Accession[1975.0089] Consolidated Papers of Wilfrid Russell GrimwadePart of Item[2002.0003.00867] Photograph Album - National Museum of VictoriaPosition in SequencePage 9IdentifierUMA-IT-000116653Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentDiorama depicting a natural scene with models of Indigenous Australians.
Described from left to right: woman in a possum skin cloak walks with a child on her back. She holds a [digging?] stick, and has head and neck ornamentation. Man walking just in front of her holds four spears, a shield, a stone axe, and a spear thrower [?]. He wears a loin covering as well as ornamentation on his arm, neck and head. On the far right a man faces away from the viewer towards a bark shelter. He wears a loin cloth in which he carries a boomerang, he holds a dead possum in his left hand. Nearby other spears and other weapons. A pile of sticks represents a fire.
Inscription: "Diorama-Victorian Aborigines" printed beneath photograph.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2002.0003 Unit 0034Copyright StatusPublic domainConditions of Use and ReproductionThis item is out of copyright. Please acknowledge the University of Melbourne Archives as the source of this material. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online
National Museum of Victoria, Diorama-Victorian Aborigines (1950), [UMA-IT-000116653]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 30/04/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/593812
