Staged photo with a man and two women
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Photo showing a man seated with breastplate and boomerangs, with two women by a bark shelter.Description:
Original title '6. Man seated with breastplate and boomerangs, with two women, one old and one young by bark shelter.'
Lindt took at least sixty photographs in this series of studio portaits of Clarence River Aborigines, although extant albums usually contain fewer than a dozen each. When first published, these studio tableaux were regarded as accurate. Reference: An Eye for Photography: the camera in Australia / Alan Davies. Carlton, Vic: Melbourne University Press, 2004, p.60.
The full catalogue record is online at http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110327842
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1875Creator:
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This image may be used freely for research and study purposes. Further use may require permission. Please acknowledge that the image is from the collections of the State Library of New South Wales.Source:
'Aborig. [sic.] Natives of the Clarence River District New South Wales Photographed By J. W. Lindt, Grafton 1875' collection Identifier:
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