Portraits of the Aboriginal inhabitants

Plate 8: Portraits of the Aboriginal inhabitants. Angas describes: 'Comprises 4 vignettes of Aboriginal women and children: a woman and child of the Adelaide tribe (top left); Tutalla, a girl of the Nauo Tribe (top right); a woman of the Parnkallah tribe, Port Lincoln, with her son (bottom left); a woman of the Adelaide tribe, with her child in a kangaroo skin pouch (bottom right).'

This is one of 60 coloured lithographs found in the 1847 edition of 'South Australia Illustrated' by colonial artist George French Angas, together with a descriptive passage for each. The lithograph was created by W. Hawkins from Angas' original painting. The date assigned is assumed to be approximately when the lithographs were created; the original paintings were done in earlier years.

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