Port Augusta, 1909 (watercolour) |
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| Title : | Port Augusta, 1909 (watercolour) |
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| Creator : | Wood, Thomas 1854-1937 | |||
| Source : | PRG 1344/10 | |||
| Place Of Creation : | South Australia | |||
| Date of creation : | 1909 | |||
| Format : | Artwork | |||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | |||
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| Description : |
View at Port Augusta with a rowing dinghy in the foreground and a larger vessel tied up at the wharf in the background. Painted 3 May 1909. Thomas Wood was an accomplished amateur watercolour artist. He was born in England about 1854, choosing a vocation in the Church of England. He was curate of St Paul's, Blackburn from 1878-1880 (having been made a deacon in 1878 and ordained as a priest at Manchester Cathedral in 1879). From 1880-1883 he was Railway Chaplain at Podanur, Madras, then travelled to South ustralia where he became the incumbent at Robe (1884-1887). He was rector of Wallaroo (1887-1902) and at Willunga, Aldinga and Noarlunga (with McLaren Vale from 1911) for the period 1902-1921. He then worked as a licensed preacher in the Adelaide Diocese from 1921 until 1936 whilst living at Walkerville. He died on 12 November 1937, aged 83. |
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| Related names : | Port Augusta (S. Aust) |
| Coverage year : | 1909 |
| Period : | 1884-1913 |
| Place : | Port Augusta |
| Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
| Further reading : | Campbell, Jean, Australian watercolour painters, 1780-1980: including an alphabetical listing of over 1200 painters Adelaide: Rigby, 1983 |
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