontier of Victoria, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

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"Exploring the Rich Heritage of Aboriginal Culture: A Journey through Art and History" Step back in time to the 19th century British Empire, where a world map unravels tales of exploration and colonization. Amidst this era, immerse yourself in the vibrant paintings from the Dreamtime, an ancient Australian tradition that reveals stories passed down through generations. Discover the soulful melodies of hand-painted didgeridoos, a captivating musical instrument cherished by Aboriginal communities across Australia and the Pacific. Picture No. 10766707 captures their intricate beauty and cultural significance. BUSN2A-00012 takes us on a visual journey into the dream paintings of the Walpiri Tribe of Aborigines, offering glimpses into their spiritual beliefs and connection with nature. Delve deeper into Australia's history with an antique map showcasing Victoria or Port Phillip adorned with vignettes that depict life during colonial times. This artifact serves as a reminder of how indigenous cultures coexisted alongside European settlers. Witness Rock Abstract Art from Western Australia, where ancient landscapes come alive through mesmerizing patterns etched onto stone canvases (Picture No. 10766504). These artworks reflect both artistic expression and sacred connections to ancestral lands. Travel further back in time with a 17th-century map unveiling uncharted territories in the New World - an era marked by exploration, conquests, and encounters between different civilizations. Marvel at influential figures like Crow chief or Maori leader from New Zealand during the1800s; these leaders played pivotal roles in shaping their respective communities' histories while preserving their unique cultural identities. Aboriginal culture is not just confined to one place; it spans vast regions across continents. Through artistry and historical artifacts, we can appreciate its diversity while honoring its enduring legacy throughout centuries.