• Title
  Aboriginals of New South Wales [photographic album / Star Photo. Co.]
• Creator
  Star Photo Co.
• Call number
  PXA 689
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1890-1906
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  113187
• Physical Description
  1 album (24 photoprints) - gelatin silver - photoprints 14.5 x 20 cm., in album 24 x 35 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  1. Aboriginal King / Star Photo. (King Billy, La Perouse, 1906)
  2. Aboriginal N.S.W. / Star Photo. (Taken at Yulgilbar Station, Grafton district, 1890)
  3. (Yulgilbar Station, Grafton district, 1890) [portrait]
  4-5. Aboriginal N.S.W. / Star Photo. (Byron Bay Aboriginal, 1890)
  6. Aboriginal N.S.W. (Byron Bay, 1890)
  7. Aboriginal N.S.W. / Star photo. (Byron Bay, 1890)
  8. Bush tragedy, N.S.W. / Star Photo. (J. Harrington, photographer, Queensland)
  9. Aboriginals, N.S.W. / Star Photo. (Singleton District 1890)
  10. ("Black Clara", La Perouse, 1906, daughter of King Billy)
  11. Aboriginal lubra, N.S.W. / Star Photo. ("Black Clara", La Perouse, 1906)
  12-13. (Black Clara, La Perouse, 1906)
  14. (Byron Bay Blacks, 1890)
  15. (Corroboree at Kurnell, 1901)
  16. (Black Clara, 1906)
  17. Aboriginal N.S.W. (Byron Bay, 1890)
  18. Aboriginal N.S.W. (Taken at Yamba Heads, 1890)
  19. Aboriginals N.S.W. / Star Photo. (At Leatherjacket, between Glen Innes and Grafton, 1890)
  20. Aboriginal children N.S.W / Star Photo. (1890)
  21. Aboriginals N.S.W. / Star Photo. Yamba Heads, Clarence River, 1890
  22. Aboriginals N.S.W. / Star Photo. (Collection of Aboriginals, 1890)
  23. Aboriginal Camp N.S.W. / Star Photo. (At Yulgilbar Station, 1890)
  25. Aboriginals N.S.W. / Star Photo. (At Leatherjacket, 1890)
• Published Information
  No. 8 "Bush tragedy" was published in Australian Photographic Journal, 20 March 1897 and the photographer was identified as Carl Ehlers of Grafton. He titled the photograph "Incident in Pioneer bush life".
• General note
  
  The inscription on the inside cover of the album indicates the photographs are by William Livermore, who was the manager of the * photo. [i.e. Star Photo. Co.], the trademark of which appears on 14 of the photoprints. Additionally, glass copy negatives of several of these images are held within the Star Photo. Co. collection of negatives (Location Number: ON 143 Mitchell Library). However, several photographs appear to be copies and at least one (Collection of Aboriginals, 1890 [p.22]) is known to be by Alfred Butler of Grafton.
  The titles penned beneath the photoprints in the album are in a later hand and show many inconsistencies. For instance, p.1 King Billy (La Perouse 1906) appears on p.21 Yamba Heads, Clarence River 1890 with a woman [his wife?], who also appears at p.17 as being at Byron Bay 1890. Examination of the man's breastplate on the copy negative identifies him as being `Robert, King of Gumbathagang Paddy Gully Oban and Metake'. The album was purchased from Livermore in 1926 and the titles may date from that time, being recollections by him. As such the titles should be treated with care -- Curator of Photographs, Mitchell Library, 1996
  Digital order no:Album ID : 824171
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Title from album cover
  "Photographs of Aborigines of N.S.W. taken by Livermore" -- inside front cover
  17 photoprints titled on lower edge of image with additional captions penned beneath each image (latter noted in parentheses in contents listing below)
• Subject
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  children
  Photograph albums.
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  corroborees
  groups (people)
  kingplates
  portraits
  
• Place
  New South Wales
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1655723

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