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C1893
Trout. Taken in the Molonglo River.
Artist:
H. Irwin
Rare c.19th hand coloured lithograph of a Brown trout taken from the Molonglo River. The first introductions were in Australia in 1864 when 300 of 1500 brown trout eggs from the River Itchen survived a four-month voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Trout. Taken in the Molonglo River.
Date:
C1893
Artist:
H. Irwin
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured lithograph.
Image Size:
190mm
x 60mm
Paper Size:
243mm
x 151mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1893
Description:
Rare c.19th hand coloured lithograph of a Brown trout taken from the Molonglo River.
The first introductions were in Australia in 1864 when 300 of 1500 brown trout eggs from the River Itchen survived a four-month voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Melbourne on the sailing ship Norfolk. By 1866, 171 young brown trout were surviving in a Plenty River hatchery in Tasmania. Thirty-eight young trout were released in the river, a tributary of the River Derwent in 1866..
Binomial name: Salmo trutta
First described: Linnaeus 1758
Distribution: SA, VIC, NSW, TAS
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