Engraving, "Cricket in Western Australia - The New Norcia Aboriginal Team" c1890
Object Type
Artwork/Print/Etching
Date Used
17 May 1879
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Object Detail
Brief Description
An illustrated page from The Graphic magazine, with a hand-tinted engraving of a group of cricketers, sitting and standing on a patch of grass in front of a wall. Ten of the figures are wearing striped shirts, pill-box caps and trousers. Three are holding cricket bats, one reclining on the ground wearing pads. The printed inscription below reads, "CRICKET IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA - THE NEW NORCIA ABORIGINAL TEAM". On the reverse are unrelated columns of text.
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 197 W: 291 D: 1mm (H: 7 3/4 W: 11 7/16 D: 1/16")
Date Used
17 May 1879
Location
In storage
Registration No
1990.2355
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