Aboriginal Postcard Collection from early 1900s
Postcards: Aboriginal Subjects, collection of (43) real photo cards, circa 1905-10, almost all postally used and the subjects mainly from identified locations: Queensland (5), South Australia (2), Tasmania (2), Victoria (10), Western Australia (14), and general (8), together with a small group of non-Aboriginal subjects of the same period (9). Cpl. of duplicates noted. (Total: 50). Among the subjects we note 'Natives playing football at Coranderrk, Vic.', 'Annual distribution of blankets to blacks, Malogo, Vic.', 'Wild natives in Camp, Vic.', 'North Coolgardie Blacks, W.A.', 'A Local Lockup. Aboriginal Prisoner Chained to a Tree.', 'Group of Western Australian Aborigines Entertained at Christmas by their White Friends'.
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- blankets - various makers 175
- postcards
