• Title
  Views of New South Wales, ca. 1828-1840 / watercolours by Robert Hoddle
• Creator
  Robert Hoddle, 1794-1881
• Call number
  PXA 1042
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1828-1840
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  442400
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 20.7 x 28.3 cm. or smaller - 4 watercolours
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Robert Hoddle (1794-1881) arrived in Sydney in 1823, where he worked as a surveyor. In 1837 he was posted to the newly established settlement at Port Phillip where it is said he was responsible for the grid layout of Melbourne. He was an active artist documenting landscapes on his extensive travels.
  For further information on Hoddle see: Dictionary of Australian Artists / by Joan Kerr. Melb, Vic : Oxford University Press, 1992.
  See also: Robert Hoddle: Pioneer Surveyor, 1794-1881 / by Berres Hoddle Colville. Melb, Vic : Research Publications Pty Ltd, 2004.
• Scope and Content
  1. View of Murrengenberg Mountain and Bundawang Mountain. [This wash drawing depicts an incident in ca. 1829 whilst Hoddle was surveying the county of St. Vincent, near Pigeon House Mountain. Hoddle noted that the land in this district was particularly harsh and hostile. This drawing appears to be an earlier version of a more finished watercolour which depicts the killing of a wild bullock (PX*D 319 f.12). This drawing includes an Aboriginal figure, apparently travelling with the party].
  2. Murre-Murrang and Wallanga near Jervis Bay. [This watercolour was probably made in the late 1820s when Hoddle was employed in surveys of the southern coastline. Pigeon House Mountain can be seen in the background - Hoddle had reached it in September 1828].
  3. Boorel [Booral] near Stroud. [Hoddle visited Stroud in 1840, whilst on sick-leave, to see his daughter, whose husband was employed by the Australian Agricultural Company (AA Co). Booral was the AA Co. township, at the head of the Karuah River].
  4. Near Kiama, Illawarra, New South Wales [This drawing was probably made in 1830, when Hoddle was asked to attempt to open a path from the settlement at Bong Bong to the coast, a difficult task because of hostile terrain].
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  The significance of these watercolours lies in their depiction of an inhospitable landscape prior to any significant development or settlement -- Acquisition Notes, Nov 2004.
  Reference: Robert Hoddle: Pioneer Surveyor, 1794-1881 / by Berres Hoddle Colville. Melb, Vic : Research Publications Pty Ltd, 2004.
  Further commentary on Item 4 by Walter Abraham available at PXn 952
  Digital order no:Album ID : 824032
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Watercolours are titled in ink and pencil below image or on reverse
• Name
  Australian Agricultural Company
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  coasts
  homesteads
  landscapes (views)
  mountains
  surveyors
  
• Place
  Booral (N.S.W.)
  Jervis Bay District
  Kiama (N.S.W.)
  Pigeon House Mountain (N.S.W.)
  Stroud (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3311975

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