Overlanders crossing cattle over the River Murray |
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| Title : | Overlanders crossing cattle over the River Murray |
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| Creator : | Hamilton, George, 1812-1883, artist | ||
| Date of creation : | 1839 | ||
| Format : | Artwork | ||
| Dimensions : | 177 x 265 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
A watercolour painting entitled 'Overlanders crossing cattle over the River Murray in the Year 1839. Drawn by G. Hamilton an overlander'. The painting portrays men, both on horses and foot, together with dogs and recalcitrant cattle. Another part of the mob is visible at the top of the cliff. Hamilton made sketches throughout his overland trip, which has been described in his 'Experiences of a Colonist Forty Years Ago and a Journey from Port Phillip to South Australia in 1939 by an Old Hand'; this painting may have been done en route or after he arrived in Adelaide, using his sketches. A note accompanying the painting reads: 'This is from The story of Australian Art by William Moore'.
Hamilton exhibited in Adelaide's first two art exhibitions and a number of his drawings were engraved for Eyre's Journal of Discovery into Central Australia and for George Grey's Journals of two expeditions of discovery in north-west and Western Australia, during the years 1837, 38, and 39, .... His 3 volumes, The Horse: Its Treatment in Australia, (Melbourne 1866); An Appeal for the Horse, (Adelaide 1866); and Experience of a Colonist Forty Years ago, Adelaide 1879, are illustrated with his own drawings. Mary Thomas, daughter of early pioneers and printing press operators, Robert and Mary Thomas, referred to overlanders at Stringy Bark Forest in her diary (PRG 1160/6, p. 36);
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| Related names : | Hamilton, George (1812 - 1883) |
| Coverage year : | 1839 |
| Period : | 1836-1851 |
| Place : | Murray River |
| Region : | Riverland and Murraylands |
| Further reading : | Hamilton, G The Horse: Its Treatment in Australia, Melbourne 1866 Hamilton, G An Appeal for the Horse, Adelaide 1866 Hamilton, G Experiences of a colonist forty years ago : A journey from Port Phillip to South Australia in 1839 and A voyage from Port Phillip to Adelaide in 1846 / by an Old Hand [Adelaide : s.n.], 1880 printing (Adelaide : J. Williams) |
| Internet links : | Australian dictionary of biography online edition Hamilton, George SA Memory Foundation of South Australia 1800-1851 Diary of Mary Thomas |
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