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The Exhibition

The Exhibition. The Mari Nawi exhibition: celebrates the role of Aboriginals in early Australian maritime history focuses on Eora and Darug people from the Sydney area describes their journeys throughout Australia and the world focuses on the period from 1790-1855.

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The Exhibition

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  1. The Exhibition • The Mari Nawi exhibition: • celebrates the role of Aboriginals in early Australian maritime history • focuses on Eora and Darug people from the Sydney area • describes their journeys throughout Australia and the world • focuses on the period from 1790-1855 Bennelong Point from Dawes point, c. 1814 V1/1810/1

  2. Mari Nawi – Big Canoe • The Aboriginal bark canoe, or Nawi were: • 3-4 metres long and 1metre wide • made from a single sheet of bark • bent into shape over a fire • usually taken from the stringybark or fir tree • smaller then English boats which were called Mari Nawi or ‘big canoe’ Aboriginal man and woman in canoe, 1802 2002.51 Replica - traditional Aboriginal NAWI.

  3. Sailing into History • Aboriginals worked as guides, boatmen, sailors, whalers and trackers • Bundle was the first Aboriginal Australian to sail beyond the horizon • Others, including Bennelong and Salamander followed in his footsteps • Their travels included England, Vancouver, United States, India and New Ireland Biddy Salamander of the Broken bay Tribe, Balkabra Chief of Botany, Gooseberry Queen of Bungaree PXA 615/6

  4. Bungaree (c. 1775-1830) • Bungaree: • was the first Australian to circumnavigate Australia with Matthew Flinders • was an excellent fisherman and ‘go-between’ • also assisted capturing runaway convicts • convicts later took revenge by killing his Father Bungaree, 1826 NK 118, nla.an-2256865 National Library of Australia

  5. Explorers – Galmarra • Galmarra or ‘Jacky-Jacky’: • joined the explorer Edmund Kennedy and attempted to traverse Cape York Peninsula in 1848 • risked his life to bury Kennedy when hostile Aboriginals speared him at Escape River • struggled for over 120 kilometres to safety • was rewarded with a silver breastplate and £20 Jackey Jackey [Galmarra] PXA 615.

  6. Exiles – Musquito (c. 1780-1825) • Musquito: • participated in raids on settlers houses • was captured by local Aboriginals and gaoled • was transported to Van Diemen’s land in 1813 • was promised to be returned home, but this never eventuated • later led further attacks against settlers • was captured and hanged in Hobart in 1825 Mousqueda ou Mousquita, 1802 20039.1

  7. Bibliography Images Bungaree,a native of New South Wales, 1826 Augustus Earle (1793-1838) Oil (reproduction) NK 118, nla.an-2256865 National Library of Australia Bennelong Point from Dawes point, c. 1814 Attributed to John Eyre (b.1771) Watercolour on cardV1/1810/1 State Library of NSW Aboriginal man and woman in canoe, 1802 Nicholas-Martin Petit (1777-1804) Pencil, charcoal and ink (reproduction) ref: 2002.51 Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre, France Mousqueda ou Mousquita, 1802 Nicholas-Martin Petit (1777-1804) Pastel, charcoal, pencil and ink (reproduction) Ref: 20039.1 Museum d’histoire Naturelle, Le Haver, France Jackey Jackey [Galmarra] Expedition of Kennedy, March 16th 1849. Charles Rodius Lithograph PXA 615 f.38 Natives of New South Wales Biddy Salamander of the Broken bay Tribe, Balkabra Chief of Botany, Gooseberry Queen of Bungaree Charles Rodius (1802-1860) Watercolour Ref: PXA 615/6 Digital Sources www.sl.nsw.gov.au Books Smith, K.V. 2010. Mari Nawi Aboriginal Odysseys. Rosenberg Publishing, Sydney.

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