Rapid Bay camp |
|||
---|---|---|---|
Title : | Rapid Bay camp |
![]()
|
|
Creator : | Angas, George French, 1822-1886, artist | ||
Source : | B 15276/39 | ||
Date of creation : | ca. 1846 | ||
Additional Creator : | Giles, J.W. | ||
Format : | Artwork | ||
Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
Catalogue record | |||
The State Library of South Australia is keen to find out more about SA Memory items. We encourage you to contact the Library if you have additional information about any of these items. |
Copyright : | Reproduction rights are owned by State Library of South Australia. This image may be printed or saved for research or study. Use for any other purpose requires permission from the State Library of South Australia. To request approval, complete the Permission to publish form. |
Description : |
Plate 39 from a publication of lithographs by George French Angas entitled, South Australia illustrated, featuring Rapid Bay and including a group of Indigenous people gathered on beach. Angas' original title to the work was 'Rapid Bay with an encampment of Yankalillah blacks'. The terminology used by Angas to descibe the Indigenous people reflects the attitudes and prejudices of the time. The Aboriginal peoples of this area cross over the lands of a few groups including Kaurna and Ramindjeri. Part of the text accompanying the illustration reads;
This is one of 60 coloured lithographs found in the 1847 edition of South Australia illustrated by colonial artist George French Angas, together with a descriptive passage for each. The lithograph was created by J.W. Giles from Angas' original painting. The date assigned is assumed to be approximately when the lithographs were created; the original paintings were done in earlier years. George French Angas (1822-1886), naturalist and painter, was born on 25 April 1822 at Newcastle upon Tyne, England, fourth child and eldest son of George Fife Angas and his wife Rosetta, née French. He sailed for Australia in 1843 in the Augustus, reached Adelaide in January 1844, and remained in South Australia until July when he left for New Zealand. He returned to South Australia in January 1845 and remained for six months. During these visits to South Australia Angas went with William Giles to the area in the vicinity of the mouth of the River Murray, and with Governor (Sir) George Grey to the south-east of the province, Kangaroo Island and Port Lincoln. These journeys Angas recorded in water-colour drawings which were shown in Adelaide in June 1845 in the Legislative Council chamber. |
Subjects | |
Related names : | Angas, George French, 1822-1886 Giles, J.W. |
Coverage year : | 1846 |
Period : | 1836-1851 |
Place : | Rapid Bay |
Region : | Fleurieu Peninsula |
Further reading : | Angas, George French South Australia illustrated London : Thomas M'Lean, 1847 Herbert, Oscar J The Herberts : a pioneer family of the Yankalilla district Adelaide : Pioneers' Association of S.A., 1941 Colwell, M and Alan Naylor. Adelaide: an illustrated history, [Joslin, S. Aust.]: McP, 1981 Insights into South Australian history, volume 2: South Australia's German history and heritage, Harmstorf, Ian A. ed, Adelaide: Historical Society of South Australia, 1992- Kwan, Elizabeth. Living in South Australia: a social history, Netley, S. Aust.: South Australian Government Printer, 1987 Migration Museum. From many places: the history and cultural traditions of South Australian people, Kent Town, S. Aust.: Migration Museum (History Trust of S.A.) in association with Wakefield Press, 1995 Tregenza, John George French Angas, artist, traveller and naturalist, 1822-1886 Adelaide: Art Gallery Board of South Australia, 1982 |
Internet links : | State Library of South Australia fact sheets online: Aboriginal Australia Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition: Search for George French Angas Yankalilla, South Australia Wikipedia Kaurna Indigenous Australian people Wikipedia Ramindjeri Indigenous Australian people South Australian Museum |