Comments on: The Wild Australian Children http://bellanta.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/the-wild-australian-children/ Ideas, reviews and research from a nineteenth-century cultural historian Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:30:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Barista » Blog Archive » wild australian historian http://bellanta.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/the-wild-australian-children/#comment-187 Barista » Blog Archive » wild australian historian Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:29:44 +0000 http://bellanta.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-187 [...] The Vapour Trail. [...] [...] The Vapour Trail. [...]

]]> By: Lidian http://bellanta.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/the-wild-australian-children/#comment-186 Lidian Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:14:24 +0000 http://bellanta.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-186 Thank you, once again, for a wonderfully informative and interesting post - Thank you, once again, for a wonderfully informative and interesting post -

]]> By: Melissa Bellanta http://bellanta.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/the-wild-australian-children/#comment-179 Melissa Bellanta Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:37:48 +0000 http://bellanta.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-179 Oh - surely they must be. The picture looks remarkably similar to the one of the children got up as Wild Australians in America. And some of the novels of later years describe the lost race in tunics not unlike the ones in the British image. Curious and curiouser... Many thanks for this. Oh – surely they must be. The picture looks remarkably similar to the one of the children got up as Wild Australians in America. And some of the novels of later years describe the lost race in tunics not unlike the ones in the British image. Curious and curiouser…

Many thanks for this.

]]> By: Brett http://bellanta.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/the-wild-australian-children/#comment-178 Brett Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:58:35 +0000 http://bellanta.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-178 On the British Library website, there's a poster for an 1885 freakshow in London which shows two 'Australians' (they look like pinheads). They're dressed in colourful and slightly exotic clothing, nothing like what real Australians (indigenous or settler) tended to wear. I wonder if they were meant to represent the degenerate descendents of a lost race? http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large4807.html On the British Library website, there’s a poster for an 1885 freakshow in London which shows two ‘Australians’ (they look like pinheads). They’re dressed in colourful and slightly exotic clothing, nothing like what real Australians (indigenous or settler) tended to wear. I wonder if they were meant to represent the degenerate descendents of a lost race?

http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large4807.html

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