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Aboriginal natives of Victoria hop gathering
(c. 1876)

Medium
albumen silver photograph
Measurements
13.4 × 19.0 cm
Inscription
printed in ink on support l.c.: ABORIGINAL NATIVES OF VICTORIA HOP GATHERING. / COPYRIGHT REGISTERED.
printed in ink on support reverse c.: VIEWS OF VICTORIA. / (GENERAL SERIES.) / No. 50. / ABORIGINAL NATIVES OF VICTORIA HOP GATHERING. / The growth of Hops has of late years occupied the attention of farmers in most of the colonies, and with the / most encouraging results. It has been introduced with considerable success on most of the Aboriginal Stations in / Victoria. Our illustration represents a group of Natives gathering Hops on the Station at Bairnsdale, in Gipps / Land.
printed in ink on support reverse l.c.l.: N.J. CAIRE, Photo.
printed in ink on support reverse l.c.: ANGLO-AUSTRALASIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY.
printed in ink on support reverse l.c.r.: No. 2 Sherwood Street Richmond
Accession Number
PH106.47-1988
Department
Australian Photography
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased from Admission Funds, 1988
© Public Domain
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display

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