• Title
  Camden village, Sydney in 1842, showing Kirkham windmill and the Cowpastures ; Bridge and the village of Camden in 1842 / attributed to Thomas Woore
• Call number
  V/289
  V/290
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1842
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  1133814
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  2 drawings - pencil on paper - 22.5 x 41.5 cm (image) on 30.5 x 50 cm (paper)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  John Oxley was granted 600 acres by Governor Macquarie and increased to 1000 acres in 1815. He named his estate Kirkham after his birthplace in Yorkshire.
  Cowpastures Bridge opened in 1827 and was designed by a convict named Wainwright.
  
  References:
  
  http://www.camdenhistory.org.au/ (Accessed 3.10.14)
• Scope and Content
  Two pencil drawings on paper.
  
  V/289
  
  Camden village, Sydney in 1842, showing Kirkham windmill and the Cowpastures. Undated, unsigned.
  
  V/290
  
  Bridge and the village of Camden in 1842. Undated, unsigned.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Titled from 'Thomas Woore rough sketch book, 1834-1869'. Sketches no. 25 and no. 26.
• General note
  
  While the drawings are not signed or dated, they closely relate to two pencil sketches in an album, recorded in a microfilm of 'Thomas Woore rough sketch book, 1834-1869', which is held in the Mitchell Library at MAV/FM4/10954. This album had been given to Woore's daughter, the mother of T.W.F. Bushby. The titles of the drawings come from this album.
  Sketch no 25. Titled bottom right, 'Camden village, Sydney in 1842', Kirkham windmill and the Cowpastures are titled on the drawing.
  Sketch no 26. Titled bottom right, 'Bridge and village of Camden in 1842'. Thompsons Mill is titled on the drawing.
  
  The artist of 'Bridge & Village of Camden in 1842' is identified in the Sydney Morning Herald dated June 10, 1933, p.9. The article and image states that the drawing was then in the possession of T.W.F. Busby, who was Woore's grandson.
  
  Referenced in Trove:
  1933 'ST. JOHN'S, CAMDEN.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 10 June, p. 9, viewed 3 October, 2014, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16978921
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1323834
• Date note
  
  Undated.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Woore, Thomas, 1804-1878
  
• Name
  Cowpasture Bridge (Camden, N.S.W.)
  Kirkham's Windmill (Camden, N.S.W.)
  
• Subject
  Art, Colonial--New South Wales.
  Cities and towns--New South Wales.
  Oxley, John, 1783-1828.
  
• Topic
  bridges
  villages
  churches
  windmills
  country scenes
  country life
  country roads
  pastures
  
• Place
  Camden (N.S.W.)
  St. John's Church (Camden, N.S.W.)
  Nepean River (N.S.W.)
  Cowpastures, The (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
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