First Nations people of Australia and its islands

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Two people reach out to touch the tree of life and hope surrounded by dragonflies, frogs, birds and a butterfly representing an Aboriginal depiction of the cycle of life and the role people must play to ensure an AIDS free future. Colour lithograph by Zane Saunders, March 1993.

Mr. C. French Anga's New Zealand and Australian exhibition ... : comprising upwards of 300 full-length portraits, from life, of the prinicipal New Zealand Chiefs, with their wives and children.

A multi-coloured wavy background with two black silhouettes reaching toward each other and an eye in between them; one of a series of [5] Aboriginal posters entitled 'Everybody's Business' concerning 'Caring for People with AIDS' commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services. Colour lithograph by Bronwyn Bancroft, 1992.

Condoman says : don't be shame be game : use condoms!.

Condoman, a cartoon figure, holds a packet of condoms on a beach; advertising safe sex among indigenous Australians. Colour lithograph by the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, Australia, and the Aboriginal Health Workers of Australia (Queensland).

A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting and nose stick, Australia. Colour process print.

A central circle with four penis-like extensions surrounded by numerous small circles and flower shapes in each corner; one of a series of Aboriginal posters entitled 'Everybody's Business' concerning 'Education about AIDS' commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health. Colour lithograph by Bronwyn Bancroft, 1992.

A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.

Two Australian aborigines performing a ceremony with a magical stick to make another person ill. Halftone.

Australia: an aboriginal woman with a bone through her nose. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890.

No condom : no way! : you can't cure AIDS, you can only be careful.

Australia: an aboriginal man (Ned Woolnah?) with a bone through his nose. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890.

The Aboriginal male in the enlightenment world / by Shino Konishi.

The "Mika" or "Kulpi" operation of the Australian aboriginals / by T.P. Anderson Stuart.

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Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Images from the collections

Images referencing Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Works from the collections

Condoman says : don't be shame be game : use condoms!.

No condom : no way! : you can't cure AIDS, you can only be careful.

A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.

The Aboriginal male in the enlightenment world / by Shino Konishi.

The "Mika" or "Kulpi" operation of the Australian aboriginals / by T.P. Anderson Stuart.

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Images from the collections

Images referencing Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Works from the collections

Condoman says : don't be shame be game : use condoms!.

No condom : no way! : you can't cure AIDS, you can only be careful.

A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.

The Aboriginal male in the enlightenment world / by Shino Konishi.

The "Mika" or "Kulpi" operation of the Australian aboriginals / by T.P. Anderson Stuart.

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