Charles Bonney was a pioneer and politician in Australia.
Charles Bonney
Frederic Bonney (1842–1921) was a British landowner and photographer. He took photographs at Momba Station in New South Wales in the 1870s and he was known for these and his anthropology. He was born and died in Rugeley, Staffordshire.
Self portrait c.1915 with a robin eating from his hand
Aborigines at Momba Station by Bonney in the 1870s. Front row (left to right): Jenny (Kalthi Tommy's woman), child, Mary Momba, Old Peter, Polly (Jerry's woman), Wonko Mary and Jenny (who later became George's woman). Back row: Jeannie, Billy, Penchey Martin, Ogle-eyed Johnny, Hughey, Panga (boy), Hughey’s woman, Old Mary and Nora.
Frederic Bonney in Australia. Bonney is in the pith helmet, Old Peter is on the right, Wonko Mary is on the far left wearing an unusual mourning cap. Another man is holding a boomerang and a short throwing stick (known as a kutjurru).