• Title
  Botanical illustrations of far north Queensland based on descriptions by William Carron, 2017 / drawn by Janet Hauser
• Creator
  Janet Hauser
• Call number
  PXD 1494
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  2017
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings, Photographs
• Reference code
  9607378
• Physical Description
  22 drawings - watercolour
  20 items of textual material - printed on mounted board
  1 photographic copy print - black & white
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  William Carron (1821-1876), botanist and explorer, was born in England and arrived in Sydney by the Royal Saxon in 1844. He worked as a gardener, and in 1848 accompanied Edmund Kennedy's expedition to Cape York as a botanist. Eight of the original explorers died of suspected starvation, another from accidental gunshot, and Kennedy himself was speared to death by an unknown Aboriginal man. Carron, convict William Goddard and an Aboriginal tracker known as Jackey Jackey, were rescued and survived. Carron later published a 'Narrative of an exploring expedition through part of Tropical Australia Along the East coast from Rockingham Bay to Cape York for the Government of New South Wales under the direction of E. B. Kennedy Esqr. Assistant Surveyor', 29 April-14 December 1848 (published in 1852). In 1855, Carron was appointed collector for the Sydney Botanic Gardens.
  
  Janet Hauser is a botanical artist and founding member of the Botanical Artist’s Society of Queensland. Her artwork has been displayed in numerous exhibitions including those held at the Botanic Gardens Auditorium (Queensland) and the Queensland Herbarium.
  
  In 2012 Hauser retraced the path of the 1848 13-man expedition led by Kennedy. Hauser was inspired to follow Carron's footsteps after learning he had lost the plant specimens collected whilst on the expedition. Hauser produced 37 drawings as part of the project; 32 were displayed in an exhibition held at the Port of Yamba Historical Society Yamba Museum, 13 August-3 September 2017, titled ‘Tribute to William Carron’.
  
  The 21 drawings described here were part of the original 37.
  
  Hauser used descriptions in Carron’s published work to identify the plants and produce the botanical drawings.
  
• Collection history
  From Janet Hauser
• Scope and Content
  Item 01: [Moreton Bay chestnut, black bean. Castanospermum australe, 2017]
  Item 02: [Carronia. Carronia multisepalea, 2017]
  Item 03: [Holly-Leaved mangrove. Acanthus ilicifolius, 2017]
  Item 04: [Orange-flowered mistletow. Dendrophthoe homoplastica, 2017]
  Item 05: [Star flower. Gardenis scabrella, 2017]
  Item 06: [Gidee gidee. Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus, 2017]
  Item 07: [Claret hoya. Hoya nicholsoniae, 2017]
  Item 08: [Nonda plum. Parinara nonda, 2017]
  Item 09: [Burdekin plum. Pleiogynium timorense, 2017]
  Item 10: [Camel bush. Trichodesma zeylanicum, 2017]
  Item 11: [Native hibiscus. Hibiscus heterophyllus subsp. heterophyllus, 2017]
  Item 12: [Beach ball nut. Calophyllum inophyllum, 2017]
  Item 13: [Blue tongue. Melastoma malabathricum, 2017]
  Item 14: [Sea purslane, Sesuvium portulacastrum and Coastal jack bean, Canavalia rosea, 2017]
  Item 15: [Red beech. Dillenia alata, 2017]
  Item 16: [Burney bean. Mucuna gigantea subsp. gigantea, 2017]
  Item 17: [Pitcher plant, 2017]
  Item 18: [Adenanthera pavonina. Red sandalwood, 2017]
  Item 19: [Peanut tree. Sterculia quadrifida, 2017]
  Item 20: [Lady apple. Syzygium suborbiculare, 2017]
  Item 21: [Backscratcher ginger, 2017]
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years
  Copyright holder:: Janet Hauser has assigned copyright to the State Library of New South Wales
  Research & study copies allowed:
  Rights and Restrictions Information:: No publication without prior written approval from the State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Janet Hauser
• Published Information
  Narrative of an exploring expedition through part of Tropical Australia Along the East coast from Rockingham Bay to Cape York for the Government of New South Wales under the direction of E. B. Kennedy Esqr. Assistant Surveyor', by William Carron, 29 April-14 December 1848. Held at: DLMSQ 600
• Subject
  Botanical illustration--Australia.
  Carron, William, 1823-1876--Journeys--Queensland.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19051274

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