Indigenous Australians gathering seafood, c1817

Description

This is a 17.7 cm x 28 cm watercolour of Indigenous Australian people and their canoes on the New South Wales north coast. In the foreground three people are spearing fish, while one sits on the rocks watching an underwater swimmer and a person diving off the rocks. Another person walks from the water carrying two crayfish, heading in the direction of eight adults (one carrying a baby) and a child all gathered around a fire on the beach. To the right of the picture, in the middle distance, a man can be seen drinking from a small waterfall and, to the left, two people walk towards the main group. Other people stand on the top of cliffs overlooking the beach. Two bark canoes can be seen, one in the centre of the picture and one to the far right.

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