Image study: Illustration of Buckley as 'John the Baptist figure'

Here, Buckley is almost Jesus-like in appearance. This image was featured in James Bonwick's version of Buckley's life, The Wild White Man, and closely resembles the message of the text. As an educator and a pious man, Bonwick judged Buckley for not attempting to ‘civilise the natives'.

Engraving by Samuel Calvert, from The wild white man and the blacks of Victoria by James Bonwick. 1863

Accession number: RARELT 923.41 B85B

From the State Library of Victoria's Rare Books Collection.

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