Balloderree at Balls Head, Kuringgai, Balls Head, New South Wales, 2002 [picture] / Jon Rhodes
- Bib ID:
- 4267455
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Rhodes, Jon, 1947-
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. PIC Screen 154 #PIC/11554/19-24a copy
- Description:
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- 2002
- 1 panel (7 photographs) : gelatin silver ; panel 101.5 x 152.5 cm.
- Series:
- Rhodes, Jon, 1947- Cage of ghosts, 1994-2006
- Summary:
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The images on the panel are of a 6.5m rock engraving of a whale, enclosed by a white rail fence at Balls Head. Inside the whale, close to the tail is a figure of a man who is thought to be a "carradhy" or "clever man". The panel includes a reproduction of a portrait of Balloderree by the Port Jackson Painter held by the British Museum. Balloderree was about 19-20 years old and had been living at Governor Phillip's house at Sydney Cove in 1790. Balloderree contracted a serious illness and despite attempts by a "carradhy" to exorcise the malevolent spirits, Balloderree died. He was buried in the Governor's garden on the 17 December 1791.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on inscription.
- Part of the collection: Cage of ghosts, 1994-2006.
- Inscriptions: "Balloderree at Balls Head, Kuringgai, Balls Head, NSW, 2002, Rock engravings"--Exhibition caption.
- PIC Screen 154 #PIC/11554/19-24a copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-147622062
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Jon Rhodes, 2007.
- Subject:
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- Exhibited:
- Exhibited: Cage of Ghosts, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 27 September to 25 November 2007.
- Related Records:
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This is part of the Cage of ghosts, 1994-2006.
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2002
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