Bowen Bungaree b. c.1804

Also known as Boin, Bowen Toura, Black Bowen
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Bowen Bungaree is attributed as the first documented Aboriginal artist with the sketch Representation of a woman by a native of NSW, 1823. Bowan Bungaree is the son of Bungaree who sailed with Matthew Flinders aboard the sloop, Norfolk in 1799 and wife Mataura
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associate of
John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley
1785
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman)
Surveyor General of NSW
associate of
Pavel Nikolaivich Mikhailov
1786
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Captain Phillip Parker King
1791
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Richard Hill
Other occupation
child of
Madora
Other occupation
associate of
Augustus Earle
1804
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)

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Copyright agents
  • State Records of NSW
  • State Records of NSW
Alternative names
  • Boin
  • Bowen Toura
  • Black Bowen
  • Boin
  • Bowen Toura
  • Black Bowen
Language groups
  • Garigal
Related people
  • Oxley, John Joseph William Molesworth (associate of)
  • Mikhailov, Pavel Nikolaivich (associate of)
  • King, Phillip Parker (associate of)
  • Hill, Richard (associate of)
  • Madora, (child of)
  • Oxley, John Joseph William Molesworth (associate of)
  • Mikhailov, Pavel Nikolaivich (associate of)
  • King, Phillip Parker (associate of)
  • Hill, Richard (associate of)
  • Madora, (child of)
Related works
  • Representation of a woman by a native of New South Wales Bowen Bungaree (attributed) from John Oxley's Field Book 202, (creator of)
  • Representation of a woman by a native of New South Wales Bowen Bungaree (attributed) from John Oxley's Field Book 202, (creator of)
Related collections
  • State Records of NSW, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • State Records of NSW, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • EORA: mapping Aboriginal Sydney 1770-1850 (exhibited at)
  • EORA: mapping Aboriginal Sydney 1770-1850 (exhibited at)
Field Changes
Biography
Date modified April 10, 2011, 9:34 p.m. April 10, 2011, 9:34 p.m.
Indigenous notes