Copy photographs of drawings of the Proclamation site establishing the colony of South Australia, Glenelg, December 28th, 1836 / John Michael Skipper and Mary Stephen

ON 461
PXB 576

fonds

1967 (copies of original 1837 pencil drawings]

Graphic Materials, Photographs

100547

Copy print : PXB 576

2 photographs - gelatin silver - 17 x 25.5 cm
2 negatives - glass - 17 x 21.5 cm

Copy photographs (PXB 576) and copy glass negatives (ON 461) of original 1837 pencil drawings:

1. Temporary Residence of Robert Gouger at Glenelg. The first officers of the colony were sworn in, the first Council held and the Government of the Province was proclaimed from this tent on December 28th, 1836 / Mary Hindmarsh (Mrs Mary Stephen)

2. The Gum Tree at Glenelg, near Adelaide, under which Governor Hindmarsh proclaimed the Province of South Australia on December 28th 1836. Drawn by John Michael Skipper, 1837. Presented by Miss S. Adelaide Gouger.... / John Michael Skipper

Access via appointment - ON 461 only

Copyright status:: Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of photographer plus 70 years
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Original pencil drawings held in the Royal Commonwealth Society, London, 1967

Masking tape on surface of glass negatives

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.1052 as part of the eRecords Project 2011-2012

Signed "M. H. Del., 1837" and "M. S., 1837" at lower edges

Sketch attributed to Mary Hindmarsh, youngest daughter of Government Hindmarsh