Port Lincoln |
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| Title : | Port Lincoln |
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| Creator : | Angas, George French, 1822-1886, artist | ||
| Source : | B 15276/13 | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1846 | ||
| Additional Creator : | Giles, J.W. | ||
| Format : | Artwork | ||
| Dimensions : | 240 x 337 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Plate 13: Port Lincoln, looking across Boston Bay towards Spencers Gulf. Stanford Hill and Thistle Island in the distance. Part of the text accompanying the illustration reads \'This view commands a most extensive scene, looking eastward across Boston Bay, and the entrance of Port Lincoln Proper, towards the Islands at the mouth of Spencers Gulf. The point chosen is from the summit of Winter\'s Hill, whence the eye wanders over undulating hills, curiously sprinkled with "casurinae" or She oak trees, till it reaches the settlement called Port Lincoln, the houses of which are visible, skirting the margin of the water, where the southern extremity of Boston Bay is bounded by a beach of the whitest sand. Looking directly across the Bay is seen Stanford hill ... Beyond it, to the right, the lofty slopes of Thistle Island are discernable on the horizon; to the left is a portion of Boston Island, which forms a natural breakwater to this magnificent harbour\'. 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. George French Angas sailed for Australia in 1843 in the Augustus, arriving in Adelaide in January 1844. Angas 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 travelled 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. Angas recorded these journeys in watercolour drawings which were shown in Adelaide in June 1845 in the Legislative Council chamber. |
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| Related names : | Angas, George French, 1822-1886 Giles, J.W. |
| Coverage year : | 1846 |
| Period : | 1836-1851 |
| Place : | Port Lincoln |
| Region : | Eyre Peninsula and Far West Coast |
| Further reading : | 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 Tregenza, John George French Angas, artist, traveller and naturalist, 1822-1886 Adelaide: Art Gallery Board of South Australia, 1982 |
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