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C1838
Sandstone Cave with Paintings near Glenelg River.
Artist:
Rare c.19th lithograph of aboriginal cave art discovered by George Grey while exploring the Glenelg River, Western Australia. The first recorded exploration of the Glenelg River was made in 1838, by a party led by George Grey, but they were … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Sandstone Cave with Paintings near Glenelg River.
Date:
C1838
Artist:
Condition:
Small tear at lower sheet edge, loss of publication line, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured lithograph.
Image Size:
165mm
x 105mm
Paper Size:
220mm
x 135mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1838
Description:
Rare c.19th lithograph of aboriginal cave art discovered by George Grey while exploring the Glenelg River, Western Australia.
The first recorded exploration of the Glenelg River was made in 1838, by a party led by George Grey, but they were poorly prepared and ill-equipped. Grey named the river on 2 March 1838 after Lord Glenelg who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1835 to 1839 and under whose auspices Grey undertook his explorations
From: Grey, Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, during the years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty’s Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the Aboriginal inhabitants, ……
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 3228.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney, 1987 : 131.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 740610
State Library Queensland: 996964214702061
State Library South Australia: 994.1 G843
State Library Victoria: CC 919.41 G86J
State Library New South Wales: 1841 RB/E919.41/GRE
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1141869
Sir George Grey (1812 - 1898)
British explorer, governor and politician. In 1836 he left Ireland and wrote to the Colonial Office offering to lead an expedition to seek a site for settlement in north-western Australia. With support from the Royal Geographical Society, Grey's plan was approved and he sailed with Lieutenant Lushington and seven men in the Beagle in July 1837. In December they reached Hanover Bay (near Collier Bay) and after several short excursions started inland on 29 January 1838. Leader and men were totally inexperienced, progress was delayed by flooded country, many stores were abandoned, and the party was constantly split up despite the presence of large numbers of hostile Aboriginals. On 10 February Grey was speared and became critically ill, but after two weeks continued the exploration. The party named the Glenelg River, Stephen Range and Mount Lyell before returning to Hanover Bay in April. There they were picked up by the Beagle and Lynher and taken to Mauritius to recuperate. In September Grey went to Perth hoping to resume his 'adventures'. In February 1839 he sailed in an American whaler for Shark Bay where he and his ten men were landed on Bernier Island with three whale-boats in which he intended to explore northward to North-West Cape. After the whaler departed, the party was delayed by gales and found the island waterless. In desperation they crossed to the mainland but one boat was smashed and most of the provisions were spoilt before they reached the mouth of the Gascoyne River. The northern journey was abandoned and in March Grey decided to go to Perth by boat, although he knew there was no landing place for 100 miles (161 km). In heavy surf at Gantheaume Bay both boats were wrecked and the party faced a 300-miles forced march, sustained by what little food and water they could find. Grey reached Perth on 21 April and all except one of his men straggled in later.
