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Etching depicting Aboriginal cricket team practicing on MCG, 1867

1867

Melbourne Cricket Club

Melbourne Cricket Club
Jolimont, Australia

Print of etching mounted on grey card. Features a group of Aboriginal and white cricketers playing on a field with spectators, tents and trees in the background. The inscription, printed on plastic tape and adhered to the mount reads, "MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND / 1867 / ABORIGINALS PRACTICING FOR TOUR OF ENGLAND 1868".

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  • Title: Etching depicting Aboriginal cricket team practicing on MCG, 1867
  • Date Created: 1867
  • Provenance: Kindly donated to the Melbourne Cricket Club Museum.
  • Medium: Card; Paper
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