Aboriginals of Australia - Caire, Nicholas, 1837-1918. (1884)
The majority of the photographs were taken at the Maloga Mission on the Murray River which was established by the missionary Daniel Matthews. In 1883, Matthews succeeded in having 1800 acres of river frontage declared as an Aboriginal reserve named Cummeragunja.
Inscription: "To Eva from Gilbert, wishing you a happy & prosperous new year, Melbourne. Nov 19th, 84"--On reverse of 'Native encampment, River Murray'.
Attribution questionable may have been taken by John Hunter Kerr, an amateur photographer at Ferryhurst, Victoria in the mid-1850s--Information from reference source.
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Keywords: Maloga Mission (N.S.W.) -- Photographs; Cummeragunja Mission (N.S.W.) -- Photographs; Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Portraits; Aboriginal Australians -- Murray River Region (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- Portraits; Aboriginal Australians -- Dwellings -- New South Wales -- Photographs; Aboriginal Australians -- Dwellings -- Murray River Region (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- Photographs; Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Photographs