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C1876
Palmer Gold Fields, Queensland. Diggers preparing for Defence.
Rare colonial engraving of two miners, rifles in hand preparing to defend themselves against aborigines at the Palmer gold fields, Queensland. From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News. Collections: University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131 State Library Victoria: Record ID … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Palmer Gold Fields, Queensland. Diggers preparing for Defence.
Date:
C1876
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
227mm
x 225mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1876
Description:
Rare colonial engraving of two miners, rifles in hand preparing to defend themselves against aborigines at the Palmer gold fields, Queensland.
From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News.Â
Collections:
University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131
State Library Victoria: Record ID 9910433893607636
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2495305
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS F079/55, TN380
Royal Geographic Society SA: RGS Special Coll. 079.94 I29 d
T.S.C. - Thomas Selby Cousins (1840 - 1897)
T.S.C. - Thomas Selby Cousins (1840-1897) Cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and engraver son of the engraver Henry Cousins and nephew of the engraver Samuel Cousins. He emigrated for health reasons to New Zealand in 1863-64 and subsequently moved to Melbourne in 1867 finding work as an illustrator and cartoonist. After sometime he returned to Christchurch and worked primarily as a portrait painter.
