Abstract dark blue pattern with curved and geometric lines and shapes, resembling stylised waves or leaves, on a matching dark blue background.

Bungaree portrait by naval officer Phillip Parker King

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A portrait painted in 1819 by naval officer Phillip Parker King, son of Governor Philip Gidley King, of ‘Boon-ga-ree’ – who accompanied me on my first voyage’. This expedition in the Mermaid left Sydney in December 1817 and explored the West Australian coast, collecting information about local conditions and native inhabitants before visiting Timor and returning to Sydney on 29 July 1818 (Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW – P P King: Album of sketches and engravings, PXC 767, f48)