Album of drawings from exhibition titled "The dawn of art: original sketches and drawings by Aboriginal natives of the Northern Territory executed without the aid of a master"

Archive Collections / John George Knight / Series AA 169/01 / Album of drawings from exhibition titled "The dawn of art: original sketches and drawings by Aboriginal natives of the Northern Territory executed without the aid of a master"

  1. Drawings of turtle, crane, alligator, and birds drawn by Billy Muck (Billiamook) Australian Aboriginal name Gapal


  2. Drawings of Tiperally God and Inarbama tree drawn by Billy Muck (Billiamook) Australian Aboriginal name Gapal


  3. Drawings of alligator, fish, birds and man drawn by Davie Australian Aboriginal name
    Guilemaine


  4. Drawings of turtle, snake, leech and birds drawn by Davie Australian Aboriginal name Guilemaine


  5. Drawings of birds and men in canoe drawn by Davie Australian Aboriginal name Guilemaine


  6. Drawings of kangaroos, trees, emu and snake drawn by Davie Australian Aboriginal name Guilemaine


  7. Drawings of fish, kangaroo rats, and dingo drawn by Jemmy Miller Australian Aboriginal name Ilon-Tereba


  8. Drawings of kangaroo and emu drawn by Jemmy Miller Australian Aboriginal name Ilon-Tereba


  9. Drawings of native companion drawn by Jemmy Miller Australian Aboriginal name Ilon-Tereba


  10. Drawings of ducks and ibis drawn by Jemmy Miller Australian Aboriginal name Ilon-Tereba


  11. Drawings of alligator and ibis drawn by Jemmy Miller Australian Aboriginal name Ilon-Tereba


  12. Drawings of birds, alligator, and fish drawn by Paddy Australian Aboriginal name Min-dil-pil-dil


  13. Drawings of alligator, fish, birds and turtledrawn by Paddy Australian Aboriginal name Min-dil-pil-dil


  14. Drawings of axe, fish and ibis drawn by Paddy Australian Aboriginal name Min-dil-pil-dil


  15. Drawings of men, birds and fish drawn by Paddy Australian Aboriginal name Min-dil-pil-dil


  16. Drawings of canoe, goanna, fish, shrimp, and fruits drawn by Paddy Australian Aboriginal name Min-dil-pil-dil


  17. Drawings of birds, fish, moth and butterfly drawn by Paddy Australian Aboriginal name Min-del-pel-dil


  18. Drawings of kangaroos drawn by Wandy Australian Aboriginal name Wandy Wandy


  19. Drawings of birds, man, kangaroo and trees annotated "Copies of figures drawn by a native prisoner on the walls of Palmerston Goal, Northern Territory from the estate of Thomas Wasnop" (AA 383).

  20. Unnumbered page of drawings of man, kangaroo, birds and fish annotated on reverse "Copies of figures drawn by a native prisoner on the walls of Palmerston Goal, Northern Territory reproduced by T Wasnop in 'Prehistoric arts - of the Abolrigines 1897 pl 19'." Previously numbered AI/1:7 Acc 408 AA 383

  21. Cover page previously numbered 'AI/24:1' bearing the stamp of the South Australian Museum Adelaide

  22. Contents list and Introduction by Norman B Tindale (AA 338) dated 15 May 1958 notes Knight's official positions as 'Deputy Sheriff of Palmerston Goal', and 'Government Resident'. Tindale also notes "The variety of names for the several animals and birds depicted indicates that men of several different tribes made contributions. Some of the words appear in vocabularies available for the Larakia tribe, others are obviously from Adelaide River and from elsewhere in the areas then being opened up near Palmerston". The drawings were held by the South Australian School of Arts for a period prior to their transfer to the SAMuseum in 1958. Tindale also notes the sheet of drawings copied from the Goal wall was the basis for the one reproduced by Thomas Worsnop (AA 383) in 1897 as plate 20 of his work on the "Prehistoric arts, manufactures, works weapons etc of the Australian aborigines".

Creator: John George Knight
Control: AA 169/1/1
Date Range:  1880  -  1890
Quantity:    20   Drawings
Formats: Mounted Photographic Prints, Drawings
Series:  AA 169/01
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