Summary
Note: This object includes racist slurs in the original captions. Such words and sentiments are not condoned by Museums Victoria which considers them to be racist. Historical distance and context do not excuse or erase this fact.
One of sixty-nine black and white and sepia toned photographs in a bound album [six of which are loose] taken by A J Campbell during a Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria scientific expedition to the Furneaux Group of islands, Bass Strait, in November 1893.The album also includes a map of the Kent Group of islands in the inside front cover and numerous contemporary newspaper clippings relating to the expedition.
Description of Content
Indigenous islanders mutton-birding on Chappell Island, Bass Strait. The group - men, women and children - are standing in front of several huge granite boulders. One of the men in the front row is holding a dog.
Physical Description
Sepia toned photograph mounted on off-white board in bound album with red cloth cover.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Sustainable Futures, Childhood, Images & Image Making, Migration & Cultural Diversity, Science & Measurement
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Museum Archive, Museum Victoria, 13 Dec 2006
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Place & Date Depicted
Green Island, Furneaux Island Group, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia, 1893
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Photographer
Archibald J. Campbell, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1893
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Organiser of Expedition
Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1893
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Format
Photograph, 5" x 4", Sepia
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Language
English
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Inscriptions
Caption below the photograph handwritten in black ink on backing board: " Group Half-caste Islanders Mutton-birding Chappell Island".
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Classification
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
135 mm (Width), 108 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Aboriginal People, Islands, Natural Environment, Natural History, Children
