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

‘Aborigines of Australia: heads and implements’

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To anthropologists, Aboriginal people were passive subjects of scientific enquiry, rather than individual people, as seen in this illustration by J Redaway entitled ‘Aborigines of Australia: heads and implements’ (Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW – V*/Aust Abo/IML/1 or PXE 864) [http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=412732] https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL4P6JY/WgPJLdeKM2RgO