Arra-Maïda was an
Aboriginal
Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to:
*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
Tasmania
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n woman who was encountered by members of the
French expedition to Australia led by
Nicolas Baudin
Nicolas Thomas Baudin (; 17 February 1754 – 16 September 1803) was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer, most notable for his explorations in Australia and the southern Pacific.
Biography
Early career
Born a comm ...
in January 1802 on the shores of
Bruny Island.
Arra-Maida, accompanied by a group of women, allowed the French scientists Jérôme Bellefin, François Heirisson and
François Péron
François Auguste Péron (22 August 1775 – 14 December 1810) was a French naturalist and explorer.
Life
Péron was born in Cérilly, Allier, in 1775, the son of a tailor (not a harness maker as is frequently asserted). Although intended for ...
to make
anthropologic observations. Her existence is known through the painting made by Peron, which was published in 1807 in his ''Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes (A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere, performed by Order of the Emperor Napoleon, During the Years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804)'' together with reports of her behaviour.
References
Further reading
* {{Citation, editor1=Hannah, Mark, title=Transgressions : critical Australian indigenous histories, pages=12–15, publication-date=2007, publisher=ANU E Press and Aboriginal History Incorporated, isbn=978-1-921313-43-1, editor2=Macfarlane, Ingereth, author3=ANU E Press, date=December 2007
External links
The Artwork of the Baudin expedition to Australia (1800-1804): Nicolas-Martin Petit's 1802 portrait of an Aboriginal woman and child from Van Diemen's Land
Bruny Island
History of Tasmania
Indigenous Tasmanian people