Photograph - Image, Victorian Aborigine with Weapons

Historical information

Scanned from "The Old Pioneers' Memorial History of Melbourne From the Discovery of Port Phillip to the World War".

Physical description

Image of a Victorian Aborigine about to throw a spear with the assistance of a woomera. In this other hand he holds more spears and a boomerang.

Inscriptions & markings

"A tract of country [called?] by the native chief of Southern Ausralia to be John Batman 6th June 1935."

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