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        Koorie Art and Artefacts
        nine Aboriginal men in traditional dress stand in a row on a shore with a European man sharing traditional dress but with hat, as a sailing ship passes by

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        William Buckley

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        In this story:

        • Koorie Art and Artefacts
          • Stone Tools
          • The William Barak Collection
          • Basket from Coleraine
          • Woomeras
          • Koorie Artists
          • Gunnai/Kurnai Shields
          • William Buckley
          • Remembering Coranderrk
          • Baranjuk: Creation Stories
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        a European man sits under a tree, whilst 11 Aboriginal men dance about him in celebration

        Drawing - Pen and ink, Tommy McRae, 'Buckley with a group of Aborigines', c. 1880s, Koorie Heritage Trust, Picture Collection

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        This drawing by Tommy McRae depicts the figure of William Buckley with a group of Koorie men.

        Tommy McRae is a Koorie artist from the Goulburn region in north east Victoria born around 1830. This sketch was most likely drawn by Tommy McRae in the 1880s and is one of seven sketches that were purchased by the Koorie Heritage Trust as part of a sketchbook in 1991.

        Tommy McRae’s drawings are very significant as they offer insights into Koorie culture, from the late 1800s from a Koorie perspective which is quite rare. McRae depicts traditional scenes of hunting, fishing and ceremony but he also includes depictions of Europeans, Chinese miners and the figure of William Buckley in many of his drawings. Through his eyes we are able to see specific details of some of the activities he choose to depict, hunting possum up a tree, or the specific body decoration worn for dance.

        nine Aboriginal men in traditional dress stand in a row on a shore with a European man sharing traditional dress but with hat, as a sailing ship passes by

        Drawing - Pen and ink, Tommy McRae, 'Buckley ran away from ship', Koorie Heritage Trust, Picture Collection

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        © Digital reproduction copyright of Koorie Heritage Trust (Gnokan Danna Murra Kor-ki)

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        This drawing by Tommy McRae depicts the figure of William Buckley with a group of Koorie men.

        Tommy McRae is a Koorie artist from the Goulburn region in north east Victoria born around 1830. This sketch was most likely drawn by Tommy McRae in the 1880s and is one of seven sketches that were purchased by the Koorie Heritage Trust as part of a sketchbook in 1991.

        Also in this story

        • Stone Tools
        • The William Barak Collection
        • Basket from Coleraine
        • Woomeras
        • Koorie Artists
        • Gunnai/Kurnai Shields
        • Remembering Coranderrk
        • Baranjuk: Creation Stories
        • Date created

          28 May 2014

        Source collections

        • Koorie Heritage Trust, Picture Collection

        Subjects

        ceremony, language, country, paintings, convicts, transport

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        https://victoriancollections.net.au/stories/koorie-art-and-artefacts/william-buckley

        Accessed 15 August 2022

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