1. Themes
  2. A to Z
  • Click to view this image

    The aboriginal cricket match on the M.C.C. ground, 24 January 1867, by Samuel Calvert, courtesy of State Library of Victoria.

image

Title
The aboriginal cricket match on the M.C.C. ground
Description

A rare sight in 19th-century Melbourne - an Aboriginal cricket match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Date
24 January 1867
Physical description

Wood engraving published in the Illustrated Melbourne Post

Creator
Samuel Calvert
Control
Accession Number: IMP24/01/67/8, Image Number: b49192
Archival Source
Pictures Collection, State Library of Victoria; State Library of Victoria. Details
Rights
Courtesy State Library of Victoria

Entries