L'Australie - Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, trade card set

Item

Title
L'Australie - Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, trade card set
Subject
Australianisms
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Victoria--History
Indigenous peoples--Australia
Aboriginal Australians--Australia
Race discrimination
Pictures
Category
2. National boundaries
Place of Publication
Antwerpen, Belgium
Place
Sydney
Blue Mountains
Tasmania
Hobart
Coolgardie
Publisher
Véritable Extrait de Viande de la Cie Liebig
Current holder
National Library of Australia
Period of reference
1910 – 1910
Link
http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-134303214
https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma9924826253607636
https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/Library/SD_ILS-1146974
Series number 
H2013.12
Item number 
9924826153607636
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Out of Copyright. No copyright restrictions apply.
Country of origin 
Belgium
Germany
Language
French
Dutch
German
Description from source 
6 cards: chromolithograph; 11.1 x 7.1 cm.

Artist unidentified. Undated but circa 1900. Individual titles printed in French on verso. Trading cards like these date mainly from the end of the 19th century through to the 1940s & 50s. They were issued as advertising and given away with purchases. Compagnie Liebig produced a meat extract product.

Cards include depictions of Tasmanian Aborigines Truganini and William Lanne, Mount Wellington; Victorian vineyards and grape harvest, Arunta tribesmen; an Aboriginal tree burial, a giant kangaroo; goldminers in Coolgardie, Kimberley country, Queensland Aborigines; the Blue Mountains, Sydney Harbour, an Aboriginal hunter; South Australian pasture, the MacDonnell Ranges, a mother emu and chicks. Each card features further explanatory text on verso.

Card 1: La Tasmanie. La baie de la Tempête et le Mont Wellington près Hobart -- Types de Tasmaniens -- Les deux derniers Tasmaniens. Cataloguer's translation: Tasmania. Storm Bay and Mount Wellington near Hobart -- Types of Tasmanians [Tasmanian Aborigines, Palawa people] -- The last two Tasmanians [features side profile of Truganini and William Lanne].
Card 2: La province de Victoria. Vendanges dans la province de Victoria -- Végétaux typiques sur les rives du Murray -- Indigènes de la tribu des Aruntas.
Card 3: L'Australie orientale [Eastern Australia]. Fourré de ronces avec échafaudage funéraire dans l'Australie orientale -- Corossolier -- Kangourou géant.
Card 4: L'Australie occidentale [Western Australia]. Coolgardie, la ville des chercheurs d'or dans l'Australie occidentale -- Paysage dans le district de Kimberley -- Indigènes de Queensland.
Card 5: La Nouvelle Galles du Sud [New South Wales]. Les Montagnes Bleues dans la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud -- La baie de Sydney. Chasseur indigène.
Card 6: L'Australie méridionale [South Australia]. Pâturage dans L'Australie méridionale -- La Rudall-Creek dans la chaîne des Monts Mac Donnell -- Emou avec ses petits
Physical format 
Pictures
Postcards
Related resources 
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-134303214/view?partId=nla.obj-134303877#page/n0/mode/1up