The Township, at the Spring Creek Diggings, Victoria. - Antique View from 1869
C1869

The Township, at the Spring Creek Diggi…

Artist:

O.R.C. - Oswald Rose Campbell (1820 - 1887)

Rare colonial engraving of Spring Creek after the discovery of gold. In 1868 gold was discovered in the Graytown area, in a field lying between the McIvor (Heathcote) and the Rushworth diggings. There was a rapid influx of population. The … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

The Township, at the Spring Creek Diggings, Victoria.

Date:

C1869

Artist:

O.R.C. - Oswald Rose Campbell (1820 - 1887)

Condition:

In good condition

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size: 

340mm 
x 225mm
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The Township, at the Spring Creek Diggings, Victoria. - Antique View from 1869

Genuine antique
dated:

1869

Description:

Rare colonial engraving of Spring Creek after the discovery of gold. In 1868 gold was discovered in the Graytown area, in a field lying between the McIvor (Heathcote) and the Rushworth diggings. There was a rapid influx of population. The area was called Spring Creek, after a tributary of Major Creek. Numerous shops opened to supply the miners including the London Pie House.

From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News.

Collections:
State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 01-03-69 P.49
National Library Australia: Bib ID 91006

O.R.C. - Oswald Rose Campbell (1820 - 1887)

Campbell was an artist  born in the Channel Islands, arrived in Melbourne in October 1852. He then moved to Sydney for brief period and returned to Melbourne in 1864. On Thomas Clark's retirement, Campbell applied again for appointment as drawing-master at the School of Design, claiming that for the past twelve years he had been drawing on wood, chiefly figures for the illustrated papers. He was appointed on 1 December 1876 at a salary of £250.

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