New South Wales

• Home
• Preface
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• Explanation of terms
• History of king plates
• Military gorgets
• Establishment of a tradition
• King Bungaree and Matora
• Creation of Aboriginal kings
• Kings and pastoral expansion
• Service rewards
• Language teacher rewarded
• Heroic acts
• Protective gorgets
• 'Last of the Tribe'
• Aboriginal people's reactions
• Edmund Milne
• Manufacture and decoration
• Emu and kangaroo designs
• Use and survival conditions
• Epilogue
• List of breastplates
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales
  • South Australia
  • Western Australia
  • Queensland
  • Unknown location
  • Military breastplates
  • Other Aboriginal breastplates
• Bibliography
• Resources
• Feedback

New South Wales

WARNING: Visitors should be aware that this website includes images and names of deceased people that may cause sadness or distress to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

These are the breastplates annotated in King Plates: A History of Aboriginal Gorgets by Jakelin Troy (1993) as well as breastplates that have come into the National Museum of Australia's collection since the publication of the book. More breastplates will be progressively added.

We welcome feedback about any of the breastplates and/or additional breastplates.