The
earliest found European image of Aboriginal Australians, engraved in 1698,
depicts them resisting their enslavement. Recently discovered in the Hamilton
library of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa it is an apocryphal image for its
times, intending to portray the Indigenous people described, “New Hollanders”,
as “unfit for labour”.
History
Year of publication, exhibition or creation
2018-11-06Type of creative work
Textual creative workGenre of textual creative work
Essay or articleTitle of host publication
The ConversationPublisher or exhibiting gallery
The Conversation Media GroupPlace of publication, exhibition, or creation
Parkville, VictoriaPagination
onlineElectronic location (URL)
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© Liz Conor 2018
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