Plate 52 from Angas' South Australia illustrated entitled 'The Goolwa with part of Hindmarsh Island. Mount Barker and Mount Magnificent in the distance (evening)'. Part of the text accompanying the illustration reads

The point chosen for the view given on the adjoining plate is from the back of the sand hills of Encounter Bay, looking over the dry lagoons and swampy salsolaceaous flats that border on the lake towards the expanse of the Goolwa. A portion of Hindmarsh Island is seen on the right; at the promontory beyond is a dense column of smoke, arising from the bush being on fire in that direction. The time of the scene is evening, and the remote mountain ranges look intensely blue at that hour. The two most distant peaks denote Mt. Barker, and the cupola-like summit on the left is Mt. Magnificent. In the foreground are bushes of wild juniper, and the 'Mesembryanthemum' and other plants overrun the soil.

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 of the South Australian Company and his wife Rosetta, née French. He sailed for Australia in 1843 in the Augustus, reached Adelaide in January 1844, and joined Grey on his expedition and his paintings, published several years later in South Australia illustrated and form a valuable record of the South Australian landscape before it was much changed by white settlement.

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 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.

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