Papers etc. Series 9 : Photographs
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The Barr Smith Library recognises the moral rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the owners of their knowledge. To this end, Special Collections is digitising the Daisy Bates Papers in our collections to enhance access for people who cannot travel to Adelaide. Please be aware that this site may contain sensitive information, including the names and images of people who have passed away and which may sadden and distress some Aboriginal people. This site may also contain language and terms used by an author that reflect an inappropriate attitude due to the historical context in which these records were created.
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Item Restricted Series 9 : Broome and Kimberley(1933) Bates, Daisy9/1 Photo of aboriginal women in the bush, mostly standing, and their children, listening to Acting Abbot Nicholas, inscribed in French, Group des femmes aborigines converties a Broome, Ouest Australie, with acting Abbot Nicholas 1899-1900. Verso: A sermon in the wilderness – group of Christian Aborigines (all women), Broome, 1899-1900 9/2 Harbour scene with huts in foreground Verso: Broome area where spirit babies belong 1899-1900Item Restricted Series 9: Murchison District(2012-09-12) Bates, Daisy9/24 Bates “taking dialects”, Murchison area. Verso: My method of procedure: I sit with them and take their dialects in my prepared Vocabularies and notebooks - Murchison area, Western Australia (four friends, all hungry and all glad to have Kabbarli with them). 9/24a Enlarged duplicate of Bates ‘taking dialects’ 9/25 Bates? With unidentified adults and child Verso: Murchison or Peak Hill – Central 9/26 Caption on printed portrait: The Passing Australian Weetamurra, a good type ‘kaimera’ from the Murchison area. A Noorup ? (Gairen? type) 9/27a Winjarroo, a Ballarruk (Dummy) with his dog 9/27b “Dummy”, the signature in pencil of a deaf and dumb native named Winjarroo, a Ballarruk of Dhoongara 9/27c Dhoongara Pedigree or genealogy (seacoast) Baitherra m. Wattandee, Tondarup married ?Erringarree f. Wattarndee Ballarruk and had issue: Winjarroo m. Wattarndee Ballarruk Beegarree m. Wattarndee dead Ballarruk Warndajarree m. Wattarndee dead Ballarruk ?Errinjannoo f. Wattarndee dead Ballarruk 2nd Winjarroo m. Wattarndee Ballarruk Married Marratharra f. Wattarndee Tondarup And had no issue Winjarroo is deaf and dumb but whether born so or not cannot be discovered. 9/28 Group of West Australian Natives – coloured postcard (Murchison area)Item Restricted Series 9: Herdsman's Lake(2012-09-12) Bates, Daisy9/20 Gathering of people from different local groups at Herdsman’s Lake near Perth with huts in background. Verso: Derelicts at Herdsman’s Lake – remnants of local groups 9/21 Camp at Herdsman’s Lake 9/22 Herdsman’s Lake, now drained and made a suburb? Verso: On the rise from this part of Herdsman’s Lake was camping ground 9/23 Jack Sprat, his wife and son, Herdsman’s Lake Camp, WA. These are castes. These are not my natives.Item Restricted Series 9: Southern Districts(2012-09-12) Bates, Daisy9/48 Studio portrait of Yirain (Jerain), Julgurit and Ngaijang (Ngaijung) Verso: Bibbulmun of SW, long dead 9/49 Jamborit’s mate, Warin Verso: There were 2 fundamental divisions amongst all Bibbulmun – Manitchmat (White cockatoo) and Wordungmat (Crow). The fine type of Bibbulmun may be noted. Warin and Jamborit/David and Johnathan 9/50 Recovered measles patients, Katanning, 1909 Verso: Natives all recovered from measles – 40 patients at once and no help from Katanning as measles was raging there. Doctors and nurses all required – lost adults and children daily at Katanning. I did not lose one of my 40 patients!!! And so am giving them a feast at the Katanning store – everything they asked for. 9/50a duplicate of 9/50 9/50b enlarged duplicate of 9/50 9/51 Jamborit and his mate (probably Warin), 2 copies Verso: This is Jamborit and his mate. Both died near Palinup (Salt River). Jamborit buried his babbingger and stayed near the grave till his own death came. A great love like that of David and Jonathan was between these two and one could not survive the other. 9/52 Wandinyilmernong (a Ballarruk, a Wardungmat of the Crow moiety, darker type)named the last Albany native by Daisy Bates.Item Restricted Series 9: Beagle Bay and Derby Districts(2012-09-12) Bates, Daisy9/3 Beagle Bay – some of the mission buildings, with one of the Trappist Fathers in the foreground. These buildings were destroyed last year by a local monsoon or willy willy. This brother died and was buried at the mission. Verso: Some of the monastery buildings, Beagle Bay, 1899 – 1900 9/4 Large group seated in church at the Consecration of Bishop Gibney 1888? Bishop Gibney, Bishop Salvado and Cardinal Moran indicated by crosses on photo. 9/5 Damaged photo inscribed “a happy family”, Nor’west (parents and 3 children) Verso: One of the native children’s photographs I sent to the Royal Children of our late beloved King George V when T.H.K came to WA as Duke and Duchess of York: a little packet of six child photos to each little Royal Prince and Princess Mary 1901-2 9/6 Banana and date palm trees – portion of garden at Beagle Bay with well. The Trappists have 8000 banana trees in full bearing 10 years after they had come to begin a mission there – 8 varieties of bananas including the delicious Lady Finger. North WestItem Restricted Series 9: South West Area(2012-09-12) Bates, Daisy9/29 Ngandil, a Bunbury-Busselton man, one of the finest Bibbulmun hunters and runners. A perfect physical type, he was a Tondarup and Manitchmat (white cockatoo stock) and a ‘brother’ to John Forrest and myself – the last of his group. 9/30 Profile of Timbal, a Deedaruk, Vasse district (deedar, a species of small fish) and a fairer type Duplicate of ‘Timble’, a civilized Bunbury man, aged 60, well known in Perth, 1903-4 9/31 Portrait of Timbal 9/31a copy of photo 31 and negatives 9/32 King Peter, late of the Bunbury District Blacks (no king or chief in any native group DMB) 9/33 Portrait of Ngilgi (Ngilgee) Verso: the last Busselton-Augusta native 9/33a enlarged duplicate of 9/33 9/34 Ngilgee and others (a male, 4 females and 8 children) Verso: all castes except Ngilgi. Other names illegible. 9/35 Portrait of Joobaitch - coloured postcard inscribed ‘An old West Australian Aboriginal of the Perth tribe’ Verso: The photo of old Joolbaitch, who was the last Guildford native – died Sept. 20th, 1907 9/36 Printed photograph of Genburdong, Joobaitch and two others, from an unknown paper, titled Typical WA aboriginals – South West Verso: other names illegible. 9/37 men photographed before a corroboree, Westralian natives, Daydawn, WA Verso: I kept the peace between these groups (half NW, half SW) while a carnival was being held for Perth people – Commissioner of Police stated that I accomplished what would have taken 6 police (in relays of 2) to accomplish during the carnival week, keeping 2 tribes from making the least attempt to quarrel with each other. 9/38 Joolbaitch, his wife Fanny (Yool-yee-nar) and family, 1904 Bates at back. Verso: in pencil and ink – Old Jubaitch, the last Guildford (word illegible) Bibbulmun. Jubekr(?) at Home at Bellevue, two miles from Midland (illegible). All this part of the country belongs to the family of Jubekr. Fanny or Yool-yee-nar his wife, who is a half caste, has had 13 children. Jubyekr is her third husband. He inherited her from his elder brother Kyanga. Yool-yee-nar bore 7 children to her first husband, 5 to her second and one to Jubekr. The women and child at the left of the picture are only relatives. Myself behind Jubaitch, taken 1904. D. M. Bates, Ooldea. 9/39 Two Ngaparnook men from the Busselton area Verso: Devinda Williams, wife 13. Bibbulmun derelicts, 2 Ngaparnooks of Busselton area, SW WA. 9/40 Bishop Salvado, Abbot Nullins, New Norcia 1849 – 1902 Verso: First abbot of New Norcia 9/41 Group of participants at the Perth Carnival, February 1910 – damaged picture from The Western Mail Feb. 12, 1910 title group of Aborigines who recently visited Perth. A list of names follows, and names written by hand in ink on page as well. Verso: Names of South Western and Nor.Western Natives, all of whom I gathered from Albany to Nor’West to take part in a Perth Carnival week Feb.12, 1910. Patrol by myself had to be maintained night and day during the Carnival week. Front row: Jajjeebung, Mobel, Dooilbar, Ngaij-jung, Yooardel, “Billy”, Weetamurra Middle row: Woljar, Yeerain, Jambarit, Yarrbungit, Kaian, Nookar, Keekarr, Joolgur, Wongur Standing: Bimba, Dool, Nebinyan, Ngoonja, Wajjee, “Sandy”, Joonyer, “Billy Mardee”, Kaiar, Warin. All these wwere shepherded by myself only on a vacant allotment in North Perth during Carnival Week. Police Commissioner stated 6 police in 3 guard relays (8 hours each) would have been required to take charge of the mob. 9/42 Causeway, Bunbury 9/43 Australind R. C. Chapel at Dardenup, SW, where I used to accompany Dean Madelli on his ? towns throughout his parish, Dunbar, ? etc 9/44 Ngilgee and others from South West areas assembled to meet Governor and Lady Bedford, Maamba 1902 (women and female children in European dress, wearing hats and some tribal headdress, men and boys wearing shorts or trousers and painted bodies) Verso: Natives of several SW areas, also half caste women assembled to meet His Excellency and Lady Bedford at Maamba, my first camp at the foot of the Darling Ranges, 14(?) miles from Perth, 1902-3. Women all castes except Ngilgi with her dogs (marked with a cross) 9/44a Ngilgee and others to meet Governor and Lady Bedford, Maamba 1902 – as in 9/44, with r.h.section cut off. Verso: Ngilgi born in Busselton, WA, the only native female in the group 9/45 Dardenup Church (Roman Catholic) 9/46 Crow woman and White Cockatoo man (divisions noted by Bates) depicted on coloured postcard titled “Sweethearts”, West Australian Natives Verso: postmarked Dec. 17,1909, Wishing you the compliments of the season, from an interested observer of your work. Waleburg, WA 9/47 Group of Aboriginal women and children (copied from an older photo [30 years old] by JW or J. Watson)Item Restricted Series 9: Miscellaneous(2012-09-12) Bates, Daisy9/64 Daisy Bates and her 90 folders of records Verso: My 90 folios comprising forty years study of every branch of aboriginal culture – social systems, vocabularies etc. etc. The volumes cover practically all Western Australia from Broome to Eucla etc. etc. Maps illustrate areas of remote groups and their areas etc. 9/65 Daisy Bates in bush raiment 9/66 Daisy Bates with the skull of a young Murray River man – two teeth have been extracted. 9/67 Unidentified people in front of a shelter at Robe, SA Verso: a very old photograph evidently sent to DM Bates 9/68 Two unidentified men from Central Australia (postcard) titled Central Australia Black Boys. And in pencil: These are not my natives DMB 9/70 Two unidentified men (Postcard titled: West Australian Blacks) Verso: “Eastern states natives” in Bates’ hand 9/70 An Irish cabin, Dardanup, WA 1901 (the builder and thatcher Mr Cleary, is by the door) 9/71 Group of unidentified men with spears and boomerangs Verso: Mission station area 9/73 Nebinyan, whose people saw Flinders Verso: (Pencil note by Bates: This is not correct as when I wrote down Nebinyan’s information I did not know Flinders had been here....I thought it was Cook and his ship (Manitchmat white cockatoo stock, clearer type) Flinders careened his ship near Two People Bay and while bartering went on, he made kindly contact with the natives. They brought water and wood to the ship to Flinders and his men. Everyone was kind and gentle towards the natives, who believed they were the spirits of their own dead. Before the ship left, Flinders showed his sense of their good behaviour by parading his marines in full dress before the natives. The natives thought it was a corroboree from the country of their dead and the men, taking their clubs, stood at each end of the marines, imitating every movement. They believed they were being shown a heavenly dance and every native studied every movement and motion. As soon as the ship had gone, in friendship and good feeling, the men rehearsed the dance and ochred their bodies (red coats) and whitened the cross bands and imitated every movement. Nebinyan was about 86 when he died (1909-10) (Nebinyan was not born in Flinders’ time) and he remembered the markings and the bayonet movements and showed these to me – a unique occasion. Endnote by DMB in pencil: My pencilled copy of Nebinyan’s story which never varied in its details was unfortunately rubbed off this photo before being copied and the above printed by my young typist. I had however shown my original pencilling to Mr Archivist Pitt (Public Library) after I had regained Flinders’ own notes from Mr Pitt. 9/73a Portrait of Nebinyan (3 copies and a negative) 9/74 Unidentified man, woman and child 9/75 Unidentified man, woman and child 9/76 Unidentified man 9/77 Three unidentified men at an anvil 9/78 unidentified man standing by the window 9/79 Man holding boomerang and shield Verso: Bates notes that the shield does not belong to these people but comes from WA 9/80 Madge Blake aged 2 ½ (later Madge Broadhurst) 9/81 Doris Cameron, August 1927 verso: father and mother of this child both full blood Aborigines 9/82 Photograph of man (originally in envelope labelled James Chimi) 9/83 Kit and Nick Boutcher with their father and mother, all brave evacuees going HOME,1945 9/84 Camel Buggy journey across Nullarbor Plain 1914 and my goodbye to my natives at Ooldea Siding (see 9/60) where I came to Adelaide to write my book, The passing of the Aborigines. 9/84a Two negatives of 9/84 9/85 Bates and another passenger in a camel buggy with driver standing, front. 9/85a Enlarged copy of series 9/85 9/86 Bates leaving Yalata Homestead for Wirrulia Camp 1916 9 Various negatives from XIV 9/C1 Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings – pages from unknown book about the Nullarbor Plains, with Daisy Bates’ annotations in pencil passim. (people’s and plant and animal names in local language) 9/C2 ‘Early view of the Vasse’ from The West Australian 15 June 1935, “from an engraving made during the stay of the French ships Geographe and Naturaliste in 1801” 9/C3 Torn card depicting Eebari [refer also to series 9/57] 9/C4 Cutting from Adelaide Observer, 11 September, 1920, 2 of Daisy Bates’ photos titled ‘Wild blacks from the Ranges’. Wild Aborigines who performed the ‘spirit’ dance for the Prince of Wales at Cook Siding, East-West Railway. They represent districts as far north as Mount St Henry, the Everard, Musgrave and Mann Ranges/ These performers are members of the great Kangaroo totem and come from the district traversed by Mr Larry Wells and party in 1903. 9/C5 Ngaijjung throwing a boomerang (cutting from unknown source) 9/C6 On the wallaby- Winjan (m) a Tonderup and Yeerinyan (f) a Nagarnuk out walking, a cutting from unknown source. Note by Daisy Bates: The women have always had to walk behind their men. 9/C7 Measuring an aborigine – Dr Fenner taking measurements of an old aborigine at Ooldea, while Professor Harvey Johnston records for him. Daisy Bates’ note: Poor Moondoor? – absolutely blind now. 9/C8 Two cuttings from unknown sources, one a picture of four generations of full-blooded blacks and a short article about black trackers, the second part of an article on a tracking challenge between Billy Oliffe (white) and Billy Pondi (black) 9/C9 View of Ooldea Soak, near East-West Railway from BGS Journal, 1919-20 9/C10 newspaper cutting – “a new and charming study of the two Royal Princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret, who will accompany their parents on a tour of South Africa next year”. 9/C11 The ‘King of Albany’ – the last member of the Albany area group, still alive in 1906, called Tommy or Wandinyilmernong 9/C12 Note from Bates written in 1946 9/C13 Information sent from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts April 1845 by Rev. George King, and a photo of a sketch by Mrs King in 1842 – a group of Western Australia Aborigines. 9/C14 The death of ‘Prince’ Dower at Perth in November 1895 – son of Dower, King of Pinjarrah (notes by Bates all around and on picture: no prince, king or chief in any group or tribe...Dower accompanied Forrest in his explorations...Front L-R Dower’s dead son, Bilyyup (Woolber) killed him Baaburgurt Tondarup (last Womerup or Busselton native), Ngilgi Tondarup (last Augusta native), Balbuk Ballaruk (last Perth district woman) Back L-R Timbal Didarak, Ngalyart Ballaruk (last Marabu?-Pinjara woman), Jimmy-Eedel Tondarup, Joolbur. 9/C15 Wynbring Station – “some of the Ooldea blacks” and various other photos of Karba birdi or “Coober Pedy” – karba meaning white man, birdi is animal burrow.Item Metadata only Series 9: Ooldea Area(2012-09-12) Bates, Daisy9/53 group photo, Ooldea area, titled Painted ready for dancing, Ooldea...? Verso: some names of persons are Nyeerdain, Joondabil, Maardu, Banyan?,Tuyaguji, Thangarri – a wonderful Irish Keener as keened for all her dead. 9/54 Ceremonial preparations, Ooldea Trans. Rly – inma dhalgu shown by Wowri, Jujuna and others 9/55 New arrivals from Musgrave Ranges at Ooldea Camp, 1920 Verso:a new contingent from the Musgrave Range all dead except Gindigi, invisible in the right hand corner. I am also invisible with one of Gindigi’s little sons. 9/56 Two women and child, possibly Gurding, Nginyungga and Madu? Verso: note the patient expression on the mother’s face 9/56a enlarged duplicate of series 9/56 9/57 Man with spear thrower and shield – Eebari titled Moonlight, Ooldea Verso: Eebari, (Moonlight) 9/58 Camel buggy- Trans Australian Railway Verso: little kitten picked up and fed. Muddy on Nullarbor Plain. “Florrie” Camel Keeper 9/59 Daisy Bates and the Duke of Gloucester at Ooldea, October 1920 (Advertiser photo) 9/59a Daisy Bates in conversation with the Duke of Gloucester (out of frame), October, 1920 9/60 Group bidding farewell to Bates at Ooldea 9/60a Enlarged duplicate of series 9/60 9/61 “Amecol”? party who accompanied Bates on visit to sick people Verso: Am taking food to sick woman – an Amecol ? party came suddenly to my camp at Ooldea – carrying food to sick and old 9/62 Unidentified people at Jinnawili’s hut 9/63 Three unidentified women (and children in background)Item Restricted Series 9: Geraldton District, Victoria Plains, Dorre and Bernier Islands(2012-09-12) Bates, Daisy9/7 Photo of men, women and children Verso: New Norcia natives and half castes with Brother Louis. All dead 9/8 Monastery building 1882, New Norcia 9/9 Brother Ramiro with a prize stallion, 1904-6, New Norcia 9/10 Brother Ramiro portrait 9/11 Group photograph New Norcia Mission 1900 9/12 First building, New Norcia Monastery built by Bishop Salvado and his monks in 1846-50 9/13 Dom Fulgentius Torres, second Abbot of New Norcia 9/14 Group of nuns and women and young people from the Drysdale River Benedictine Mission (a branch of New Norcia), sent to me (DB) by Abbot Catalan, New Norcia 1941 9/15 Unidentified Trappist (much faded) 9/16 A brother with a child (both unidentified) 9/17 New Norcia ? (extremely faded) Verso: Dear Father Planes is blotted out. A musical genius, he had to give it up when he entered the New Norcia Monastery. He composed a short but beautiful ‘song without words’ for me during my visit in 1903 or ‘04 9/18 Brother German Mordonah OSB, national de Ceanoone?, Vizcaia, Espana (much faded) 9/19 A group of Aboriginal men and women being transported to Dorre and Bernier Islands on horse carts? Verso: 1906-11, a ghastly experiment, these diseased men and women and young girls huddled together (in spite of tribal magic peers(?) and brought down hundreds of miles from NW to the bleak islands of Dorre and Bernier where they were separated from each other, the men on Bernier Island, the women and girls on Dorre. Hundreds died on both islands until the ghastly experiment was shut down.