Gordon's Mill, Paddington, [Sydney, N.S.W.], 1848 / watercolour probably drawn by George Roberts

SV/190

fonds

1848

Graphic Materials, Watercolours

901859

1 watercolour - image 22.4 x 39.7 cm, on sheet 26.0 x 41.5 cm (irregular)

George Roberts, a watercolour and scene-painter, was born in Tunbridge Wells, England. He arrived with his family in Sydney in about 1840 and worked as a theatrical scene-painter and carpenter. Roberts also painted watercolour views including architectural subjects and street scenes in Sydney and it environs, particularly the eastern suburbs. Roberts died in May 1865.

Gordon's Post Mill was run by the Gordon family and used to grind wheat from the early 1830s. It was located at the end of Gordon Street, Paddington. It was a wooden mill, revolving on a stone base, with the owner's house and miller's cottage located nearby.

References:
Dictionary of Australian Artists Online. http://www.daao.org.au/ (accessed 10 August 2010)
Kelly, Max. Paddock full of houses: Paddington 1840-1890. Paddington, N.S.W. : Doak Press, 1978.
Journal and proceedings / Australian Historical Society, Part 6, 1902-3

Owston Collection (Owston Nominees No 2 is family company of Warren Anderson).

A watercolour of Gordon's Mill in Paddington with two cottages and a fenced area in the foreground

Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Title and date taken from watercolour

Frame removed and stored at F497.
Label attached to backing board of frame (not original) 'Josef Lebovic Gallery. 294 Oxford Street, Paddington NSW 2021. Telephone 356 1840'

Inscribed in pencil on sheet attached to backing board of watercolour:
'Note this mill stood just south of the junction of Gordon & Stewart Streets Paddington and opposite the end of Elizabeth St.
The House to the left was the Millers house and Mr Luker of Luker & R...in? lived there.
The cottage to the right is still standing with its front out and iron over the shingles as a play shed in the Grounds of the Paddington Public School.
Note Gordon St. is between this cottage and the Mill site. 1891. NS.?'

Attributed to George Roberts by Head, Pictures Section, Mitchell Library, June 2010