Sketch of the trees near Eyre's Station on the Murray |
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| Title : | Sketch of the trees near Eyre's Station on the Murray |
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| Date of creation : | ca. 1840 | ||
| Dimensions : | 150 x 100 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Sketch of the natural avenue of trees, near Eyre's Station on the Murray at Moorundie. Moorundie (also Moorundee) was an agricultural settlement and Aboriginal station on the east bank of the Murray near Blanchetown. A police station was established for the protection of Europeans and Aborigines. Edward John Eyre was resident magistrate and protector of Aborigines there from October 1841 to December 1844. |
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| Period : | 1836-1851 |
| Region : | Riverland and Murraylands |
| Further reading : | Eyre, Edward John. Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1: sent by the colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the government: including an account of the manners and customs of the aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans, Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 Dutton, Geoffrey. The hero as murderer: the life of Edward John Eyre, Australian Explorer and Governor of Jamaica 1815-1901, Sydney : Collins ; Melbourne : Cheshire, 1967 |
| Internet links : | Aboriginal Australians and the river : Edward Eyre and Aboriginal groups : SA Memory Australian Dictionary of Biography : EJ Eyre entry |
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