Woolley's Portraits: King Billy and Cooneana, circa 1880
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Charles Alfred Woolley (1834-1922), William Lanne (King Billy), and Patty Clark (Cooneana), circa 1880 albumen paper photographs, 16.5 x 15 cm and 14.5 x 13.4 cm respectively; individually laid down on cardboard mounts, the Lanne portrait with some pen annotations visible in lower right corner. (2). In August 1866 the Hobart photographer, Charles Woolley took portraits in full face, three quarter face, and profile of the five surviving oyster cove Aboriginal people for the purpose of exhibiting t
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