The Aboriginal inhabitants - native dwellings |
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| Title : | The Aboriginal inhabitants - native dwellings |
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| Creator : | Angas, George French, 1822-1886, artist | ||
| Source : | B 15276/32 | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1846 | ||
| Additional Creator : | Giles, J.W. | ||
| Format : | Artwork | ||
| Dimensions : | 464 x 310 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Plate 32: Native dwellings. Comprises four vignettes: 'a hut of the Milmendura tribe, on the shores of the Koorung' (top); 'native encampment near Lake Albert' (centre); 'winter huts on Lake Albert' (bottom left); and 'a bark hut, near the river Light' (bottom right). 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 at Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He was the eldest son of George Fife Angas, one of the men behind the establishment of the new colony of South Australia. The young Angas repudiated his father's world of commerce and determined upon a life involving art and nature, studying natural history art and lithography before embarking on his travels. He sailed for Australia in 1843 in the Augustus, reached Adelaide in January 1844. In July 1844 Angas left the colony for New Zealand. He returned to South Australia in January 1845 and remained for six months. During the visits to South Australia, Angas travelled with William Giles to the area in the vicinity of the mouth of the River Murray, and accompanied Governor (Sir) George Grey to the south-east of the province, Kangaroo Island and Port Lincoln. Angas recorded these journeys in water-colour drawings which were shown in the Legislative Council Chamber in Adelaide in June 1845. |
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| Related names : | Angas, George French, 1822-1886 |
| Coverage year : | 1846 |
| Period : | 1836-1851 |
| Place : | Lake Albert, Coorong |
| Region : | Fleurieu Peninsula,Riverland and Murraylands |
| Further reading : | Colwell, M and Alan Naylor. Adelaide: an illustrated history [Joslin, S. Aust.]: McP, 1981 Insights into South Australian history vol. 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 Memmott, P Gunyah, Goondie and Wurley : the Aboriginal architecture of Australia St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2007 Tregenza, John George French Angas, artist, traveller and naturalist, 1822-1886 Adelaide: Art Gallery Board of South Australia, 1982 |
| Internet links : | SA Memory, The Foundation of South Australia 1800-1851 Portraits of the Aboriginal inhabitants (women) SA Memory, The Foundation of South Australia 1800-1851 Portraits of the Aboriginal inhabitants SA Memory Foundation of South Australia 1800-1851 Diary of Mary Thomas Treasures of the State Library of South Australia see: South Australia illustrated by George French Angas
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online EditionSee: Angas, George French |
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