• Title
  Australia Terra Cognita - W. v. Blandowski, Melbourne
• Creator
  William Blandowski, 1822-1878?
• Call number
  PXE 864
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1855
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Prints
• Reference code
  412732
• Physical Description
  Prints - 30 line engravings in portfolio - portfolio 40.2 x 30 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  1. Geological views in Victoria. Foot of Diogenes Monument: 4 miles N. from Mount Macedon, 40 miles N.N.W. from Melbourne
  2. Geological views in Victoria. Diogenes Monument: "Anneyelong" looking south towards Mount Macedon
  4. Geological views in South Australia. Crater of Mt. Gambier: "Popiye" about Long 141 Lat 38 about 300 miles S.E. from Adelaide, 33 miles W from Melbourne
  6. Geological views in Victoria. Waterfall over Basalt Columns: "Noer" 30 miles N.N.W. from Melbourne
  7. Geological views in Victoria. "Yauan" Granite Boulders 45 miles N. by W. of Melbourne
  8. Geological views in Victoria. "Pattowatto" Granite Boulder (Perrys Haystack) / looking N.W. 47 miles N by W of Melbourne
  9. Geological views in Victoria. Browns Dos. a Dos. near Mount Macedon 45 miles N. by W. from Melbourne
  15. Geological views in South Australia. Compressed Strata: west of Section 512 near Morphet Valley 16 miles S from Adelaide
  16. Geological views in South Australia. West Point of Section 478 16 miles S. from Adelaide
  21. Fossils of Victoria. Uppermost Tertiary formation. Typolites in Ferrugs. Sandste. at Flemington 2 miles N. fr. Melbourne
  23-24. Fossils of Victoria. Tertiary Formation in clayey limestone of blueish grey color 30M-S.-fr. Melbourne between Mt Eliza and Mt Martha, Port Phillip coast
  28-29. Fossils of South Australia. Tertiary Formation Murray River Limestone of pale yellow colour
  38. Fossils of Victoria. Silurian Formation v. calciferous Sandstone rock at Andersons Creek gold field 20 miles E. from Melbourne
  41. Vegetation of Victoria. High Fern trees: Alsophila Australis from 40 to 50 ft high Dandenong Ranges 20 miles Et. from Melbourne
  70-71. Fishes. Living in the River Murray and its Tributaries (Australia). Discovered and drawn by W. v. Blandowski in 1857 / Grosse, F. (Frederick)
  101[a-b]. Birds of Victoria. v. Cockatoos (Head with moveable crest). [Note: (b) is hand coloured]
  110[a-b]. Birds Eggs of Victoria. [Note: (b) is hand coloured]
  116-118. Aborigines of Australia
  119-120. Aborigines of Australia. Corrobori, or Native Festival
  121. Aborigines of Australia. Native Doctor
  122. Aborigines of Australia. Native Warrior
  123. Aborigines of Australia. Native Grave, Murray River
  124. Aborigines of Australia. Native adorned for Festivity
• System of arrangement
  List by plate number order
• General note
  
  Plate number printed at top right
  Captions along lower and top edges
  The set is incomplete, forms part of a proposed collection, never completed, of 200 plates for Blandowski's unpublished work: Australia terra cognita. (cf. `Dictionary of Australian Artists' edited by Joan Kerr, 1992, p.72)
  Digital order no:Album ID : 846745
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  `Engraved by J. Redaway & Sons' -- printed lower right
  `W. v. Blandowski Australia' -- printed lower left
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Grosse, F. (Frederick), 1828-1894
  Redaway, James, active 1840-1856
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  birds' eggs
  cockatoos
  fish
  fossils
  rocks (landscape)
  seashells
  tree ferns
  waterfalls
  
• Place
  Australia
  South Australia
  Victoria
  

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