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    'Queen Mary - Ballarat', c. 1870, by Kruger, Frederick, courtesy of Sovereign Hill Gold Museum.

Image

Title
'Queen Mary - Ballarat'
Description

This photograph of 'Queen Mary' fits into a wider ethnographic trend of photographing representatives of a supposedly ‘dying race’ for posterity. Standing inside a white picket fence, 'Queen Mary' is laden with as many cultural relics as the frame can encapsulate. She wears a possum skin cloak over western dress and holds a basket, boomerang, digging stick and spear. At her feet are another two baskets and a boomerang.

Date
c. 1870
Physical description

Sepia toned photograph on photographic paper/cardboard. 10.3 cm x 6.4 cm

Creator
Kruger, Frederick
Control
Collection Number: 364.79
Archival Source
Ballarat Historical Society Photograph Collection; Sovereign Hill Gold Museum. Details
Rights
Courtesy Sovereign Hill Gold Museum

Versions

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    Type
    Photograph

Concepts

Prepared by: Ben Mountford

Created: 26 October 2006