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, however in this portrait they are wearing their possum skin cloaks and in the other image they are demonstrating the use of their weapons and objects but are not wearing their cloaks.
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. Mounted on secondary card. Portrait, outdoor setting. Coranderrk, Victoria. Condition: Good.
More Information
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Object/Medium
Photograph, original
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Individuals Identified
L-R: Samuel Rowan and Edward Mooney
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Photographer
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Locality
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Date Produced
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
100 mm (Length), 65 mm (Width)
Orientation: Portrait
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Person Depicted
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Person Depicted
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Keywords
People, Portrait, Dress and Ornamentation, Material culture, Community, Aboriginal Stations
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Collection Names
Board for the Protection of Aborigines Photographic Collection
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Type of item
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Discipline
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Category
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Collecting Areas
Ethnohistory, Australian Indigenous - South-eastern Australia