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			Creator		Browne, Richard, 1776 - 1824
			Title		Magil, Corroboree dance [ca 1819-20] / [attributed to R.Browne]
			Level of Description		Collection
			Date of Work		[ca 1819-20]
			Type of Material		Graphic Materials
			Call Number		SV/147
			Physical Description		Drawings : 1 watercolour ; 23.5 x 31.5 cm.
			Administrative / Biographical Note		Biraban (Magil, McGill, Magill, Eaglehawk, We-pohng) (fl.1819-1842): An Aboriginal leader who was a member of the Awabakal or Newcastle tribe. From boyhood he was servant to an officer at the military barracks, Sydney, where he learnt to speak English fluently, and was given the name John McGill. He served as an interpreter in court cases involving Aborigines, Governor Darling recognising him as `king of the tribe at Lake Macquarie' -- Ref: Dictionary of Australian Artists Online.
			Source		Purchased from Sotheby's, 1987 Transfer from SV* file in 2007 Pic.Acc.6417


			Signatures / Inscriptions		Titled beneath image
			General Note		Work is unsigned and undated; Dated from comparison with other dated works by Browne in the collection `Two variants of this subject are known, one is in the RexNan Kivell Collection, Canberra and another was sold at Sotheby's Sydney on 24th October 1985, Lot 81' -- Sotheby's Australia Catalogue 29 Oct 87 (PICTURES/Q017.3/12) A description of Biraban was published in `An Australian language as spoken by the Awabakal, the people of Awaba or Lake Macquarie (near Newcastle, New South Wales) / by L.E. Threlkeld' (N572.991/2) For further information: L. E. Threlkeld - Papers, 1817-1871, MLMSS 2111; A key to the structure of the Aboriginal language / By L.E. Threlkeld, N572.991/2; Rage for curiosity / Richard Neville, REF1/709.9407494/13A; Skottow Manuscript / Tim Bonyhady. Sydney : David Ell Press : Hordern House, 1988 (ML Q508.944/1)
			Name		Biraban
			Subject		Aboriginal Australians - - New South Wales. Aboriginal Australians in art.
			Topic		Aboriginal peoples (Australians) corroborees portraits rites & ceremonies weapons
			Persons		Adult Males
			Exhibited in		Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - April - November 2009
			Digital order no.		a1528359