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‘A Family of New South Wales’, based on a sketch by Captain Philip Gidley King, 1793

An engraving depicting a First Nations man, woman and two children moving through a landscape. The man appears at the front carrying a spear, the woman has a baby on her shoulders and carries two fish, a line and hooks in her hands. A child at the rear carries a torch and a number of smaller spears. Beneath the image is the title, ‘A FAMILY OF NEW SOUTH WALES’. Based on a sketch by Captain Philip Gidley King, the third governor of New South Wales.

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National Museum of Australia

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