Tag: Aboriginal people Lake Macquarie

Original portrait of Biraban

Reminiscences of Biraban or M’Gill and Patty by the Rev. Lancelot Threlkeld

February 14, 2020

  This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land.   The first story comes from Threlkeld, L. E. (Lancelot Edward), 1788-1859. A key to the structure of the Aboriginal language : being an analysis of the particles used as affixes, to form the various … More Reminiscences of Biraban or M’Gill and Patty by the Rev. Lancelot Threlkeld

The Lycett Album ca. 1820: Aboriginal People of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie in European Colonial Art

April 5, 2017

Lycett, Joseph, approximately 1775-1828 Drawings of Aborigines and scenery, New South Wales, ca. 1820. Title in Album: “Drawings of Natives & Scenery of Van Diemens Land 1830.” (Courtesy National Library of Australia) Catalogue Entry: http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1586033   Related Hunter Valley Joseph Lycett Paintings and Engravings  from Views of Australia (1825) (These images are very large, (approx … More The Lycett Album ca. 1820: Aboriginal People of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie in European Colonial Art