• Title
  Australian Agricultural Company's Coal Works. Newcastle / [attributed to J. C. White]
• Call number
  SSV1B/NEWC/1840-9/1
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1833
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  431032
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 pencil drawing - image 7.2 x 11.1 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  In 1831 The Australian Agricultural Company took over all coal mining operations in Newcastle, forming a monopoly.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  For attribution to J. C. White, see the 'Dictionary of Australian Artists' / Joan Kerr (1992)
  This sketch is similar to one by J. C. White of the first Coal Staith of the Australian Agricultural Company, showing the 'Sophia Jane' and the Company's cutter 'Lambton' taking coal in 1833. Watercolour sold by Deutscher Fine Art in 1980. Another version reproduced in 'Coal Mining in Newcastle, 1801-1900' / by J. W. Turner (1982).
  Digital order no:a128615
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled in ink below image
• Creator/Author/Artist
  White, James Charles, 1809-1894
  
• Name
  Australian Agricultural Company
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  coalmines
  jetties & wharves
  
• Place
  Newcastle (N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  This Working Life - State Library of New South Wales (1 February - 13 June, 2004)
  All in a Day's work: workers in Australia 1788-1939 - State Library of New South Wales
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3193418

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