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C1874
Hanging Rock.
Rare engraving of Hanging Rock, New South Wales. Hanging Rock took its name from a huge cliff face that overlooked the valley below. In August 1851, while out riding his run, Nathan Burrows spotted a stockman panning for gold along … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Hanging Rock.
Date:
C1874
Artist:
Unknown
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
142mm
x 118mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1874
Description:
Rare engraving of Hanging Rock, New South Wales.
Hanging Rock took its name from a huge cliff face that overlooked the valley below. In August 1851, while out riding his run, Nathan Burrows spotted a stockman panning for gold along Swamp Creek. The stockman had stumbled across his good fortune while washing his pannikin after a meal and found a few shiny specs. Burrows rode to Tamworth to inform the local storekeeper, William Cohen, who within a few days’ rode to Hanging Rock, along with Charles Parsons and William Blackborn, to check out Burrow’s claim and they found more gold. Thus a gold rush commenced to this area. By February 1852, 27 cradles were operating with some 200 diggers searching for their fortune.
From the original edition of the Town and Country Journal.
References:
Bennett, Frank & Christopher, The Australian Town and Country Journal. Sydney.: 1881.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 41861
State Library New South Wales: 1870-1919 TN83A
State Library Victoria: RARENSL N.S.W. 1870-1919
Bennett, Frank & Christopher, The Australian Town and Country Journal. Sydney.: 1881.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 41861
State Library New South Wales: 1870-1919 TN83A
State Library Victoria: RARENSL N.S.W. 1870-1919
