Oscar Fristrom with a group of Garumngar Aboriginal people inside a Brisbane studio, ca. 1885

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TitleOscar Fristrom with a group of Garumngar Aboriginal people inside a Brisbane studio, ca. 1885DescriptionAlthough this photograph has been reproduced in a number of local publications, there was considerable doubt as to whether the Aboriginal people depicted were from the Pine Rivers area. During recent years, however, examination of the group's cicatrisation patterns has led to their positive identification as Gurumngar people.Dateca. 1885CollectorGold CollectionRecord typePhotographFormat typeDigitalOriginal format colourBlack and whiteNotesOscar Fristrom was one of Brisbane's leading artists and photographers in the 1880s. Many of his original photographs are held by the Queensland Museum.Reproduced in the publication Tracks and Times, p.37, captioned Early Local Residents.Reproduced in Michael Aird's publication, Portraits of our Elders, p.18.

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CollectionPine Rivers Library Photographic Collection

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PlaceBrisbane (Qld.)Subject (keywords)artistsphotographersgroups (people)Aboriginal peoples (Australians)womenchildrenmen

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Oscar Fristrom with a group of Garumngar Aboriginal people inside a Brisbane studio, ca. 1885

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