▲This is one of the earliest known charts of Southern Australia, including modern day VIC and SA, from 1750.

▲Captain Cook's capture of NSW is shown in this 1770 painting.

▲An Indigenous hunter with traditional body paint, as drawn in 1800.

▲Fight night featuring Broome versus Hannan at New Park Farm in Brisbane.

▲Early downtown Melbourne complete with horse drawn carriages in 1850.

▲An enclave of former convicts on Norfolk Island, NSW in 1850.

▲In what is believed to be the first photograph taken in Australia, Indigenous people and settlers pose in the bush.

▲A makeshift mine, the beginnings of a massive Australian industry, is surrounded by the miners and donkey operating it.

▲NSW's first ministry was made up of Thomas Holt, Sir William Manning, Premier Stuart Donaldson, Sir John Bayley Darvall and George Nichols.

▲Labour rights activists celebrate the 8-hour work week in 1858.

▲Bustling Queen Street in Brisbane still has dirt roads in 1860.

▲The snake hunters gather their kills in the bush in this drawing dated 1863.

▲A hunter chases his prey, a bee, in the bush as two others follow in this drawing dated 1863.

▲Melbourne looking particularly erratic at night in 1863.

▲The English national cricket team comes down under for a match.

▲Ferrymen offer a ride across a river to settlers in 1870.

▲Equipped with a boomerang and two batons, this man poses for a haunting photo.

▲Merriment outside the tavern as carriages navigate down the street in 1872.

▲Indigenous men and women pose outside an encampment with shields and spears in 1880.

▲High street in Melbourne is already a bustling metropolis in 1875.

▲The dumping of convicts on Australia continues as late as 1890.

▲Aussies in the bush try to keep their house together and maintain a garden in 1899.

▲Sydney's old trams negotiate the horse drawn carriage-dominated streets in 1900.

▲A steamship stops in what's now known as Circular Quay in Sydney.

▲On a hunting trip outside camp, an Indigenous expedition poses gracefully in 1900.

▲A British and European entourage accompanied by African and Indigenous people who appear to fill roles from guide to cook.

▲The Indigenous people of Murray Island, between QLD and Papau New Guinea, pose outside their well-constructed hut.

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The Murray Islanders' Chief Mamoose looks off into the distance as his grandson leans on his shoulder.

▲The oldest images of Australia available online are how European settlers saw down under when they first arrived. These black and white images depict early contact between the Indigenous population and the British, providing an illuminating look at this early history. Click on to see them all.

The oldest historical pictures of Australia on the internet

Fascinating images of the country's past

05/11/24 por StarsInsider

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The oldest images of Australia available online are how European settlers saw down under when they first arrived. These black and white images depict early contact between the Indigenous population and the British, providing an illuminating look at this early history. Click on to see them all.