Summary
This is one of two photographs of Samuel Rowan and Edward Mooney which have been taken shortly after the other. The background is the same, and they are standing in almost the same spot. In this photograph they are demonstrating the use of their weapons and objects and in the other image the are wearing their possum skin cloaks and holding their weapons.
Physical Description
Albumen print. Carte de visite format. Printed caption with subject's identity, separate to image but also mounted on original card as part of carte de visite. Portrait, outdoor setting, Coranderrk, Victoria. Condition: Good.
More Information
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Collection Names
Board for the Protection of Aborigines Photographic Collection
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Collecting Areas
Ethnohistory, Australian Indigenous - South-eastern Australia
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Photographer
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Date Produced
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Person Depicted
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Person Depicted
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Individuals Identified
L-R: Samuel Rowan, Edward Mooney
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Locality
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Object/Medium
Photograph
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
65 mm (Length), 100 mm (Width)
Orientation: Landscape
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Keywords
People, Portrait, Demonstration, Material Culture, Buildings and Structures, Community, Aboriginal Stations
