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C1894
Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition Survey of Her…
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Rare large scale map by Charles Winnecke ( 1856-1902) showing of the Hermannsburg Mission on the Finke River, Northern Territory made on the Horn Scientific Expedition. The Horn expedition was a privately funded by William Austin Horn (1841–1922) an Australian … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition Survey of Her…
Date:
C1894
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued. Laid on archival linen.
Technique:
Lithograph.
Image Size:
537mm
x 753mm
Paper Size:
590mm
x 790mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1894
Description:
Rare large scale map by Charles Winnecke ( 1856-1902) showing of the Hermannsburg Mission on the Finke River, Northern Territory made on the Horn Scientific Expedition.
The Horn expedition was a privately funded by William Austin Horn (1841–1922) an Australian mining magnate, pastoralist, politician, author, sculptor and philanthropist. The scientific expedition was a major undertaking, travelling some 3500 kilometres and mapping almost 70,000 square kilometres of remote territory. In addition to Baldwin Spencer, the staff included several eminent scientists such as Professors Edward Stirling and Ralph Tate.
References:
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney, 1987 :: 211.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 :: 8686a.
Morton, S.R. & Mulvaney, D.J. Exploring Central Australia: Society, the Environment and the 1894 Horn Expedition. Sydney 1996 :: 16969.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2734107
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney, 1987 :: 211.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 :: 8686a.
Morton, S.R. & Mulvaney, D.J. Exploring Central Australia: Society, the Environment and the 1894 Horn Expedition. Sydney 1996 :: 16969.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2734107
Charles Winnecke (1856 - 1902)
Winnecke was an Australian explorer and botanist best known for leading the Horn Expedition to Central Australia in 1894. He was born at Norwood, South Australia on 18 November 1856 and educated at St. Peter's College. Winnecke entered the Government Survey Office in Adelaide in 1873 under Surveyor-General George Goyder. He first accompanied the North Eastern Exploring Expedition to survey the border between South Australia and Queensland in 1877. He then travelled through northern South Australia in September 1884. In May 1894 he led the Horn Expedition to Central Australia. , a scientific exploration of the regions geology, zoology, botany and Indigenous people. He followed the Finke River as far as the James Range towards Tempe Downs Station and Kings Creek Station. the expedition included Baldwin Spencer, Edward Charles Stirling, Ralph Tate and J. A. Watt and drew on the expertise of Afghan cameleers and Aboriginal guides. During this expedition, Winnecke was responsible for the theft of a major repository of Aboriginal sacred objects in Central Australia, helped by an Aboriginal guide who was later killed by local elders for his crime in leading Winnecke to their hiding place. The objects were subsequently interpreted with the assistance of another guide, the sometime police tracker and Aboriginal resistance identity Arrarbi. When removing the objects he left 'a number of tomahawks, large knives and other things in their place, sufficient commercially to make the transaction an equitable exchange'. Winnecke was made a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society. He died on 10 September 1902 in Adelaide.
