Nunberri, Chief of the Nunnerahs, N. S. Wales.

Primary Artist

Charles Rodius (1802–1860)

Title

Nunberri, Chief of the Nunnerahs, N. S. Wales.

Date made

1834

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone; additions in gouache

Text printed from matrix

printed lower centre within image (on breastplate), 'NUNBERRI / CHEIF / of the / NUNNERAHS'.
printed lower right within image, 'CRs 1834'.
printed lower centre below image, 'NUNBERRI. / CHIEF of the NUNNERAHS, / N.S.WALES. / Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Charles Rodius / Printed by J.G. Austin 15. Phillip St. Sydney'.

Matrix size

17.6 x 12.2 cm (image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

Portrait | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Aboriginal Australians

Subject description

Portrait of Nunberri, chief of the the Nunnerahs community of NSW.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

96846

Creators

Rodius, Charles. | (1802–1860) Australian | German | Male | artist

Austin, J.G. | (1812–1884) Australian | English | Male | printer

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 85.9

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Collection

National Gallery of Victoria | 2009.143

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Impression

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Collection

State Library of New South Wales | SAFE/PXA 615

State

published state

Impression

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Collection

National Library of Australia | PIC Drawer 4065 #S2289

State

published state

Impression

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