Aborigines attacking a colonist. 18th-century artwork of three Australian aborigines attacking a sailor near the British colony in Port Jackson. Port

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Aborigines attacking a colonist. 18th-century artwork of three Australian aborigines attacking a sailor near the British colony in Port Jackson. Port Jackson is a harbour in south-eastern Australia where Sydney was founded in 1788. The sailor is carrying rushes, and the drawing is also known as 'The Hunted Rushcutter'. This scene, recorded in around 1790 by a Port Jackson painter, is watercolour 44 from the Banks Manuscript 34, held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK.

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Size: 3672px × 2379px
Photo credit: © NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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