836991
- TitleSeries 01: Australien Reminiszenzen: a collection of illustrations of Australian Aborigines and their weapons, together with geographical profiles in N.S.W., Tasmania and Victoria, and miscellaneous prints, ca. 1846-1858 / Eugene von Guerard
- Call numberPXA 54
- Level of descriptionseries
- Date
ca. 1846-1858 - Type of material
- Reference code836991
- Issue CopyCopy print : Partially copied ff. 1-16; f. 40
Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading RoomDigitised - Physical Description68 drawings and prints - engravings, pencil, some coloured - various sizes
- Scope and Content16 folios onto which are tipped copies on tracing paper of illustrations of Australian Aborigines and their weapons, geographical profiles in New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria, and two coloured drawings of Victorian Aborigines.
These are mostly titled and dated.
Many are from Sir T. L. Mitchell's Tropical Australia.
13 folios of prints taken from S. Gill and E. von Guerard mainly of Australian Aborigines.
Miscellaneous prints, ca. 1857-1858, mainly engravings by F. Grosse and N. Chevalier after E. von Guerard, and a pencil drawing of Australian Aborigines.
The prints are cut from 'Newsletter of Australiana' and 'Illustrated Melbourne News'.
The coloured drawings are entitled 'Eingeborene von Victoria Port Philip, Melbourne, 20 January 1855', and 'Eingeborene v New South Wales'
The pencil drawing is entitled 'Schwarze von Victoria in Trauer'.
CONTENTS LISTING:
On folio, in pencil: Australien drawings / E.v. G / 3 by Black Johnny / 2 original drawings by Sir Thomas Mitchell
Verso: Australien
VOLUME 1
1. [Natives chasing game]. Abendsonne [ …. ] Yarra [?] [G…lt. ] Melbourne. 9ber 1854.
2. [Fern Gully ] für I11. L. News. 1856 [?]
3a. Petamelle & Rai. [n.d.]
3b. [Group of Aborigine]. Melbourne. für I11. L. News. [n.d.]
4a. The River Glenelg, near the Coast. [n.d.]
4b. Cooks Reise Kangarou. [n.d.]
4c. [Aborigine] [n.d.]
5. Part of New South Wales from the summit of Jellore. Bonum Pic. Guowogang Valley of Cox River. Kings Tableland. King Georges Mount. Mount Hay. Tomah Major Mitchell.
6a. [Natives and implements of the Bogan Tribe ]. [ Inscriptions in artists hand : ] Native of the Bogan Tribe. Malga. Bommerang. Shield or Hieleman. Corrobory. II Theil. 3ten Reise. Gambo. Reise am Bogan. Talambé a young native of the Bogan Tribe. [n.d. ]
6b. Aboriginal Dance. [n.d.]
6c. [Native with walking - stick ] [n.d.] Al… [ … ] von d. Camp. [ …] Indecipherable inscription in artist's hand at top right.
7a. Zweite Reise West. [ Inscribed in artist's hand - ] Mount Riddell / Courada. 1., Mt Lindesay, Kapular, Mt Forbes. Nundawar Range, from the West. Mt Albuora, Mt Riddell, Courada, Mt Frazer. Nunda[w]ar Range from the N. W. Erste Reise Nord. Mount Courada from the Plains. [ n.d. ]
7b. Valley of the Grose. near Bathurst. [n.d.]
7c. Mount Murulla from " Wingen " Nord Reise Mitchell. [ Inscription inverso :] Erste Reise. Nord [ n.d. ]
7d. Oxley's. Table Land from the N. W. [n.d.]
7e. D'urbans Group from the West. [n.d.]
7f. Nundavàr Range. Major T.L. Mitchell. [n.d.]
8a. [Collection of drawings including landscapes, fauna, and natives ]. Cockatoo of the Interior.
Plyctolophus Leadbeateri. Bass’s Straits. Pyramid Rock. bearing E. dist. 3 m. Rock of Granite. Large Caverne at Wellington Valley. Moyengully. King of Nattai. [n.d.]
8b. The Pic of Tangulda. [Tangulla] [n.d.]
9a. [ Scenes from the Darling River ]. The Darling River. War [e] dance natives on the Darling. Tombs of a tribe on the Darling. [ n.d. ]
9b. Scene near the Darling. [n.d.]
9c. Mount Abrupt from the South. [n.d.]
10a. [ Landscape studies ]. 3 ten Reise. Lachlan. ( Beery birreè of the Natives ) Mount Cunningham. Mount Melville from Merumba. Nyarorong from Mount Cunningham. Mount Hope from the north. Aust felix . Pyramid Hill. Aust. felix . Mount Arapiles from Mitrelake. Mount William from Mount Stavely. MITRE LAEK Forrest Hills. Plains [ n.d. ]
10b. [ Landscape studies ]. The Grambians [Grampians] from the summit of Mount Abrupt. ( Mount William dist. 21 ½ miles.) Mount. Byng Pass. Mameloid Hills from Mount Greenock. [ n.d.]
10c. [ Studies of natives ]. 3 ten Reise. Turandurey and Ballandella. Jagged spears of the Natives of [ ] Aust.Felix. Female and child of Australia Felix [n.d.]
10d. Port Phillip from Mount Macedon [n.d.]
11a. Fall of the Cobaw. Aust. Felix. [n.d.]
11b. Major T.L. Mitchell. Crater of the Murróa - or Mt Napier. 3ten Reise [n.d.]
11c. Western Extremity of Mount Arapiles. 3 Reise. Mitre Rock and Lake, from Mount Arapiles. [n.d.] 6. S[…?]
12a. River Salvator. 5th Sept. 1846.
12b. Martin Ranges. 1846.
12c. [ Natives studies with tree and a plant.] Two old men sitting in a gunga. Bogan tribes. Mi
Sterculia The bottle tree. or Delabachea. Fitzroy Downs. Strange Plant near Mt Faraday. a.d. Maranoa. [Goobang] giftig- baum. [ n.d. ]
13a. Lindley Ranges. 1846. S. T. Mitchell.
13b. The Pyramids near Lindley Ranges. R.v.1846. S.T.L. Mitchell Camera Lucida.
13c. Clover. [n.d.]
13d. Clover. [n.d.]
14a. Last use of the Boat at the River Barwon (ober Darling ) or Karaula. 9th Dec. 1846.
14b. River Balonne 7 Ap. 1846.
14c. St Georges Bridge River Balonne. [n.d.]
15a. (Night). Flood coming down the Macquarie – 13. Feb. 1846.
15b. River Maranoa, Maranoa. [ ] 1846.
15c. Tower Almond. R. 1846.
16a. Eingeborne [Eingeborene] von Victoria Port philip Melbourne 20 Januar 1855.
16b. Eingeborne [Eingeborene] von New South Wales. [n.d.]
17a. S.T.G. J.J. Blundell & Co. Native Sneaking Emu. [n.d.]
17b. Instruments used by the Aborigines of the Port Phillip District, Australia Felix. Ham sc [ n.d. ]
VOLUME 2
18a S.T.G. J.J. Blundell & Co. Native Sepulchre. [n.d.]
18b. S.T.G. Native Correbbaree.
19-23. [Missing, 31 May1985]
24a. An Australian Sunset. From a painting by E.v.Guerard. [ n.d. ]
24b. Tasman's Island. 1858. E.v.Guerard.
24c. E.V.G. A sketch at Saint Kilda. [n.d.]
25. An Australian Sunset. From a painting by E.v.Guerard. [ n.d. ]
From Newsletter of Australasia no. 17 Nov 1857
26. An Australian Sunset. From a painting by E.v.Guerard. [ n.d. ]
27. An Australian Sunset. From a painting by E.v.Guerard. [ n.d. ]
28. NC [monogram] FG [monogram] The News Letter of Australasia. Dry diggings, Woolshed Creek, Victoria. 1857
29a. E.v.Guerard. Tasman's Island. 1858.
(See page 7) From Ill. Melb. News 2 Jan. 1858
29b. E.v.Guerard. Tasman's Island. 1858.
(See page 7)
30. F. Grosse. Lal Lal Falls, near Ballaarat [n.d.]
From Illus. Melb. News. 16 Jan. 1858 p. 35
31. E.v.Guerard, American Creek, Wollongong. [n.d.]
32. E.v.G. R.Bruce fc [Yalla y Poora ]. [n.d.]
33. E.v.Guerard. [in pencil below] Fig tree near Wollongong N.S. Wales (on Zinck. Etching) by E.v.Guérard [n.d.]
34. E.v.Guerard. View of Mount William, in Western Victoria. – (Drawn by Eugene von Guerard) [n.d.]
35. The Mitta Mitta – [From a painting by Eugene von Guerard.] [n.d.]
AC F. Grosse fc
36. N. Chevalier. The Correborree. [n.d.]
L. Becker F. Grosse fc Drawn on wood by N. Chevalier.
37. F. Grosse fc. NC [monogram] Waterfall on the Upper Wannon, Victoria.
38. F. Grosse fc. NC [monogram] [Camp - fire at night ] [n.d.]
39. Grosse fc. NC [monogram] [River Scene ]. [n.d
[in another hand] From News Letter of Australasia no 13 Jy 1857
40. Schwarze von Victoria in Trauer. - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright: Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009.
Contents listing revised and edited by Dr Ruth Pullin, March 2012 - General note
Collection formerly located at Q741, transferred to Mitchell Library Drawer 24 (Aborigines) and later transferred to PXA 54.
The drawings by Black Johnny, 1855 transferred to Mitchell Library Drawer 17 (Sketches) and transferred in 1993 to PXA 606. - Conservation note
Drawings and prints window mounted in 1985. - Creator/Author/Artist
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