Historical photos of the Woppaburra people - The Australian Museum

The John Oxley Library (State Library of Queensland), holds a collection of early photos of the Woppaburra people of the Keppel Islands. Descriptions of the photographs have been supplied by Christine Doherty, Chair of the Executive Committee, Woppaburra Land Trust.

Please note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this gallery contains images of deceased persons.

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg: 14131

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg: 14116

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg: 13033

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg: 14544

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg: 8974

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg: 14119

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg: 14545

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg: 14132

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg: 14115

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg: 14117

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg: 14491

Learn more about the Woppaburra people

Great Keppel Island (Woppa

Woppaburra people of the Keppel Islands

Woppaburra are from a wider Whale Dreaming Indigenous Community around coastal Australia. This is a showcase our ancestor’s cultural objects and their history, as an invaluable cultural educational and teaching/learning tool for all Australians.

Cultural collection objects

Nautilus shell forehead circlet E014550

Objects of the Woppaburra people

The Australian Museum collection holds 27 objects from the Keppel Island Group, the ancestral/traditional island homelands of the Woppaburra People.

Woppaburra people of the Keppel Islands

This year I have been working closely with the Woppaburra Land Trust.