2. The costume of the Australasians
A soldier of the 73rd regiment
A bandsman
An emancipist
(ticket of leave man)
A government convict
A government convict
The costume of the Australasians
Edward Close, c1817 – 1840
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. PXA_1187 
Discuss with students the meaning of the title. Click for the image to appear.
Look at the people and have students predict the role or occupation of each. To check predictions click for each label to fly in, left to right.
Left to right
 A government official, an emancipist or ticket-of-leave man, an “exclusive” free settler, a bandsman, a soldier of the 73rd regiment, a government convict, a free settler, a government convict, and a convict overseer. A soldier of the 73rd regiment at back right.
Talk about the importance of primary sources in helping historians understand aspects of Australian life in the past.
A government official
A convict overseer
A soldier of the 73rd regiment
A free settler
An ‘exclusive’ free settler