Davey's proclamation to the Aborigines 1816

Shows the comparable consequences that will follow an Aborigine killing a white settler and also white settler killing an Aborigine. This poster was wordless so that Indigenous people could follow the actions without reading English.

 

Created circa 1850 - circa 1888. Etching and watercolour on buff paper.

 

Accession number: H14164

 

From the State Library of Victoria's Pictures Collection.

 

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Massacre of the Kurnai