Ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna Miyurna yartangka. Munaintya puru purruna ngadlu-itya. Munaintyanangku yalaka tarrkarriana tuntarri.

We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.

Cultural Sensitivity Warning
It is a condition of use of the cultural components of the Museum Archives that users ensure that any disclosure of information contained in this collection is consistent with the views and sensitivities of Indigenous people. Users are warned that there may be words and descriptions that may be culturally sensitive and which might not normally be used in certain public or community contexts. Users should also be aware that some records document research into people and cultures using a scientific research model dating from the first half of the twentieth century, and depicts people as research subjects in ways which may today be considered offensive. Some records contain terms and annotations that reflect the author's attitude or that of the period in which the item was written, and may be considered inappropriate today in some circumstances. Users should be aware that in some Indigenous communities, hearing names of deceased persons might cause sadness or distress, particularly to the relatives of these people. Furthermore, certain totemic symbols may also have prohibitions relating to the age, initiation and ceremonial status or clan of the person who may see them. Records included may be subject to access conditions imposed by Indigenous communities and/or depositors. Users are advised that access to some materials may be subject to these terms and conditions that the Museum is required to maintain.
Accept

Drawing by Tommy McRae (Yackaduna, Warra-euea, Tommy Barnes)

Archive Collections / Una Sybella Teague / Drawing by Tommy McRae (Yackaduna, Warra-euea, Tommy Barnes)
Date Range1860  -  1901
CollectionUna Sybella Teague
Quantity 0.1cm,   1   Drawing
Series IdentifierAA 322/1

It is unknown how the Tommy McRae drawing came into Una Teague's possesion. However it was probably through her sister Violet Teague, who was a well known artist.

Tommy McRae an Australian Aboriginal artist, c1835-1901 was one of the first Aboriginal artists to be taught western artistic traditions, such as drawing figures in charcoal on paper.

His books of drawings mostly recorded traditional Aboriginal life, such as ceremonies and scenes of hunting and fishing.

Some drawings were annotated as the work of 'Tommy Barnes'. The artist possibly adopted the name of an employer, the Wodonga pastoralist David Barnes.

McRae died on 15 October 1901 and was buried in the Carlyle cemetery at Wahgunyah.

His drawings are held in several public collections in Australia, including the National Museum of Australia and the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne University Archives, the State libraries of Victoria and New South Wales and the Museum Victoria.

See "Aboriginal Artists of the Nineteenth Century", by Andrew Sayers for further information.

Included Items
BESbswy