Aboriginal • Find • State Library of South Australia

Aboriginal woman and child

Gall, Ernest, c. 1895, Photograph, PRG 763/4/60

An Aboriginal woman carrying her baby on her back at a camp in South Australia

Aboriginal dwelling

c. 1910, Photograph, B 68813

Unidentified Aboriginal dwelling with Aboriginal men sitting outside and spears beside the dwelling. Believed to be in South Australia.

Views of Ooldea : Aboriginal people at Ooldea railway station

c. 1920, Photograph, B 45287/4

Two Aboriginal men and a number of Aboriginal children in front of the Ooldea Post Office. The caption reads 'a real Australian Eleven - Natives Ooldea - Trans railway'.

Views of Ooldea : Aboriginal people

c. 1920, Photograph, B 45287/35

Two Aboriginal women and an Aboriginal man posing with goannas.

A large group of Aboriginal women and children, probably at Alice Springs Telegraph Station.

c. 1910, Photograph, B 47072/167

A large group of Aboriginal women and children. The place is unknown, but image B 47072/169, of Aboriginal men, is probably from the same place.

A large group of Aboriginal men at Alice Springs Telegraph Station. Telegraph employees Moore and Squire in top right corner of group.

c. 1910, Photograph, B 47072/169

A large group of older Aboriginal men. They may have come to this place for the distribution of rations, as the men sitting in the front row have tin cans beside them. All the men are wearing western dress and have beards. Two white men wearing hats are standing at the back, under a verandah on the right hand side of the group. This is probably a companion image to B 47072/167 showing a large group of Aboriginal women and children.

Aboriginal man

c. 1905, Photograph, B 69732

A postcard of an Aboriginal man showing ceremonial scars on his chest. Identified only as 'Aboriginal, South Australia'.

Premier, Don Dunstan, meeting Aboriginal leaders

Advertiser Newspapers Ltd, 1977, Photograph, B 69991

The Premier, Don Dunstan (centre) and the Minister of Community Welfare, Mr Payne (far left) talking to Aboriginal leaders at a camp fire conference held at Yalata Aboriginal Reserve to discuss land rights. [This image, with an accompanying article, appeared in 'The Advertiser', 7 May 1977.]

Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute

Moore, Patricia, 2006, Photograph, B 70049

View of the building housing the Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, located at 253 Grenfell Street (on the corner of Grenfell Street and East Terrace, Adelaide). Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute is Australia's first Indigenous-owned and managed multi-arts centre. The centre presents Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and cultures from regions around Australia.

Aboriginal dwelling

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1880, Photograph, B 58005/44

Unidentified Aboriginal dwelling with Aboriginal men sitting outside and their spears nearby. Believed to be in South Australia, possibly on the Coorong (part of the supporting covering is a fishing net). This image, in reverse, can also be seen at B 68813.

Aboriginal men, Indigenous Veterans Service

Scott, Jenny, 2008, Photograph, B 70870

Major Sumner (left) holding boomerangs, and another Aboriginal man playing the didjeridu, in front of the Adelaide War Memorial for the Indigenous Veterans Service held on 30th May 2008 to honour Aboriginal servicemen and women who served their country from the Boer War through to present day conflicts. It is estimated that about 500 Aboriginal Australians served in World War I and more than 3,000 served in World War II.

Aboriginal man with didjeridu, Indigenous Veterans Service

Scott, Jenny, 2008, Photograph, B 70872

An Aboriginal man, decorated with paint and playing a didjeridu, walks in front of the Adelaide War Memorial for an Indigenous Veterans Service held on 30th May 2008 to honour Aboriginal servicemen and women who served their country from the Boer War through to present day conflicts. It is estimated that about 500 Aboriginal Australians served in World War I and more than 3,000 served in World War II.

Australian soldiers and Aboriginal man, Indigenous Veterans Service

Scott, Jenny, 2008, Photograph, B 70878

Two Australian soldiers, an Australian Defence Force officer and an Aboriginal man stand in front of the Adelaide War Memorial for an Indigenous Veterans Service held on 30th May 2008 to honour Aboriginal servicemen and women who served their country from the Boer War through to present day conflicts. It is estimated that about 500 Aboriginal Australians served in World War I and more than 3,000 served in World War II.

Aboriginal woman and child

Hyde, Ruby, c. 1926, Photograph, B 70884/14

Young Aboriginal woman holding a young child, sitting on a pile of filled bags, cloth and ropes, possibly a dwelling.

Aboriginal women and children

Hyde, Ruby, c. 1926, Photograph, B 70884/16

Three Aboriginal women, two young children and a dog, with a non-Aboriginal woman, sitting beside a dwelling covered in bags.

Aboriginal children

Hyde, Ruby, c. 1926, Photograph, B 70884/17

Young Aboriginal child sitting in a round bath with another child standing nearby. Behind them is part of a shed and rainwater tank.

Aboriginal woman

Hyde, Ruby, c. 1926, Photograph, B 70884/20

An old Aboriginal woman encountered near the Oodnadatta United Aborigines' Mission. Shown head and shoulders in profile, she is wearing a cloth head band over her forehead.

Aboriginal boys

Hyde, Ruby, c. 1926, Photograph, B 70884/21

Four Aboriginal boys of varying ages, encountered near the Oodnadatta United Aborigines' Mission. Three are eating, and the middle two boys have had their upper bodies painted for a ceremony; the oldest boy is wearing an arm band.

Aboriginal woman and children near Ooldea

Hyde, Ruby, c. 1930, Photograph, B 70884/40

An Aboriginal woman with her baby wrapped in a blanket around her neck and an older child and a dog standing beside her, near Ooldea. She is carrying a water billy and balancing another tin on her head. Behind her can be seen part of the framework for a dwelling made of natural timber and brushwood.