10/10/2023
One Kulin nation man and 2 boys of the Port Phillip region(Bunurong country) Melbourne, 1847. This was only 12 years after the 'founding' in 1835 by John Batman of what would later become known as Melbourne.
The photographer, Kilburn, was apparently the first to set up a professional photographic studio in Melbourne and his images of Kulin nation people have been claimed to be the earliest surviving photographs
Photo credit: Douglas T. Rachel Kilburn