C1882

Queensland coast scenery – Birley Head.

Very early view of Burleigh Head prior to any settlement activity. In 1888, the first store and a post office were established, with a hotel shortly after to accommodate visitors who came with the new interest in public bathing. From … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Queensland coast scenery – Birley Head.

Date:

C1882

Condition:

In good condition.

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Image Size: 

211mm 
x 150mm
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Queensland coast scenery - Birley Head. - Antique Print from 1882

Genuine antique
dated:

1882

Description:

Very early view of Burleigh Head prior to any settlement activity. In 1888, the first store and a post office were established, with a hotel shortly after to accommodate visitors who came with the new interest in public bathing. From the Illustrated Sydney News.

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

Collingridge was a painter, illustrator and teacher who became staff artist for the Illustrated London News and The Graphic both very successful London newspapers, before emigrating to Australia. He was one of several sons in an old Catholic family from Godington Manor, Oxfordshire. Like his brother George , he mostly dropped the 'de Tourcey’ in Australia. came to Sydney in 1879 where he worked as an illustrator for the Sydney Mail , the Town and Country Journal. He founded the New South Wales Art Society and was staff artist of the Illustrated Sydney News. Collingridge exhibited widely, mainly in New South Wales and was a founding member of the Royal Art Society of NSW 1880.

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