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Image of Aboriginal woman in a bark canoe. Canoe known as a nawi in local Aboriginal language.

The Gadigal


Aboriginal woman in a canoe (nawi) fishing with a line, c1805 (Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW - PXB 513)



Image of large sailing boat arriving at a shoreline in medium sized waves.

The First Fleet


Colour lithograph of the First Fleet entering Port Jackson on January 26 1788, drawn in 1888. Creator: E. Le Bihan(accessed from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_First_Fleet_entering_Port_Jackson,_January_26,_1788,_drawn_1888_A9333001h.jpg)
Image of Aboriginal people and convicts in Millers Point. Image is of a painting from 1823.

First Contacts


Views of Sydney 1823 by Major James Taylor showing Aboriginal people and convicts in Millers Point. Image source State Library of NSW.
Image of an Aboriginal woman, drawn by early colonial settlers.

Perspectives


A portrait of an unidentified Gamaraigal woman, possibly Patyegarang, from the Port Jackson area, 1800–1804.(Nicolas-Martin Petit, Source: Parramatta Heritage Office)​