Lot 3619

Description

Federation of Camera Clubs N.S.W., award plaque in bronze (58x74mm), obverse, standing aboriginal left holding boomerang and spears with native flora beside him, reverse, blank, unnamed; J.W.Lindt 1845-1926 Picturesque New Guinea, commemorative award plaque in bronze (59x90mm), obverse, a variety of New Guinea native implements, reverse, blank, unnamed; another award plaque (no name of issuing organization) in bronze (90x59mm), obverse, various aboriginal rock carving artworks, reverse, blank, unnamed. Uncirculated. (3)

John William Lindt was born in Germany in 1845. He made his way to Australia when he was 17 and headed for the outback. He later started a photographic studio and is famous for his book, Picturesque New Guinea, which he published as a tribute to Queen Victoria and for his many photographs of native Australians taken in the Grafton, Clarence River area in the 1860s and 1870s.