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The Collection of David and Marie Louise Wordsworth
Marie Louise and David Wordsworth have been passionate and respected collectors of significant historical works, from both Tasmania and Western Australia, for over 50 years. David came from an early colonial settler family in Tasmania where their interest in collecting began. David led a distinguished business life, and in public service he would rise to the level of minister in the government of Sir Charles Court, from 1977-1982.
Marie Louise, is a sixth-generation Western Australian, and was raised within a prominent Western Australian political family and she has combined her deep knowledge of Western Australian history with her family heritage, which includes many original settlers and surveyors –the Bussels, Cliftons, Halls, Heppingstones and Johnstons. Together, and with their good friend Leslie Marchant, they collected early prints and maps which traced the expeditions of the early Dutch, French and British explorers of the West Australian coast.
The collection also includes images which show how the new settlement of Western Australia was seen through English eyes. The rare colonial jarrah furniture collection shows the incredible workmanship and innovation of those early settlers using local timbers.
Also in the collection is a rare set of intricately framed miniatures inherited by David and thought to have come from the famous artist Van Eyck’s family, who migrated from the Netherlands to England with William IV.
The acquisition of the Prinsep collection was a coup for Marie Louise, and she moved quickly to secure this collection when the opportunity arose, adding to their already significant Western Australian collection. This fascinating and historical collection is of great historical significance, especially to the Bussleton and Bunbury region of Western Australia.
The acquisition in 2011 by the National Gallery of Australia of a small group of their oil paintings, watercolours and furniture, from early colonial Western Australia, highlights Marie Louise and David's significant contribution to preserving historical works.
We welcome you to participate in this outstanding auction of a collection rich in historical gems, especially for those collectors that take an interest in the early pioneer days of 19th century Western Australian history.
Sir John Forrest. Map showing the route of the West Australian Exploring Expedition through the centre of Australia from Champion Bay on the west coast to the Overland Telegraph Line between Commanded by John Forrest, F.R.G.S 1874 by Edward Weller, copper engraving, London 1875
19.5 x 77.5cm
REFERENCE
Discoveries of the first extensive exploration of Western Australia's interior. Spanning a large section of Western Australia and Southern Australia, the map traces the expedition's progress in mid-late 1874. Beginning at Geraldton on Champion Bay, Forrest and his men traveled northeast along known waterways before cutting eastwards towards their goal, the telegraph line running north-south across the continent connecting Adelaide and Darwin. The locations and dates of the expedition's camps are recorded, along with copious notes on the terrain, water sources (if any), flora, and other details necessary for navigation and survival. Mountains, waterways, and other topographic details are illustrated throughout. The route of the expedition is prominently traced in red. Although by the mid-19th century, white British-descended
settlers were well established along Australia's coasts, the vast and often inhospitable interior, particularly its western half, remained a mystery, inhabited by a range of Aboriginal groups. In the 1860s, several European explorers dared to penetrate the interior, but either made limited progress or disappeared and were presumed dead. It was, therefore, audacious and even reckless for Forrest to propose a trek through hundreds of miles of unknown arid territory only sparsely populated by Aborigines who might be hostile. But Forrest's familiarity with Australia's southwest, his previous field experience as a surveyor, and his success leading two earlier treks (less ambitious than the third but still impressive in their own right) made him the ideal head of such an effort. Traveling with a team of six, including his brother Alexander and a well-regarded indigenous guide named Tommy Windich, Forrest's group set out from Geraldton on Champion Bay on April 1, 1874. Over the next six months, the team battled the elements, particularly the lack of drinking water, scurvy, and an altercation with the local Martukaja (Mardu) people near Weld Springs, while they traversed hundreds of miles of previously uncharted territory. At several points, the expedition's members suspected they would not survive. But on September 27, the group reached the telegraph line from Adelaide to Darwin. Forrest's expedition was a remarkable success, gaining him public accolades and launching his political career, but the
experience was so harrowing that it convinced Forrest that much of Western Australia was nearly uninhabitable and impossible for nonAborigines to settle.
This map was drawn by John Forrest in 1874, and afterward was prepared as a lithograph by Edward Weller and published by John Murray in the 1875 Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, accompanying an article by Forrest recounting the expedition. The map is only independently catalogued by the National Library of Australia, while the entire 1875 volume of the journal is more widely distributed.
Sir John Forrest, 1st Baron Forrest of Bunbury (1847-1918), surveyor, explorer and politician, was born on 22 August 1847 at Preston Point, near Bunbury, Western Australia, fourth child and third son of the ten children of William Forrest and his wife Margaret Guthrie, née Hill. William was from Bervie, near Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland; Margaret came from a Dundee shopkeeping family related to the Black Campbells of Ayrshire. They had migrated to Western Australia in December 1842 as servants to Dr John Ferguson. In 1846 William Forrest completed his engagement and settled at Picton as a farmer and millwright, where they shared in the general advance of the colony after the introduction of nearly 10,000 British convicts in the years 1850-68. John and his eight brothers were taught to help with chores, and he early became a splendid rider. The
boys were enrolled at the government school in Bunbury, and in 1860 he followed his eldest brother William to Bishop Hale's School in Perth. John did well particularly in arithmetic, and in November 1863 was apprenticed to T. C. Carey, the assistant surveyor at Bunbury. He completed his training successfully in December 1865, and was appointed a temporary government surveyor. Thereafter, until 1890, he was on the staff of the Surveyor-General's Office.
Forrest worked in most parts of the south-west, and in March 1869 was offered appointment as second-in-command and navigator to Dr Ferdinand Mueller on an expedition from Perth in search of clues to the fate of Leichhardt. When Mueller could not manage the trip, Forrest was chosen to succeed him. From 15 April until 6 August he successfully led six men and sixteen horses over 2000 miles (3200 km), much of it in uncharted wilderness around Lake Moore and Lake Barlee, and inland almost as far as the later site of Laverton. He found no trace of Leichhardt, and no good pastoral land. He had, however, systematically surveyed his route using the most up-to-date methods of stellar observation, and he had brought back specimens for botanists and geologists.
Later that year the governor of Western Australia, (Sir) Frederick Weld, proposed an expedition to make a proper survey of the route between Western Australia and South Australia taken thirty years earlier by Edward
John Eyre. Since Eyre's hasty trip on foot along the coast from the head of the Great Australian Bight to Albany on King George Sound nobody had reached Western Australia except by ship. Forrest was appointed leader of the party, again six men and sixteen horses. They left Perth on 30 March 1870 and reached Adelaide on 27 August. The tangible results were not impressive. It was the first west-to-east crossing of Western Australia by land, and it showed that a telegraph line could readily be erected along the coastline. This was done, and the line, completed in December 1877, put Perth into telegraphic contact with London. But Forrest found only one new pastoral region, in the neighbourhood of the Hampton Range, far from any existing settlement and practically waterless. However, the expedition brought wide-spread publicity to its leader and to his brother Alexander, and also confirmed Forrest's own confidence in his ability and in his style of command. His objectives were boldly conceived, but cautiously executed. He was rarely compelled to go forward without knowing what lay ahead; nor was he obliged to advance merely because he could not retreat. As a surveyor he could not get lost, and his occasional gamble in the daily search for drinking water and feed for his horses was always calculated well in advance.
In 1871 the newly appointed surveyor-general, (Sir) Malcolm Fraser, appointed Forrest government surveyor for the northern district. In 1872 he was nominated to lead an expedition from Champion Bay eastwards across the central desert country. However, because expeditions were already being organized by Ernest Giles, W. C. Gosse and P. E. Warburton from the South Australian side, the proposal was deferred. Only Warburton reached the western coast.
This left Forrest the opportunity to take a central route, and on 1 April 1874 he led an expedition of six men with twenty horses out from Geraldton. Moving by careful stages from waterhole to waterhole, he made a crossing of the western interior, arriving at Peake Hill on the north-south overland telegraph line on 30 September, after experiencing several hairbreadth escapes from death by thirst and some violent encounters with hostile Aboriginals. Sixteen horses died before 3 November when the men reached Adelaide, to be given a public reception rather resembling a Roman triumph. Forrest had led the first west-to-east expedition through the western centre of Australia; but he readily confessed that the practical results had not been great. Most of the country traversed was never likely to be settled.
Forrest's reputation spread rapidly throughout Australia, and press accounts of his courage and endurance attracted attention in Britain. In 1875 he was given leave to visit London, and was acclaimed as 'The Young Explorer' by a generation that fed on the glories of Antarctic, Arctic and African exploration. His leave was extended, and he was allowed to select a free grant of 5000 acres (2000 ha) of Crown land when he got home. He gave several public lectures in London, and arranged for the publication of his journals as Explorations in Australia (1875). He visited the birthplaces of his parents in Scotland, and arranged for his family to be registered with a coat of arms and a motto—Vivunt dum Vivent (While they live they flourish).
In 1876 Forrest was promoted to deputy surveyor-general and received the founder's gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society of London.
On 29 February at St George's Cathedral, Perth, he married Margaret Elvire, eldest daughter of Edward Hamersley of Guildford, who stood in the front rank of Western Australia's territorial and social élite. Margaret, at 31, was tiny, lively and abundantly accomplished; she was a talented water-colourist, and her social aplomb was as important an asset to the marriage as the financial security she inherited from her father. During the next four years Forrest was involved in four large-scale trigonometrical surveys, and in 1878, when he served for a time as acting surveyor-general and commissioner of Crown lands, he was the first colonial-born Western Australian to be admitted to the Executive Council.
From May 1880 until August 1881 he served as acting superintendent of convicts, and in May 1882 was appointed C.M.G.: he was also elected a fellow of the Linnean Society of London in recognition of his work in collecting Australian flora on behalf of Mueller.
In January 1883 Forrest became surveyor-general and commissioner of Crown lands with a seat in the Executive and Legislative Councils. This appointment was a landmark in his career. By perseverance and leadership he had by then overcome his triple disadvantage—he was colonial-born, rough-hewn, and lacked family connexions in Britain. As an administrator, he had a clear personal pattern of approach, which ensured his success in his new position. He was strong, thorough and punctilious. He made sure that the constant flow of settlers' inquiries and requests was attended to expeditiously, and often answered difficult inquiries personally. He watched expenses carefully, and his bureaucratic competence in handing official business was a rare quality in colonial Australia. His style of writing was direct, straightforward and lucid, and he was quick to reply in detail to anything he perceived as an aspersion. His characteristic mode was to write whilst he thought, and he was at his best when instructing his field staff on surveying techniques, or assessing the cost of various proposals, or explaining a complicated land transaction. In short, he carried over into his day-to-day administration of the Lands and Survey Department all those habits of thought, expression and command which he had developed as a field surveyor and inland explorer over twenty years.
After 1883 Forrest became involved in the higher levels of the colony's administration and politics, and he developed a strongly adverse opinion about the existing system of government, and the dictatorial manner in which he believed it was being managed by the newly arrived governor, (Sir) Frederick Napier Broome. As time passed, it became clear that Forrest and the other top officials enjoyed quarrelling among themselves, and were not much given to compromise or to temperate statements; indeed, in 1884-86 the proceedings of the Executive Council came to resemble a 'bear-garden'—the colonial secretary's phrase. The climax came in September 1887 when the governor suspended Chief Justice A. C. Onslow from duty. In the consequent imbroglio, which wasted much time and energy, Forrest's part did him little credit.
In 1883 Forrest organized the first large-scale survey of the Kimberley district, which had been explored by his brother Alexander in 1879, and accompanied the party for several months: it was his last field survey work. Next year he published a small booklet, Notes on Western Australia, with statistics for the year 1883, which, after several issues, was replaced
by the Western Australian year book. He also visited the eastern colonies. In 1885 he was involved in a lengthy investigation into the Crown land regulations, and in 1886 toured the newly discovered Kimberley goldfield and selected the site of the port of Wyndham. He piloted through the Legislative Council a new set of land regulations, designed to do equal justice to pastoral tenants and the 'bold peasantry' whose arrival the colony was hopefully awaiting: residence, with 'improvement', was made a sine qua non of alienation from the Crown. In 1887 he again visited London to represent the colony at the first Colonial Conference and at Queen Victoria's jubilee celebrations. The following year he arranged for the administration of the Pilbara and Yilgarn goldfields, and also drew up a report on a proposed government railway route from Perth to Bunbury. As a government officer, Forrest did not take a very active part in the public debate on responsible government which agitated the colony in the late 1880s, but he strongly supported the proposal to establish a local parliamentary system in place of Crown Colony government. He did, however, take part in the Legislative Council debates on the new Constitution, and was disappointed not to be a delegate in London when the Constitution was being considered by the Imperial parliament. He had seen himself, from the outset, as the prime contender for appointment as first premier, being the only member of the old Executive Council who wished to continue in public life after the introduction of the new system; and he had manoeuvred successfully to frighten away his only possible competitor, (Sir) Stephen Henry Parker. He was elected unopposed as member for the Legislative Assembly electorate of Bunbury, and on 29 December 1890 was sworn in as colonial treasurer: the title 'premier' which he assumed was a courtesy title conferred not by the Constitution, but by usage and common consent. His experience and ability were uncontested: nobody else in Western Australia enjoyed the same sort of personal support. Head and shoulders above the others by force of personality, he also stood nearly six feet tall (183 cm) and weighed almost sixteen stone (102 kg).
Forrest was appointed K.C.M.G. in May 1891, the first native son to be so honoured, and held office as premier and treasurer until 15 February 1901. From December 1894 until April 1898, he was also colonial secretary. He thus established a record for longevity in Australian colonial politics. During these ten years his original cabinet's personnel changed completely, apart from himself. None of them achieved the same influence as Septimus Burt, his attorney-general. Parker resigned in 1894 when he found that cabinet was a one-man band, and Harry Venn was sacked in 1896 when he disagreed with the premier in public and refused to resign.
While he was not a good parliamentary speaker or debater—he had no gift for repartee, subtlety or blandishment—Forrest relied on being taken for what he was, a man of forthright rectitude, robust common sense, and homely hard-headedness. He never doubted that he knew what was best for his audience, and he based both policies and language on his perceptions of practical ways to solve practical problems. As a public speaker he had an earnest persuasiveness founded on a command of the situation as a whole, and he tended to view politics very much as he had surveyed the Australian bush—from above, from horseback or an
elevated trig station. He tended also to think that political solutions were discovered easily enough if the correct levels had been taken and the right angles measured. If things turned out the wrong way, he started again. He was sensitive to public opinion, especially when it had been fully expressed on an important issue. He never lagged far behind it, but allowed it to mature, so as to enable him to give effect to demands in deliberate and calculated fashion. Thus he could forestall opposition in parliament, and claim that he was governing on behalf of the whole community. When convinced of the soundness or urgency of a proposal, he expected unwavering support from colleagues in his efforts to meet it, and subsequently full public appreciation. For a decade he usually enjoyed both.
At no time during the 1890s was Forrest challenged as premier; there was not even an heir-apparent. His government was stable, though it survived numerous defeats on individual measures; he withdrew items when the situation looked unpromising. He won the 1894 and 1897 Legislative Assembly elections, but with the increase in the number of metropolitan and goldfields seats and voters, he had to put more effort into ensuring that his supporters were voting his way. To some extent Forrest had himself created the situation, by abolishing the property qualification for electors of the assembly in 1893, and by adding three goldfields electorates that year and six in 1896.
Forrest never created a political party, or extra-parliamentary organization, or even a faction of his supporters within the parliament. From time to time he called together a caucus when drumming up support for a particular 'patriotic' or 'national' proposal. But the social round centred on his wife and his home in Perth was much more important in securing the personal loyalties on which he depended. The Forrests had a legion of relatives by birth and by marriage, many of whom were influential in parliament and business. Forrest could count on the support of his brother Alexander, a member of parliament and mayor of Perth for most of the 1890s, and also on that of (Sir) John Winthrop Hackett, editor of the West Australian. Nor was there ever a fully effective parliamentary Opposition, even when a succession of leaders emerged in the 1890s: there was no Labor Party and no party system until after 1900. Forrest had more difficulty disciplining his own supporters and preventing them from forming competing regional and interest groups. He also had some trouble with the Legislative Council, both as a nominated house and, after 1893, as a house elected on a property franchise from an electoral system very heavily weighted to favour the agricultural districts.
Forrest's main political problems arose in the later 1890s because of friction between alluvial miners and the mining companies. Under legislation of 1895 both were permitted to use the same ground, but when alluvial gold became scarce the miners began to sink shafts, and there were several serious riots when police tried to prevent them. In March 1898 Forrest was mobbed by unruly diggers at Kalgoorlie, who were protesting at the situation and later that year the government abolished the dual title, but ensured that no leases would be granted unless they contained reef gold only. The government's administration of mining was never popular. But while mining members opposed the government in parliament, they never constituted a serious threat to it.
Forrest proposed to provide Western Australia with those public works which were lacking because the previous unrepresentative government had been unable to pay for them. He expected that thereby much new land would be opened up for settlement; that the population (only 46,000 in 1890) would be increased by immigration; that ex-goldminers would settle on farms or take jobs in shops, quarries and timber yards; and that the government would have money to spend for the good of the community at large. To achieve all this he raised loans in London, and for as long as the population continued to increase, so did the colony's ability to pay the annual interest. During the ten years of Forrest's premiership, the public debt rose from £1.4 million to £12.2 million.
Forrest saw himself as the broker who decided which public works would be given to which districts by receiving deputations at his office, or else by travelling during parliamentary recesses to meet the people and learn directly about their needs. Nevertheless, he had some overriding policies. First and foremost, he believed that there should be an apportionment between the needs of the metropolitan, agricultural, pastoral and mining regions, so that provision for railways, water-supplies, hospitals, harbours, schools and other public buildings were made with a view to long-term needs. In that view, the goldfields would decline before long in their relative importance. Forrest wanted to make the prosperity of the present pay for the hoped-for success of the future; the floating population of the goldfields would help those who had a permanent stake in the country. This did not endear him to goldminers. His policy meant high railway freights and high tariffs. The goldminers were also annoyed because whilst they got their own railways, they did not get the one they really wanted from Kalgoorlie to Esperance on the south coast.
This complaint illustrated the second major Forrest policy, which was to develop Perth as the colony's only major rail terminus and Fremantle as the port-of-call for all overseas mail and passenger services. The dredging of a new harbour on the mouth of the Swan was begun in 1892 and completed in 1898, and mail-steamers on the England-Australia run began to call regularly in 1900. By the time Forrest resigned as premier, every major goldfield was connected by telegraph or railway to Perth and all the big towns had been provided with essential services. So, too, had the south-western farming districts and their local centres.
The Forrest government was extraordinarily lucky. While the eastern colonies were suffering from droughts, depression, unemployment, financial crises and bank crashes, one new goldfield after another was discovered in Western Australia, especially after the discovery of Coolgardie (1892) and Kalgoorlie (1893). Hundreds of companies were formed in the eastern colonies and in London to exploit the gold deposits, and much capital flowed in for investment in mines, business and property. The spectacular boom reached its peak in the years 18981903. The population rose from 59,000 in 1892 to 180,000 in 1900. Most came from Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. Annual gold production rose to 1 million ounces in 1900, and trade and commerce increased rapidly. The increased demand for foodstuffs on the goldfields greatly benefited the farmers and pastoralists. In fact Forrest rode on the crest of the boom and took the political credit for it.
He also made several bold decisions from which the development of the colony benefited greatly in the long run. By the Homesteads Act (1893), the Land Act (1898), and the Agricultural Bank Act (1894) he used the credit of the government to provide for the well-being of the next generation of farmers. The Coolgardie Water Scheme, begun in 1895 and completed in 1903, not only provided water for the mines and short-term employment, but also met needs of a generation of farmers who pioneered a new wheat-belt between the western coastal districts and the eastern goldfields. And the government's purchase of the Great Southern Railway in 1896 quickly opened up much new farming land in the south-western districts, and illustrated Forrest's preference for government rather than private enterprise in the main public utilities. The Forrest government also initiated significant industrial, social and political reforms which brought Western Australia into line with the other colonies. Notable among these was a change in the law in 1892 which enabled married women to own personal and real property in their own right, and another which gave servants greater protection and independence from their employers. Workers' compensation for injury was granted by law in 1894, and trade unions were legalized and an Arbitration Court established in 1900. Other industrial legislation of the late 1890s laid down rules for the hours and conditions of work to be observed in gold-mines, factories and in the Collie coal industry. It ensured that all workmen were paid wages owing to them, and paid in money not in goods, and it compelled employment agencies to be registered. Hours of work in shops were limited, and there was to be no work in mines on Sundays apart from maintenance. Female shop assistants and factory hands were to be provided with chairs and stools. State aid to religion and to church schools was abolished in 1895, and an Immigration Restriction Act (1897) established a dictation test so as to exclude the Chinese; Forrest was proud that he had never allowed miners' rights to be issued to Asians. Finally, women were given the vote in 1899, and from the following year members of parliament were to be paid.
To many observers Forrest appeared to be a reluctant Federalist when in 1899 Australian Federation was becoming a reality. However, he was in a difficult position, which required all his skills as a broker of competing interests. From the outset he had participated in all Federal activities. He supported the idea in a speech at the first Science Congress in Sydney in 1888. He attended the meeting of the first Federal Convention in 1891 and, as premier, all meetings of the Federal Council of Australasia. He attended all three sessions of the Conventions of 1897-98, consistently supported a political Federation and the establishment of interstate free trade in principle, and tried to ensure a strong Federal Senate to protect State rights. He also wanted to make sure that Western Australia would not suffer financially from joining the Federation. He was sympathetic yet cautious, an attitude mainly resulting from his local parliamentary situation. The settled farming areas provided the core of his support in the Legislative Assembly, yet they were most apprehensive of the financial and economic effects of Federation; they were especially worried about the likely high cost of farm equipment if eastern manufacturers were given tariff protection. The Legislative Council was strongly opposed to Federation in any form. Forrest's tactic was to resist
being rushed into it by the eastern goldfields population of newcomers— who then comprised one-third of the colony's population—and yet educate his supporters in the coastal districts into accepting Federation if the conditions of entry could be improved.
In this situation Forrest was criticized from both sides. The 'Sandgropers' accused him of selling out to 't'othersiders'. The goldfields accused him of nepotistic government supported by a gerrymandered electorate, and early in 1900 started a Separation movement, aiming to make the eastern goldfields a separate colony which could then federate with the rest of Australia. Forrest tried very hard to secure last-minute concessions—in particular, the retention of the local tariff for five years; the right to divide the colony into electorates for the election of senators; and a guarantee for the construction of an east-west railway. But he secured none of these concessions. He therefore persuaded his supporters to take what was offered, lest the terms should be even more unpalatable later on. In that sense only, Forrest was a reluctant Federalist: he had, however, long since learned to make the best of a hard bargain. When the Legislative Council finally decided to allow the referendum to be held, Forrest led the 'yes' campaign, which was successful in the pastoral and metropolitan regions, as well as on the eastern goldfields.
When the Commonwealth of Australia was inaugurated, Forrest was elected unopposed for the electorate of Swan in the House of Representatives. He was by then a big man by achievement, by reputation, and by personality. He also now weighed almost twenty stone (127 kg), with a 54-inch (137 cm) waist. He was one of the wealthiest of the first generation of Federal politicians, and when in Melbourne on ministerial and parliamentary duties hired a large suite of rooms in the Grand Hotel and entertained on a princely scale. He was successively postmaster-general (for a few weeks), minister for defence (1901-03), home affairs (1903-04), and treasurer in five ministries (1905-07, 190910, 1913-14, 1917-18, 1918). A remark commonly heard in Perth during the fifty years after his death was that Forrest was a back-number in Federal politics, that his colleagues had either obscured him or else had never taken him seriously. This view was cultivated by Labor politicians who disliked his declamations against caucus domination, and by Western Australians who were either ignorant of events occurring east of Kalgoorlie, or who (as secessionists) had a vested interest in proving that Forrest was chiefly responsible for dragging Western Australia into the Federation, and later was unable to rectify the alleged 'losses' which resulted. However, the Federal parliament was required to create new national policies and institutions, rather than public works, and Forrest's achievements during his eighteen years in Commonwealth politics cannot be measured by the miles of new roads and railways built, or by the number of new wharves, schools, hospitals and other public buildings completed.
Nevertheless, they are impressive. In 1901-03 as minister for defence he coped successfully with Australia's involvement in the last stages of the South African War. He helped to raise the first Commonwealth overseas contingents, and was involved in the early plan of integrating the six colonial forces into a unified Commonwealth Military Force, and arranging for the continuance of the British Naval Squadron in Australian
waters. He also showed that in matters of national and Imperial policy and long-term planning he had as responsible and as broad a view of Australia's future responsibilities as his chief military advisor, Major General Sir Edward Hutton, though he was more of an Imperialist than most of his nationalist-minded cabinet colleagues desired. He was both Imperial-minded and an Australian nationalist, and he saw no contradiction in the dualism of his loyalty. At the Colonial Conferences of 1887 and 1897 and when in London in 1902, he supported the view that Australian defence was ultimately a question of Imperial strategy, not of colonial or dominion initiative.
While serving as treasurer in the Deakin government in 1905-07, Forrest successfully balanced the competing claims of Australia's seven treasuries under the tight Federal book-keeping system, and initiated the discussions which led to the creation of a separate Australian currency, and the subsequent adoption of the per capita system of distributing Federal revenue among the States. Under his administration the original concept of limited Federation was protected, and the States continued to be regarded as partners, though this caused his political opponents to accuse him, unjustly, of being a narrow States-righter. From March until June 1907, he also acted as prime minister and minister for external affairs whilst Deakin was at the Imperial Conference: this was the pinnacle of his career.
Meanwhile, ever since he had declined a portfolio in the short-lived Reid-McLean government of 1904-05, he had worked hard to bring about a fusion of all members of Federal parliament opposed to the new Labor party, resigning his seat in cabinet in 1907 when unable to persuade Deakin to form and lead such a coalition. From the time of the inauguration of the Labor Party in Western Australia in 1901, he had no sympathy with the 'caucus socialists', who seemed to want to found a utopia in Australia and give the spoils to those who had no real 'stake in the country'. Forrest believed that Labor members were entirely subservient to outside organizations. During the exciting times of 190809, when the first fully protective tariff was enacted, and while there was a short-lived Labor government, he was the leading negotiator, emissary and spokesman for the 'Corner Group' in the manoeuvres which led to the successful linking of most non-Labor members of both Houses into a new party. By 1909 Forrest was back in office as treasurer, and held third place in the cabinet. When he brought down his thirteenth parliamentary budget in August 1909, he had the distinction of being the first Federal treasurer to budget for a deficit. As treasurer in 1909-10 he paved the way for the financial arrangements between Commonwealth and States which lasted until 1927. He was appointed G.C.M.G. in 1901.
Forrest and his 'Fusion', soon renamed Liberal Party, colleagues were out of office in 1910-13, when the Fisher Labor government made effective use of its majority in both houses. However, the closely contested Representatives election of 1913 returned the Liberals to power with a one-seat majority, and Forrest was second in the cabinet led by (Sir) Joseph Cook who had succeeded Deakin as party leader, defeating Forrest by one vote in the party meeting. Forrest's budget of 1913 continued Fisher's policy of presenting his successor with a substantial reserve. Then war broke out in Europe, and Forrest and his colleagues
unhesitatingly offered all of Australia's resources to help the mother country. His last act as treasurer was to authorize the payment of money for the raising of the Australian Imperial Force. Shortly afterwards his party was soundly defeated at the double dissolution election of 1914, and Forrest returned once more to the Opposition. Thereafter, the character of Federal politic underwent a profound change, which arose particularly from the demands of the war and the controversy over overseas military conscription. In 1917, after the defeat of the first conscription referendum, a second fusion took place between W. M. Hughes and his ex-Labor group and the Liberals. Forrest was disappointed that he did not secure the leadership of the new National Party and, reluctantly, once more became treasurer, this time in a government led by Hughes, and committed to the introduction of compulsory overseas military service to reinforce the troops on the Western Front. It is difficult to make a clear judgement on the fifteenth budget of Forrest's career in 1917, which was designed for a nation at war with a vastly changed internal balance of power between Federal and State authorities. The nation was also at odds with itself, because it had again narrowly rejected conscription. However, in the same year Forrest gained great personal satisfaction from being a passenger in the first train to cross on the East-West Transcontinental Railway, a project which had formed an important plank in his first policy statement in 1890, and which had been part of his conversational repertoire ever since.
In January 1918, during the discussion between party leaders and the governor-general which followed the defeat of the second referendum, Forrest pressed his claim to be prime minister in place of Hughes. But he did not have the numbers, and he reluctantly took office in Hughes's cabinet as treasurer, for the fifth time. By then, illness and old age were against him. Late in January he attended a treasurers' conference, and soon afterwards had a second operation on his temple for a cancerous growth. On 9 February it was announced in the press that Forrest had been recommended for a barony, the first native-born to be so honoured. He was delighted, and thereafter signed only his surname, but was more than a little aggrieved that he was not also prime minister. In March, much weakened by the recent operation, he resigned from the ministry, and late in May left Melbourne with the intention of seeking further medical aid abroad, if and when war conditions would allow it. He had no intention of resigning from parliament, though he was hoping that when the legal formalities had been completed, he might sit for a time in the House of Lords as an elder statesman of the Empire.
On 30 July he left Albany with his wife and a nurse in the troopship Marathon, bound for London with A.I.F. reinforcements. He was very ill and suffering much pain when he celebrated his seventy-first birthday at sea on 22 August, whilst sailing up the west coast of Africa. He died on 3 September 1918, when the ship was anchored off Sierra Leone. He was buried in Karrakatta cemetery, Perth. His estate was sworn for probate at £45,160.
Forrest was the first professional politician in Western Australia, and also the most successful and influential public man in his home State during the whole of his career. As a surveyor and civil servant he was never denied a promotion, and as a State and Federal politician he never lost
his seat at an election. He was well rewarded for his efforts by public esteem, titular and other honours and awards, high official salaries, and by business opportunities which made him a wealthy man. When asked to name his most significant contributions to Western Australia's development, he liked to mention his Homestead Act and Agricultural Bank, with the construction of the Coolgardie Water Scheme, Fremantle harbour, and the East-West Transcontinental Railway. Had he been asked to name his failures and disappointments, he might reluctantly have mentioned that his efforts on their behalf were not adequately appreciated by the eastern goldfields population of the 1890s; that too many of his Federal electors were ungrateful for his previous efforts as their State's premier; that his colleagues in the Federal Liberal Party did not elect him as their leader, and thereby enable him to become prime minister; and that he had no children. Nor had he received, before his death, the official document which would have legally confirmed the recommendation that he be made a peer of the United Kingdom. However, by then it was the year 1918, and the administrative style and personal-loyalty strategies which had done so much to bring him success and public acclaim were no longer suited to the conditions of Australian politics. He had been a successful political broker and gardener in a small colony, but he lacked the vision or the ideology to become a statesman in the national scene, and in his wealthy old age he appeared to be more concerned with the conservation of Empire and privilege than the betterment of Australian society. Nevertheless, when he died, he was one of the last surviving heroes of Australian exploration, and one of the last of the founding fathers of Federation. His portrait, by E. Phillips Fox, hangs in the Western Australian Art Gallery, and his statue, by Bertram Mackennal, is in King's Park, Perth.
$1,500–3,000
Alexander Forrest. Map Showing the Explorations to the Eastward and Southward of Hampton Plains. Western Australia by Alexander Forrest Assistant Surveyor 1871 published for the Journal of the Royal Geographic Society by J. Murray London 1872, hand coloured copper engraving, 1871.
20.5 x 74cm
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Scarce 19thC map showing the tracks of Alexander Forrest's expedition from Perth to Hampton Plains in August-September 1871. His six-man expedition searched for pastoral country on the Hampton Plains, forming a favourable impression which did not survive a second reconnoiter in 1876. Alexander Forrest (1849-1901) explorer and surveyor of Western Australia, and later also a member of parliament.
As a government surveyor, Forrest explored many areas of remote Western Australia, particularly the Kimberley region. Several of his expeditions were conducted alongside his brother, John Forrest, who became the first Premier of Western Australia. In later life, Forrest served in the unicameral Legislative Council from 1887 to 1890, representing the seat of Kimberley. Following the advent of responsible government, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of West Kimberley from 1890 until his death. He was also mayor of Perth on two occasions, from 1892 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1900.
The Discovery of the Western Australian Interior:
Original antique map showing the explorations of the Alexander Forrest expedition to the Hampton Plains of Western Australia, undertaken in the winter of 1871. This map was published in London in 1872 by the Royal Geographical Society in order to illustrate the discoveries.
$300–500
A photograph of Margaret Elvire Forrest, nee Hamersley, dated 1918 in Broothoru Melbourne frame
oval image: 18.5 x 13cm
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On 2 September 1876 in Perth, Sir John Forrest married Margaret Elvire Hamersley. The Hamersleys were a very wealthy family, and Forrest gained substantially in wealth and social standing from the marriage. However, to their disappointment the marriage was childless.
$200–300
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An Australian cedar chest, believed to have been owned by William Forrest (1819-1899), Australian, 19th century 84cm wide, 53cm deep, 38cm high
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Rod Kelly Antiques, Perth, who acquired it from Midge Solomon William Forrest was the father of Sir John and Alexander Forrest, he arrived in Australia in 1842. He was an engineer by trade and became a very important and enigmatic figure in the Bunbury region and he led a distinguished career, both in farming and in public service.
$500–1,000
A framed photograph of Sir John Forrest signed by Sir John Forrest to the mount image size: 19 x 13.5cm
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Sir John Forrest GCMG (22 August 1847 – 2 September 1918) was an Australian explorer and politician. He was the first premier of Western Australia (1890–1901) and a long-serving cabinet minister in federal politics.
Forrest was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, to Scottish immigrant parents. He was the colony's first locally born surveyor, coming to public notice in 1869 when he led an expedition into the interior in search of Ludwig Leichhardt. The following year, Forrest accomplished the first land crossing from Perth to Adelaide across the Nullarbor Plain. His third expedition in 1874 travelled from Geraldton to Adelaide through the centre of Australia. Forrest's expeditions were characterised by a cautious, well-planned approach and diligent record-keeping. He received the Patron's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1876. Forrest became involved in politics through his promotion to surveyor-general, a powerful position that entitled him to a seat on the colony's executive council. He was appointed as Western Australia's first premier in 1890, following the granting of responsible government. The gold rushes of the early 1890s saw a large increase in the colony's population and allowed for a program of public works, including the construction of Fremantle Harbour and the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Forrest's government also passed a number of social reforms, maintaining power through several elections in an era before formal political parties. His support for Federation was crucial in Western Australia's decision to join as an original member.
In 1901, Forrest was invited to join Prime Minister Edmund Barton's inaugural federal cabinet. He was a member of all but one non-Labor government over the following two decades, serving as Postmaster-General (1901), Minister for Defence (1901–1903), Minister for Home Affairs (1903–1904), and Treasurer (1905–1907, 1909–1910, 1913–1914, 1917–1918). He helped shape Australia's early defence and financial policies, also lobbying for the construction of the Trans-Australian Railway, a pet project. Forrest served briefly as acting prime minister in 1907 and in 1913 was defeated for the leadership of the Liberal Party by a single vote. He was nominated to the peerage in 1918 by Prime Minister Billy Hughes, but died on his way to England before the appointment could be confirmed.
$200–300
Sir John Forrest. An iron-bound oak travelling trunk belonging to Sir John Forrest, English, circa 1850 with drop handles each side
$500–1,000
JULIUS MENDES PRICE FRGS, BRITISH, (1857-1924)
Sir John Forrest, Western Australia in 1897 chromolithograph
Initialled J.M.P.
Visible size: 35 x 20cm
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From the series 'Vanity Fair' published by Vanity Fair by lithographer Day & Son. Sir John Forrest (1847-1918), explorer and politician, trained as a surveyor and led an 1869 expedition in search of Ludwig Leichhardt. His third expedition – from Geraldton to Adelaide – in 1874 was the first west-to-east expedition through central western Australia. Forrest later served as Western Australia's surveyor-general and organised the first comprehensive survey of the Kimberley. He was elected to the WA Legislative Council in 1890, became the state's first Premier and was elected to the first Federal Parliament in 1901.
$200–400
Alexander Forrest's Octant. An Historical glass-cased Octant labelled 'Owned and Used by Alexander Forrest' Further inscribed Alexander Forrest 1801 to 1809, Often used for his Expeditions in Western Australia, 19th century and later
Case size: 58 x 51 x 14.5cm
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Alexander Forrest (1849-1901), explorer, politician and investor, was born on 22 September 1849 at Picton, near Bunbury, Western Australia, fourth of nine sons of William Forrest, and his wife Margaret Guthrie, née Hill. His older brother was (Sir) John Forrest.
In 1871 he was appointed to the Survey Department as surveyor-incharge of the Albany district. In 1874 he was second-in-command of John Forrest’s second transcontinental expedition, In 1879, accompanied by his brother Matthew (1857-1884) and six other men, he began a six-month exploration which resulted in the naming of the Kimberley district, the Margaret and Ord rivers, the King Leopold ranges, and the sighting of a vast tract of well-watered pastoral country on the Fitzroy and Ord rivers.
Alexander Forrest later turned from surveying to set up as a land agent specializing in the Kimberley region.
In 1887 Forrest entered the Legislative Council as first member for Kimberley. He never held cabinet office, but as government whip, he wielded such influence during Sir John Forrest's premiership, that he was popularly known as 'the sixth minister'.
In 1892 Alexander Forrest became mayor of Perth, holding office for six years between 1892 and 1900.
He was a prolific investor in real estate and led the syndicate which in 1895 subdivided Peppermint Grove, now Perth's most affluent suburb. By 1895 his business reputation stood high enough for the Coolgardie Pioneer to flirt with the notion of him as a potential supplanter to Sir John, capable of running the colony on sound commercial lines.
In May 1901 Alexander was delighted with his appointment as C.M.G in recognition of his services as mayor, but later that month he was shattered by news of the death in action in the South African War of his 17-year-old son Anthony. On 20 June that year, Alexander died at Perth of complications arising from kidney trouble. He was buried in Karrakatta cemetery. Probate was assessed at £195,238, one of the largest estates hitherto amassed in Western Australia
$1,000–1,500
Alexander Forrest's 18 carat gold Russell's Keyless lever chronograph pocket-watch inscribed to Alexander Forrest from Wilson Barratt's, Christmas day, 1898
Swiss made open-faced design, the movement having a lever escapement and engraved on the backplate, 'with Barratt's affectionate regards, to Alexander Forrest, Christmas Day, 1898' Swiss Made, the case stamped inside 18K within a cartouche and numbered 28231, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, a seconds subsidiary dial, and chronograph hand with outer numerals 0-300 and signed Russells' Keyless Lever Chronograph, 18 carat yellow gold case stamped 18ct
Dial diameter: 4.4cm, crown to case: 6.6cm
$3,000–5,000
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A Silver Cycling Medal Awarded to Alexander Forrest, Inter-School Bicycle 1893 and another attached cycling medallion
2.8 x 2.8cm, 3 x 2.3cm
$600–1,000
CAPTAIN JAMES STIRLING R.N.
An Important and Rare Chart of the Swan River from a Survey by Cpt.James Stirling R.N. - J. Basire Lithographer James and Luke Hansard and Sons. Printers, dated 13th May 1829, 1827, printed 13 May 1829
29 x 64cm
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Map of Swan River showing the lands intended for settlers and public purposes, lands granted to Mr. T. Peel, on condition of his landing 400 people before the 1st November 1829 and land granted to Capt. Stirling, R.N. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Map is oriented with the North to the left.
$7,000–10,000
An Historically Important Hand-Drawn Plan to Explain Sir James Stirling's Selection of 61.284.5 acres of Land in Leschenault district, (Australind) Western Australia, dated 13 Sept 1837-1842.
Hand-drawn and signed lower right and further later dated again, Perth, 1 September 1842
Visible paper size: 51.5 x 46.8cm
$5,000–8,000
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Leschenault is an outer suburb of Australind, Western Australia. The name Leschenault honours botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour, who was part of Nicolas Baudin's 1802–1803 voyage which visited the coast and explored the estuary and nearby rivers. However, the first reported sighting of the coast was by Captain A.P. Jonk in the VOC Emeloort, who sighted land at 33°12' (most likely opposite the estuary from Australind) on 24 February 1658 while looking for the Vergulde Draeck but did not land.
The Leschenault Peninsula is a narrow low-lying strip of land 11kms long, situated north of Bunbury on the Leschenault Estuary. The area was of significance to local Noongar people long before white settlement, when the land was taken up by Charles Robert Prinsep of Calcutta, for the purpose of breeding horses for the Indian trade, followed by a succession of owners for grazing stock in the winter when their inland properties were boggy. During that time it was used by well-known Fenian convict John Boyle O’Reilly as cover while waiting to escape on the Gazelle. In February 1838 Thomas Little arrived at Fremantle on the Gaillardon, the first ship to be contracted by the Bengal Australian Association, a group formed in India with the aim of increasing interaction, both personal and commercial, between India and Australia. Thomas Little, an Irishman formerly in the employ of the East India Company, was sent from Calcutta to establish an estate in WA for Charles Robert Prinsep, Advocate-General of Bengal, for the purpose of rearing horses for the British Army in India. Both Thomas Little and Charles Prinsep were listed as foundation members of the Bengal Association.
After landing at Fremantle, Little proceeded to Bunbury, where he found temporary accommodation at a property named Moorlands. He had some difficulty finding suitable land, eventually purchasing on behalf of Prinsep Location 24, consisting of 1,832 acres on the Leschenault Peninsula, at a price of 5/- per acre.
The Leschenault property faced the Indian Ocean and was comprised mostly of sand dunes, apart from some fertile flats along the estuary. Little built a house on the northern end of the peninsula and named it ‘Belvidere’ in honour of the Prinsep family mansion in Calcutta. Prinsep had originally acquired property near Launceston in Tasmania (then known as Van Dieman’s Land) for the purpose of breeding horses for the British army in India, but decided to transfer his stock to the Bunbury area in WA, due to its closer proximity to the Indian market.
His overseer Thomas Little set out to develop the ‘Belvidere’ estate as a horse and cattle venture. He established two cattle herds, one of which was Bengali cattle or water-buffalo, which were kept at the Bengal Station at the northern end of the property and were used for ploughing and as beasts of burden. These animals were herded by Thomas Jackson. (It was Jackson who later sheltered escaped convict John Boyle O’Reilly.) Over the years the buffalo at ‘Belvidere’ crossed with local cattle breeds and remained a feature of the area.
Prinsep was convinced that Asian immigration was the answer to Australia’s labour problems. Angela Woollacott states in her book that a contingent of 37 Indian lascars, one Chinaman and 13 British workers accompanied Thomas Little’s family to WA. At ‘Belvidere’ they were employed in erecting buildings and fences, clearing land, establishing gardens and caring for stock. Some of the Indian employees absconded, while others returned to India at the end of their term of indentured service. In 1852 it was reported that one of the ‘coolies’ had disappeared. Following a lengthy but unsuccessful search of the property, it was reported that another Indian servant named Nannaram was arrested some months later, suspected of involvement in the man’s disappearance:
A coolie of the name of Nannaram, was apprehended and sent to gaol on suspicion of his having murdered another coolie at Belvedere, about 8 or 10 months since. He was found secreted amongst some firewood in a small room occupied by his wife; close beside him was a large box, with a bed in it, where he had been at times secreted; a sword was also found, recently sharpened, and a heavy bludgeon thickly studded with shoe-nails. He will be detained in custody until particulars arrive from Australind respecting the missing man. His wife had taken her passage by the Eugene, and no doubt intended to convey her husband on board in the large box.
In 1842 Thomas Little took his family back to Calcutta on a holiday and trading mission. They returned to WA the following year on the Hoogley, with 28 Arab mares and two stallions, as well as various goods for sale. They were accompanied by three invalid British Army officers who were seeking respite from the oppressive Indian heat.Part of Prinsep’s longstanding vision for ‘Belvidere’ was that it would be used as a place of recuperation for British soldiers in our more salubrious climate.While away, Denzil Onslow acted as manager at ‘Belvidere’.
Other Australian colonies expressed interest in breeding horses for the trade, but WA was best placed geographically to access the Indian
market. Although the trade lasted for a number of years, the success of the venture was mixed. Conditions on board ships were not ideal for the purpose, especially in rough conditions, and infections spread quickly in such close quarters. In 1850 it was reported that 16 out of the 20 breeding mares intended for Mr Prinsep’s establishment at ‘Belvidere’ had perished during a voyage on the Mahomet Shah from Van Diemen’s Land, and of the four surviving horses, one appeared to be ‘more dead than alive.’ In another incident, Mr N Shaw died after being kicked by a horse consigned to Thomas Little, during a voyage from India on board the Templar.
Although it was made clear that the British Army was only interested in well-bred stock, there were reports that many of the animals selected did not reach the required standard. A report on the state of the WA livestock market in 1867 revealed that of 92 horses shipped from Bunbury to Calcutta that year, the highest price reached was £75, and several others sold for £50 to £60, but the remainder did not fetch prices sufficient to cover expenses. At the same time breeders were informed that another shipment would be sent as soon as a suitable ship could be procured. In 1850 it was announced that Prinsep’s WA land holdings were greatly increased with the purchase of James Henty’s grant of 20,000 acres on the south side of the Collie River, at the price of 2s.6d. per acre.By 1852 Thomas Little acquired a property of his own in the area then known as ‘The Pools’ at Dardanup. He purchased the land from the Rev. John Wollaston, who had moved to Albany. This property was later called ‘Dardanup Park’.
After being replaced as overseer at ‘Belvidere’ in 1854, Little set about developing his Dardanup property, establishing an orchard and vineyard there. A staunch Catholic, he donated 50 acres of land and provided materials for the building of a substantial church there. Over the years, Little sponsored Irish Catholic settlement in Dardanup. Thomas Little passed away on 5 November 1877, and his funeral was said to be the largest ever held in the area, such was the high esteem in which he was held.
He was replaced at ‘Belvidere’ by a new agent, Wallace Bickley, who held agencies for various insurance companies in the colony, and is said to have made frequent journeys to India as a horse trader in the 1850s. Bickley appointed his son-in-law William Owen Mitchell as overseer of the ‘Belvidere’ Estate. Mitchell held the position until 1860.
From 1861 to 1869 William Bedford Mitchell (not related to William Owen Mitchell) was employed as manager. The estate duties over this period included a continuation of the horse trade and the export of jarrah railway sleepers to India.(WB Mitchell’s obituary in 1907 described him as a well-known horse-breeder and racer, stating that he carried on a most extensive business in shipping horses to India.Another newspaper article on the history of the pastoral industry in WA claimed that ‘Belvidere’s horse trade with India ceased around 1880.
According to Thomas Hayward, there was a large dairy set up at ‘Belvidere’ during this period. The problem of retaining workers prepared to milk by hand was evident:
About 1860 a dairy with a fair number of good cows was established at Belvidere, on the Prinsep Estate. This was continued several years, and a considerable quantity of butter produced and sent to Perth and Fremantle. Eventually, through difficulty in finding milkers, and the
business being unremunerative, it was given up, and soon after a bush fire made a clean sweep of the whole homestead.
Charles Robert Prinsep died in 1864 in England as a result of a stroke suffered earlier in India. His son Henry Charles Prinsep was born in India in 1844, but had been sent to England at the age of nine, following the death of his mother. There he was educated, living with his uncle Henry Thoby and Aunt Sara Prinsep. Of artistic temperament, he showed promise when attending art lessons along with his cousin.
Henry Charles Prinsep came out to WA to inspect his late father’s property in 1866. Soon after meeting Josephine Bussell of the Vasse, they were married in 1868 and Henry decided to stay in WA, taking control of the ‘Belvidere’ estate from around 1869, under the guidance of WB Mitchell as his studmaster.
As a supplement to the horse trade, Henry took advantage of the boom in railway construction in India, commissioning vessels to carry jarrah sleepers there. However, following the loss of the Hiemdahl in 1870 at the mouth of the Hoogly River in India, he found that his cargo of horses and timber was uninsured. Back in Western Australia Prinsep struggled financially for another three years, but falling prices defeated him and the estate was sold in 1874 by his creditors to Henry Whittall Venn.
In Perth, Henry Prinsep moved in artistic and literary circles. Following the failure of his shipping enterprise, he was employed for a time as drawing master at the Perth High School, under Headmaster R. Davies. He later joined the WA Civil Service where he served as Chief Clerk in the Lands Department before becoming under-secretary in the new Department of Mines. At the time of his retirement Henry held the role of Chief Protector of Aborigines.
At the time when Venn acquired the Prinsep property, he also purchased the properties of Thomas Little. The Venns chose to reside at Little’s former residence at ‘Dardanup Park’, using ‘Belvidere’ for grazing purposes, rotating the stock between Dardanup and the coast. The ‘Belvidere’ homestead was used as a seasonal base for stock work and as a summer holiday retreat by the family. After HW Venn’s death, ‘Belvidere’, along with his Dardanup properties, were passed on to his nephew, Frank Evans Venn, who managed ‘Belvidere’ in much the same way, with seasonal grazing and as a summer retreat.
In 1898 the ‘Belvidere’ property was being leased to James Milligan, Jnr. He was still there in 1903.The original ‘Belvidere’ homestead is believed to have burnt down prior to 1900. The homestead subsequently built for the Venns was also destroyed by fire. The exact year is unclear but is thought to be around 1936. The jetty built by Frank Venn was destroyed by the same fire. Remains of the jetty are still present.
The Western Australian Land Company purchased land in the area north of Bunbury in 1840 hoping to breed horses and sell them in India. In an eccentric attempt to ensure the success of the enterprise they decided to name the surveyed town site with a name manufactured from Australia and India - hence Australind.
CAPTAIN JAMES STIRLING RN.
A Hand-Drawn Chart of Swan and Canning Rivers on the Western Coast of Australia, showing the track of Captain James Stirling's HMS Success ship and his Exploration for the proposed Settlement in the Swan and Canning rivers' areas, Western Australia.
Relief shown by hachures, and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Inscribed in pencil: Copied from the Chart forwarded to Admiralty by Captain J Stirling RN. paper size: 75 x 54cm
$3,000–5,000
Captain Matthew Flinders. Chart of Terra Australis. Commander of his Majesties Sloop Investigator South Coast, Sheet 1 dated 1801 Corrected from the Surveys of Commander Stokes 1843
Published as the Act Directs by Captain Herdrn, Hydrographer to the Admiralty 1814, hand coloured copper engraving, London 1843
paper size: 62 x 93cm
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Nautical chart of the southwest coast of Western Australia showing the tracks of the Investigator by M. Flinders, Commr. of His Majesty's Sloop Investigator, 1801, 2, 3 ; corrected from the surveys of Comr. Stokes, 1843. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depth shown by bathymetric soundings. [London] : Published as the Act directs by Capt. Hurd, R.N. Hydrographer to the Admiralty, 1st Jany. 1814 ; Sold by R.B. Bate, agent for the Admiralty charts, 21 Poultry and Royal Exchange East, 1843
$1,000–2,000
Captain Matthew Flinders. Chart of Terra Australis Commander of H.M. Sloop Investigator South Coast sheet 2 dated 1802-3
Published as the Act Directs by G. & W. Nicol, 20 Jan 1814, hand coloured copper engraving, London 1814
paper size: 62.5 x 92cm
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Map of the south coast of Western Australia and part of South Australia from Cape Arid to Head of Bight showing tracks of Investigator, 18021803. Relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings by M. Flinders, Comr. of H. M. Sloop Investigator ... 1802-3. Plate III from atlas: A voyage to Terra Australis / by Matthew Flinders. London : G. and W. Nicol, 1814.
Very rare chart by Matthew Flinders from the huge elephant folio issue of his seminal atlas, of which only 150 were printed on fine wove paper. All the double page charts in this issue have only the centre fold, unlike the ‘standard’ quarto issue where all the double page charts were folded
a number times to match the size of the two account volumes of the voyages. Flinders’ charts were very accurate and were used by navigators for over a century. The Admiralty issued updated versions of the charts from time to time as new explorations and discoveries necessitated alterations. Collectors should take care to ensure that the charts are from the first edition and not the later Admiralty issue which are identified as in our map bearing the imprint below the printed black ruled line; Published as the Act Directs by G & W Nichol 20 Jany. 1814. Chart no. 3 from Flinders, M.A., Voyage to Terra Australis; undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that Vast Country,…. London 1814. The charts extends from Cape Arid to the South Australian border where Flinders was stunned to discover the towering limestone cliffs of the Great Australian Bight, wondering if they, may even be a narrow barrier between an interior and exterior sea. He continued to search for a break in the cliffs to discover the extent of the country beyond but without success.
At the age of 27 years old, the Admiralty gave Matthew Flinders the immense task of charting the entire Australian coastline, which would not
only solve numerous geographical mysteries, but also place the continent firmly in British control. He was given the HMS Xenophon which was renamed HMS Investigator and promoted to commander. Flinders set sail in July 1801 making Australian landfall at Cape Leeuwin on 6 December of the same year. Two days later, he used George Vancouver chart of 1791 to sail the Investigator into the safe harbour of King George’s Sound and stayed until 5 January 1802.
$1,500–2,500
Louis Claude Desculces de Freycinet. Plan des Iles LouisNapoleon et de la Riviere des Cygnes (Terre de Leuwin et D'Edels) together with Carte de la Baie des Chiens-Marins and Johannes van Kuelen 1780 (1970) Rottnest – Western Australia. ca. 1807,Paris, 1811 and London, 1970
Plate sizes: 22 x 17.5cm, 30 x 23.7cm and 17.3 x 21.8cm
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Rare map from the official account of Nicholas Baudin's voyage of exploration in the French frigates, the Naturalist, Geographe and Casuarina, focusing solely on the area of Rottnest Island, the site of present day Fremantle and Perth and the Swan River.
The members of the Baudin expedition explored the Swan River in a small boat for five days, they followed the course of this river as far as present day Henley Brook, a distance of some 60 kilometres.
This map of Rottnest Island by Dalrymple was taken from Van Keulen's suppressed sea chart of the west coast of Australia from Sharks Bay to south of the Swan River. Van Kuelen's original chart had an inset map of Rottenest. Dalrymple reproduced this map 'and' an engraved image of the Swan River originally titled Swartte Swaane drift of het Eyland Rottenest from Vlamingh's expedition in 1796-7. Both were illustrated in Van Kuelen's Secret Atlas for the VOC. Dalrymple titled his image, Black Swan River on New Holland, opposite Rottenest Ifland from Van Keulen, although he conveniently leaves out de Vlamingh's fleet and sloops.
$500–800
An important early Maritime chart, showing the waters around Shoal-Water Bay, Penguin Island and Warnbro Sound, at Port Kennedy, Western Australia.
Ink on canvas, very finely hand-drawn and with various annotations in pencil.
Visible paper size: 100 x 68cm
$1,500–3,000
Jean Charles Werner. Die Corvette Astrolabe Neu Ireland, In Gefahr an den Felsen der Insel Leighs zu scheitern (New-Ireland) J Werner del.,Lith de J Brodtmann, circa 1836
coloured engraving paper size 20 x 26.5cm
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From the Swiss series, "Entdeckungs, Reise der Franzosischen Corvette Astrolabe Unternomen auf Befehl Konig Karls". These are the German titled views originally issued in Dumont d'Urville Voyage Autor du Monde. Werner was a natural history artist and comparative anatomist for the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, where he contributed some 350
paintings of animals on vellum for the famous Collection des vélins between the years 1826 and 1856. The Collection, initiated in 1631, contained work by the finest natural history artists in France, including Nicolas Robert and Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Werner provided illustrations for the publication of Dumont d’Urville’s expeditions to Australia and the South Pacific, and also worked with Cuvier, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and Henri Ducrotay de Blainville. Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire named a species of monkey after him.
$400–600
Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1757 Carte Reduite de L'Ocean Oriental ou Mer des Indes, Seconde edition, showing Terra Australes Order de M. De. Machault MDCCLXVII
plate size: 58 x 90cm
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Map of the Indian Ocean, from Australia and Borneo to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, published in Paris by Nicolas Bellin.
This is the second edition of Bellin's map, significantly revised from the first edition of 1740. Western Australia is shown, with seven place names, including "Baye des Chiens marins vue par Dampier en 1691" and "Coste veue par Mr. Duquesne en 1687". This chart was produced by Jacques-
Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), France's preeminent maritime cartographer and the Premier Ingénieur of the Depot de la Marine (the French Hydrographical Office), as well as the Official Hydrographer of the King Louis XV, appearing in volume 2 of Bellin's Bellin's Hydrographie Francoise, one of the most important compilations of Sea Charts published in the 18th Century. This hand-coloured chart by Jacques Nicolas Bellin was created for the French Hydrographic Office (Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine) and depicts the Indian Ocean, islands and surrounding coastlines. It served as a guide for mariners sailing between Australia and the East Indies.
An example of this map is in the Australian National Maritime Museum Sydney
$1,000–1,500
Carte des Indes Orientales, An early French hand coloured map showing Nouevelle Hollande Terre Australe, Published in France, after a map drawn by William Dampier, A map of the East Indies, 1724.
16.5 x 28cm
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A map of the East Indies, from William Dampier's New Voyage Round the World, published 1697. See: Printed maps of Australia Published by R.V. Tooley.no. 64. $400–600
George W Terry. A hand coloured steel engraving: The Hon. East India's Companies steamer Nemesis and the boats of The Sulphur,Calliope, Larne and Starling destroying the Chinese War junks in Anson's Bay, January 7th 1841 by G.W. Terry & G. Greatbach, circa 1850-60
Visible paper size: 15.7 x 22.3cm
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An example in the National Museum of Singapore Accession No. 2016-00300
This print depicts the attack by the Nemesis on Chinese war junks at Anson’s Bay on 7 January 1841. Known as the Second Battle of Chuenpee, the attack was part of the First Opium War, and contributed to the eventual cession of Hong Kong island to the British. The Nemesis, captained by Edward Belcher, was the first steam powered warship used in action by Britain. This print, based on a painting by George W. Terry, was published in Lieutenant Colonel Williams’ England’s Battles by Sea and Land by the London Printing and Publishing Company.
$500–800
Charles Francois Beautemps-Beaupre.Carte Generale des Terres de Leeuwin et de Nuyts; (Cote Sud de la Nouvelle Hollande) reconnues en Decembre 1792 (an 1er de l'ere Francaise) par le contre-amiral Bruny-Dentrecasteaux. Copper engraving, Paris, 1807
Visible paper size: 51 x 77cm
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Scarce copper engraved map of the south-west coast of Western Australia from Rottnest Island to the head of the Great Australian Bight showing the tracks of Recherche and Esperance in December 1792 and January 1793. Relief shown by soundings.There is an inset top centre showing Fragment de la Carte des Decouvertes des Hollandais; Tire de La Collection des voyages de Tevenot.(Thevenot)In the lower left margin the engravers name, Ecrit par J.P. Besancon. This is Plate no. 11 taken from the Atlas du Voyage de Bruny-Dentrecasteaux, Contre-Admiral de France, Commandant les Frigates la Recherche et l’Esperance, fait par Ordre du Gouvernement en 1791, 1792 et 1793 Publie par Ordre de sa Majeste l’Empereur et Roi, sous le Ministere de son Excellence le Vice-Amiral Decres … / par C.F. Beautemps-Beaupre. Paris Depot General des Cartes
et Plans de la Marine et des Colonies, 1807, which accompanies Voyage de DEntrescasteaux, Envoye a la Recherche de La Perouse; Redige par M. de Rossel. Paris De lmprimerie Imperiale, 1808.The Prime meridian is taken from Paris.
Joseph Antoine Bruny-d'Entrecasteaux was born at Aix in Provence in 1739 and died at sea in 1793. He entered the marine service at the age of 15, and soon won praise for his work as a hydrographer. He became governor of the islands of Mauritius and Bourbon. Later in 1791 he was put in charge of the expedition to search for la Perouse. During his voyage he explored, mapped and named many places on the coast of Australia. Baie de la Recherche, Port dlEsperance, Detroit dEntrecasteaux etc. The atlas Atlas du Voyage de dEntrecasteaux Envoye a la Recherche de la Perouse was published in Paris in 1807.
The charts prepared for dEntrecasteaux mostly by Beautemps-Beaupre were of a very high quality and Matthew Flinders, the English explorer and hydrographer calling them the finest specimens of marine survey. The contribution made by dEntrecasteaux to the mapping of the southern coast of Australia was indeed considerable.
Beautemps-Beaupré is regarded as the father of modern hydrography. Beautemps-Beaupré was born on August 6, 1766 in La Neuville-au-
Pont (Marne). He was introduced to map drawing by his cousin Nicolas Buache, and he entered in 1780 as a hydrographer at the Depot of maps and plans of the French Navy. He was admitted as a pupil in his turn in 1783. There, he collaborated in preparing maps that La Pérouse carried on his journey. He left in 1791 on the Search with admiral d'Entrecasteaux and remained absent for five years. During this campaign, he developed entirely new ways of using charts under sail. Overcoming the compass variations, the remarkable points of the coast are shown in the insets. In 1779, Napoleon charged him with the hydrographic reconnaissance of the Dunkirk coast and various other works. In 1816, Beautemps-Beaupré began the complete reconstruction of the hydrography of the coasts of France. Operations at sea will last 23 years. The French pilot, completed in 1844, the result of his work, was admired by the entire maritime world. He was a Knight of Saint-Louis, Knight of Saint Michel, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. He died in 1854, at the age of 88 years. He left to his companions the memory of a simple man, modest, judicious, courageous and good. Leading the way in the work, training his engineers, Beautemps-Beaupré has earned the title of father of the hydrography that has been awarded.
$800–1,500
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Charles Francois Beautemps-Beaupre. Copper Engraving. Paris 1807. Carte de la terre de Leeuwin et de la Partie Occidentale de la Terre de Nuyts (Cote Sud de la Nouvelle Hollande) Reconnues en Decembre 1792 (an 1er de l'ere Francaise) Par le Contre-Amiral Bruny-Dentrecasteaux. Grave par E. Collin
Visible paper size: 51 x 77cm
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Map of southern coast of Western Australia from Cape Leeuwin to King George Sound showing track of Recherche and Esperance in December 1792. Relief shown by hachures. Plate no. 12 from: Atlas du voyage de Bruny-Dentrecasteux, Rear-Admiral of France, commanding the frigates La Recherche and L'Espérance, made by order of the government in 1791, 1792 and 1793: published by order of His Majesty the Emperor and King, under the Ministry of His Excellency Vice-Admiral Décres ... / by C.F. Beautemps-Beaupre. Paris: General repository of maps and plans of the navy and colonies, 1807.
$800–1,500
Charles Francois Beautemps-Beaupre. Copper Engraving. Paris 1807. Carte de la Partie Occidentale de la Terre de Nuyts; (Cote Sud de la Nouvelle Hollande) comprise entre King George Sound et l'Archipel de la Recherche; Reconnue en Decembre 1792 (an 1er de l'ere Francaise) par le Contre-Amiral Bruny-Dentrecasteaux, Grave par E. Collin.
Visible paper size: 51 x 77cm
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Map of southern coast of Western Australia from King George Sound to Shoal Cape showing track of Recherche and Esperance in December 1792. Relief shown by hachures. Plate no. 13 from: Atlas du voyage de Bruny-Dentrecasteaux, contre-amiral de France, commandant les fregates la Recherche et l'Esperance, fait par ordre du gouvernement en 1791, 1792 et 1793 : publie par ordre de sa majeste l'empereur et roi, sous le ministere de son excellence le vice-amiral Decres ... / par C.F. Beautemps-Beaupre. Paris: Depot general des cartes et plans de la marine et des colonies, 1807.
$1,500–2,500
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Charles Francois Beautemps-Beaupre. Carte de l'archipel de la Recherche, Situe a la Partie Occidentale de la Terre de Nuyts, Reconnu par le Contre Amiral Bruny-Dentrecasteaux, en Decembre 1792 (an 1er de l'ere Francaise), copper engraving, Paris 1807
Visible paper size: 51 x 77cm
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A large and detailed chart of the southern West Australian coast cantered on the region of Esperance and the surrounding islands. Terre de Nuyts is the name that was formerly given in French to a coastal region of Australia, while the latter was still called New Holland. Roughly from the Leeuwin Land to the west and the Napoleon Land to the east. It occupied the southern shores of present-day Western Australia and the most westerly shores of South Australia. This is the edition of the extremely rare atlas "Neptune des côtes orientales et du grand archipel d'Asie", published in 1807. The atlas was a supplement to the atlas series published by Hydrographic office and prepared by C.F BeautempsBeaupré, who is now regarded as the father of modern French hydrography. The maps for the Neptune edition are printed on very thick and larger paper.
Joseph Antoine Bruny-d'Entrecasteaux was born at Aix in Provence in 1739 and died at sea in 1793. He entered the marine service at the age of 15, and soon won praise for his work as a hydrographer. He became governor of the islands of Mauritius and Bourbon. Later in 1791 he was put in charge of the expedition to search for la Perouse. During his voyage, he explored, mapped and named many places on the coast of Australia. Baie de la Recherche, Port d'Esperance, Detroit d'Entrecasteaux etc. The atlas was published in Paris in 1807. The charts prepared for d'Entrecasteaux, mostly by Beautemps-Beaupre, were of very high quality, and Matthew Flinders, the English explorer and hydrographer, called them the finest specimens of marine survey. The contribution made by d'Entrecasteaux to the mapping of the southern coast of Australia was indeed considerable.
Plate no. 14 from: Atlas of the voyage of Bruny-Dentrecasteaux, Rear Admiral of France, commanding the frigates La Recherche and L'Espérance, made by order of the government in 1791, 1792 and 1793: published by order of His Majesty the Emperor and King, under the ministry of His Excellency Vice-Admiral Decres ... / by C.F. BeautempsBeaupre. Paris: General repository of maps and plans of the navy and colonies, 1807.
$700–1,000
Victor Amedee Gressien. Plan du Havre de la Princesse Royale (Port du Roi Georges) Copper engraving. Paris 1826, Expedition du la Corvette de S.M. l'Astrolabe Commandee par la Capitine de Fregate Dumont d'Urville Octobre 1826. grave par Chassant ecrit par Hacq
Visible paper size: 44 x 59cm
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Drawn by Mr. Gressien, Ensign of Vau, expedition of the corvette of H.M. the Astrolabe, commanded by Frigate Captain Dumont d'Urville, October 1826. Map of Princess Royal Harbour in Western Australia. Relief shown by soundings and hatchings. Plate 4 from: Voyage of the Corvette l'Astrolabe, executed during the years 1826-1827-1828-1829 under the command of Mr. Jules Dumont d'Urville, Captain of the Ship. Atlas. Paris: Published by J. Tastu, editor, 1833. $500–1,000
Jules Dumont d'Urville. Plan General du Port du Roi Georges sur la Côte Occidentale de la Nouvelle Hollande par M. R Lottin, Expedition de la Corvette de S.M. l'Astrolabe Commande par la Capitaine de Fregate, Dumont d'Urville, Octobre 1826. grave par Caplin.
Visible paper size: 60.5 x 89cm
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Paris: J. Tastu, 1833. First edition. Extracted from: The Hydrographic Folio Atlas,the very rare atlas from the first edition of d'Urville's voyage in the Astrolabe. The first voyage of the Astrolabe (1826 to 1829) was a circumnavigation of the globe which would include Australia, King George Sound, Port Jackson, New Zealand, Fiji, New Guinea and Van Diemen's Land. The first map in the Atlas, of the Pacific Ocean, provides much detail on Australia, New Zealand and the west coast of North and South America.
The goal of this French expedition 'was to gain additional information about the principal groups of islands in the Pacific and to augment the mass of scientific data acquired by Louis Duperrey. The Astrolabe sailed south, around the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived at Port Jackson. Proceeding to New Zealand, its coast, especially the southern part of Cook Strait, was surveyed with great care. Tonga and parts of the Fiji Archipelago were explored, then New Britain, New Guinea, Amboina, Tasmania, Vanikoro, Guam and Java. The return home was by way of Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope. Huge amounts of scientific materials were collected and published' (Hill). D'Urville sailed along the coast of southern Australia, made new relief maps of the South Island of New Zealand and sailed up the east coast of the North Island, making coastline maps. The Astrolabe returned to France in March 1829, with an impressive load of hydrographical papers as well as zoological, botanical and mineralogical reports, which would greatly influence the scientific analysis of those regions.
$800–1,200
Jules Dumont d'Urville. Plan de l'Entree du Havre de la Princess
Royal Bra du Roi Georges par M. lottin aet faragut. Expedition du la Corvette du l'Astrolabe Commande par la Capitaine de Fregate
Dumont d'Urville Octobre 1826, copper engraving, grave par Ambroise Tardieu ecrit par Hacq
Visible paper size: 43.5 x 61cm
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Paris: J. Tastu, 1833. First edition. Extracted from: The Hydrographic Folio Atlas,the very rare atlas from the first edition of d'Urville's voyage in the Astrolabe. The first voyage of the Astrolabe (1826 to 1829) was a circumnavigation of the globe which would include Australia, King George Sound, Port Jackson, New Zealand, Fiji, New Guinea and Van Diemen's Land. The first map in the Atlas, of the Pacific Ocean, provides much detail on Australia, New Zealand and the west coast of North and South America.
The goal of this French expedition 'was to gain additional information about the principal groups of islands in the Pacific and to augment the mass of scientific data acquired by Louis Duperrey. The Astrolabe sailed south, around the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived at Port Jackson. Proceeding to New Zealand, its coast, especially the southern part of Cook Strait, was surveyed with great care. Tonga and parts of the Fiji Archipelago were explored, then New Britain, New Guinea, Amboina, Tasmania, Vanikoro, Guam and Java. The return home was by way of Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope. Huge amounts of scientific materials were collected and published' (Hill). D'Urville sailed along the coast of southern Australia, made new relief maps of the South Island of New Zealand and sailed up the east coast of the North Island, making coastline maps. The Astrolabe returned to France in March 1829, with an impressive load of hydrographical papers as well as zoological, botanical and mineralogical reports, which would greatly influence the scientific analysis of those regions.
$500–800
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Charles Alexander Lesueur. Plate VI. & VII. Nouvelle-Hollande:
Terre de Witt, Terre de Diemen du Nord. Engraving. Paris 1807. Fortier sculp. De l'imprimerie de Langlois
Visible paper size: 22 x 28cm
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Rare engraving of coastal profiles of Western Australia and Tasmania from the official account of Nicholas Baudin’s voyage of exploration in the French frigates, the Naturalist, Geographe and Casuarina. In the age of sail coastal profiles were important aids to navigation, assisting mariners to recognise their location and determine their position along a specific coast. Coastal views were usually taken from approximately three miles out to sea together with an annotation of the point of the compass from which the profile was drawn, e.g. 'appearance from East North-East'.
In October 1800, Nicolas Baudin commanded an expedition to the south seas to complete the French survey of the Australian coastline, and make scientific observations. The two ships, Le Geographe and Le Naturaliste, arrived near Cape Leeuwin in May 1801. Following instructions issued in France, both ships sailed north along the western coast of the continent. After staying at Timor, the French then sailed south to survey Van Diemen’s Land [Tasmania]. In following this itinerary, they missed the opportunity to be the first Europeans to survey the unknown southern coast. By early April 1802 Baudin in Le Geographe was in South Australian waters. He sailed westwards along the southern coastline, meeting
Flinders at Encounter Bay, and continuing to Golfe de la Mauvaise [Gulf St Vincent] and Golfe de la Melomanie [Spencer Gulf], giving French names to many locations already named by Flinders. At Cape Adieu the survey was abandoned and Baudin sailed for Port Jackson where Le Naturaliste had already arrived. After wintering at Port Jackson, Baudin returned to the southern coast for a more detailed survey, and in January 1803 circumnavigated Ile Borda [Kangaroo Island]. While Baudin anchored at Nepean Bay, Freycinet and the geographer Boullanger explored the two gulfs in Casuarina – Le Naturaliste had been sent back to France with its scientific collections. By the end of February Le Geographe and Casuarina rendezvoused at King George Sound, and then explored the west and northwest coasts of ‘New Holland’, before heading home via Timor. Baudin died in 1803 on the homeward voyage, so publication of the account and charts of his voyage was undertaken by Francois Peron, the expedition’s naturalist. The first volume of Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes and Volume I of Atlas, which included plates, was released in 1807. French place names were recorded for ‘Terre Napoleon’ west of Wilson’s Promontory. As Peron died in 1810, cartographer Louis de Freycinet continued to edit the voyage’s account, and in 1811 he published the second part of Atlas, which featured the charts of the expedition, again recording French place names on ‘Terre Napoleon.’ From Peron, Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes, execute sur les Corvettes le Geographe, le Naturaliste et la Goelette le Casuarina, pendant les annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804 … Paris.
$500–1,000
Henri Chatelain .Tome VI. No. 29. Page 116. Description De L'Isthme De Darien Des Proprietez Du Pais Et De La Ville De Panama, copper engraving, Amsterdam 1719.
plate size 43.2cm x 37cm
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Paris: [c. 1721]. From the Australian point of view, most interesting for the illustrations drawn from Dampier's explorations on the West Australian coast, particularly the images of fish, birds, squid and plants, the first images of Australian fauna and flora to be seen by the Western world. It includes extensive text describing the natural history found there, in French. His account of the expedition was published as "A Voyage to New Holland" in 1703.
Dampier is regarded by many as Australia's first natural historian. The three maps at the top of the plate are of the Isthmus of Darien and the Gulf of Panama. Many of the maps are based on the work of Guillaume de l'Lisle. Published in Chatelain's "Atlas Historique, ou nouvelle introduction a l'histoire, a la chronologie and a La Geographie Ancienne and Moderne" in Amsterdam 1721. Many of the maps are based on the work of Guillaume de l'Lisle.
$200–400 31
W. Westall. Views on the South Coast of Terra Australis. Views on the South Coast of Terra Australis. Published as the Act Directs by Captain Hurd R.N. Hydrographer to the Admiralty May 2 1814, copper engraving, London 1814.
plate size: 68 x 50cm
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Beautiful drawings of the south coastline of Terra Australis, originally captured in 1802 by Matthew Flinders. Drawn by W. Westall, A.R.A., F.L.S. 7 coastal profiles from Cape Leeuwin, W. A. to Cape Schanck, Vic. The original of this map is Plate XVII from: A voyage to Terra Australis by Matthew Flinders. Published in London by G and W. Nicol, 1814.
The coastlines that are depicted here are :
1. Cape Leeuwin, the south-west extremity of New Holland: taken Dec. 7, 1801 at 6h. 30' a.m.
2. Cape Chatham: taken Dec. 8 1801at 7 a.m.
3. Eclipse Isles: taken Dec. 8 1801at six p.m.
4. Seal Island in K. George's Sound: taken from the anchor, Dec. 9 1801
$250–500
George Vancouver. Partie de la Cote Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle Hollande Avec Les Routes de la Corvette la Decouverte et Sa Conserve le Chatham. Commandes par Georges Vancouver 1791. Copper engraving, London 1798
Visible paper size: 61 x 76cm
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Map of the south west coast of Australia. Relief shown pictorially and by bathymetric soundings.
The rare superior French edition of this important chart of which is made up of a number of insets, ‘printed in both a more attractive manner and on better paper than the English edition’ (Forbes). Inset are of: Cape Chatham, Cape Howe, King George’s Sound, Point Hood, the Snares and Oparo Island. Vancouver had been given permission to examine ‘that extent of coast of the south-west side of New Holland, which in the present age appears a real blot in geography’. He planned ‘to fall in with the S.W. Cape of New Holland, and should I find the shores capable of being navigated without much hazard to range its coast and determine whether it and Van Diemen’s Land are joined, which from all information at present extant appears somewhat doubtful’.
On 26 September he sighted land near Cape Leeuwin and, sailing southeast, named Capes Chatham and Howe. Two days later the ships entered a spacious harbour which he named King George the Third’s Sound. Vancouver also named Oyster Bay and other features, claiming them for Great Britain. He reported on the terrain, animal life and the native inhabitants, and planted watercress, vines, almonds, oranges, lemons and pumpkins ‘for the benefit of future visitors’.
On 11 October the ships journeyed east, surveying some 300 miles (483 km) of coast, ‘in which space we saw no other haven or place of security for shipping than the Sound before mentioned’ and, in the westernmost part of the Recherche Archipelago, reached a rocky island which Vancouver called Termination Island. Adverse winds prevented him from examining the Great Australian Bight, and relinquishing ‘with great reluctance’ this ‘favourite project’, he sailed south of Van Diemen’s Land. The two ships were separated; off the southern tip of New Zealand Vancouver encountered ‘7 craggy islands’ which he named The Snares, and the Chatham discovered and named Chatham Island. From Vancouver, G., Voyage de Decouvertes, a l’Ocean Pacifique du Nord, et Autour du Monde; dans lequel la Cote Nord-Ouest de l’Amerique…. Published as the Act directs May 25 1796 by Tho. Jeffery's No. 133 Bishopgate St., Date of publication 1796.
$1,000–2,000
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Louis Claude Desaulces de Freycinet. Plan d'Une Partie de la Terre de Nuyts. Commandant la Goelette la Casuarina Copper engraving Paris 1803.
Visible paper size: 33.5 x 47.5cm
REFERENCE
Map of part of "Terre de Nuyts", "New Holland" Australia. Shows ports, topography, vegetation, drainage, coastline, islands, soundings and anchorage. Relief shown with hachures. Features arrows tracing the voyages of explorations. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a bar scale and compass rose, with north oriented toward top. Appears in Partie Navigation et Géographie : Atlas.
$500–1,000
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Louis Claude Desaulces de Freycinet. Plan de Port du Roi George King George 3d Sound. A La Terre de Nuyts, Nouvelle Hollande. Copper engraving. Paris 1812.
Visible paper size: 38 x 50cm
REFERENCE
Map of King Georges Sound, Western Australia. Relief shown by soundings and hachures. Plate no. 19 from: Voyage de decouvertes aux terres australes ... : partie navigation et geographie. Atlas / par Louis Freycinet. Paris : Publie par Decret Imperial sous le Ministere de son excellence le vice-amiral comte Decres, 1812.
Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (1779 -1841):
Freycinet made and published the first map to show a full outline of the coastline of Australia. He was in command of the Uranie, which left Toulon on 17 September 1817. His wife Rose had been smuggled aboard, and her presence was acknowledged by the time they reached Gibraltar. They made the usual French passage via Tenerife, Rio, the Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius, where Louis was reunited briefly with his brother Henri, then serving as the Governor. The Uranie reached Shark Bay on 12 September 1818 and spent some time there, setting up an observatory and making further thorough surveys of the inlets and coast; it was
during this visit that Freycinet also finally removed the Vlamingh plate.
From Western Australia they headed to Coupang in Timor, and crossed to Dili, where the expedition was received in great state by the Governor.
The vessel then picked its way northeast via Amboina, Pisang, Rawak and the coast of New Guinea, reaching Guam in mid-March 1819.
The expedition stayed in Guam for eleven weeks before heading to Hawaii, which was first sighted on 5 August; they anchored in Kealakekua Bay three days later. They spent an important fortnight in the islands, making stays at Lahaina and Honolulu, and meeting any number of important figures there. From Honolulu they headed towards New South Wales, passing Samoa and the Cook Islands and naming “Rose Island”, which Freycinet erroneously thought a new discovery.
They anchored in Port Jackson on 18 November, and spent a busy month in the bustling town, the growth of which astonished Freycinet. All of his savants set off to make surveys, including the important group of Quoy, Pellion and Gaudichaud, who crossed the Blue Mountains. It became a hectic social visit for Louis and Rose, who were fêted by Sydney society, and who cemented friendships with local luminaries like Barron Field and William Bland. The visit confirmed Freycinet’s interest in the region, which he would later make the subject of a detailed section in his voyage account. Leaving Port Jackson on Christmas Day, Freycinet sailed around the southern coast of New Zealand, making a fast passage to Cape Horn,
where boisterous weather drove him into the southern Atlantic, and he made the decision to make urgently-needed repairs to the Uranie at “French Bay” (now Berkeley Sound) on the eastern coast of the Falklands. While entering the harbour on 14 February 1820 he struck submerged rocks, compelling him to beach the vessel, which was found to be irreparably damaged. Salvaging as much as they could from the wreck, the French set about sending a longboat to Montevideo for assistance, but before they could the sealing vessel General Knox, Captain Horn, came into sight. Reluctant negotiations were begun but before an agreement was reached, another vessel the Mercury, Captain Galvin, arrived, and it was on this second vessel that a passage to Rio de Janeiro was booked. Conflict between the French and the existing passengers, a group of Chilean rebels, meant that the deal changed, and Freycinet actually purchased the Mercury and agreed to disembark Galvin and the Chileans in Montevideo.
On 8 May Freycinet took command, immediately and renamed the ship the Physicienne, and it was on this vessel that the expedition returned to Le Havre on 13 November 1820, after around three years at sea. Freycinet spent the next two decades co-ordinating and writing the official narrative of the voyage.
$1,000–2,000
Frank Debenham. Map of Ross IslandWest Coast. Summit of Erebus. Dec. 1912, Printed by Harrison and Sons Ltd, London, circa 1923
coloured lithograph 62.5 x 48.5cm
REFERENCE
Scarce map of the west-coast of Ross Island, Antarctica from the resulting mapping of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s expedition to Antarctica 1910-1913. Scott led the Terra Nova Expedition and his ambition was to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole. Although dated 1912, the map was published in 1923. The Terra Nova Expedition, also known as the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913), led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, aimed to conduct scientific research and reach the geographic South Pole.
They reached the pole on January 17, 1912, only to discover that a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen had beaten them by 34 days. Tragically, Scott and his four companions perished during their return journey from the pole. The map was made by the Australian geologist, Frank Debenham. Debenham began his geological and cartographical work on the western side of McMurdo Sound, where he visited the Koettlitz and Ferrar glacier, and the foothills of the Royal Society Range.
An injury to his knee playing football in the snow prevented him from going on the ill-fated polar attempt, going instead to the Mackay Glacier and Granite Harbour. His party explored and mapped some 100 miles of coastline, extending in places up to 30 miles inland. One of his most significant contributions to the Terra Nova expedition “was his expertise in plane-table mapping. He convinced Scott and other members of the expedition of its value not only at base camps but also on sledge journeys. Scott in his diary recorded that Debenham was ‘a well-trained, sturdy worker, with a quiet meaning that carries conviction; he realises the conceptions of thoroughness and conscientiousness’
$300–500
Frank Debenham. British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 (Terra Nova) Map of the Ross Sea Sector of the Antarctic, circa 1923
coloured lithograph
Paper size: 63.5 x 95cm
$500–700
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Western Australia Plan Showing Portion of Kimberley Division from Explorations by Chief Inspection surveyor F.S. Brockman & Party 1901 Produced by Western Australia Department of Lands and Surveys by H.J. Pether, Perth, Western Australia
Paper size: 58.5 x 87.5cm
REFERENCE
From State Records Office of WA: Item 163 - F.S. Brockman and party. Plan showing portion of Kimberley Division from explorations by Surveyor General
$500–800
Louis Claude Desaulces de Freycinet. Carte d'une Partie des Terres de Leuwin et d'Edels (a la Nouvelle Hollande) par L. Freycinet Commandant la Goelette le Casuarina. Mars 1803, copper engraving, Paris 1812
Visible paper size: 75 x 51.5cm
REFERENCE
Drawn up by L. Freycinet, Commander of the Schooner Casuarina, based on his observations and those made on board the corvettes Géographe and Naturaliste by Mrs. H. Freycinet, Heirisson and Boullanger, March 1803. Inset: Plan of Port Leschenault, surveyed by Mr. B. de Montbazin (March 11, 1803). Map of the Western Australian coastline from Cape Leeuwin to Rottnest Island showing tracks of French corvettes in 1801, and tracks of Le Casuarina and Le Geographe in 1803. Relief shown by soundings and hatchings. Plate no. 21 from: Voyage of discovery to the southern lands ...: part navigation and geography. Atlas / by Louis Freycinet. Paris: Published by Imperial Decree under the Ministry of His Excellency Vice-Admiral Count Decres, 1812.
$500–800
Louis Claude Desaulces de Freycinet. Carte d'une partie des Terres de Leuwin et d'Edels (a la Nouvelle Hollande) par L. Freycinet, Commandau la Goelette le Casuarina 1801-1803, copper engraving, Paris 1812
Paper size: 50.5 x 76cm
REFERENCE
Drawn up by L. Freycinet, Commander of the Schooner Casuarina, based on his observations and those made on board the corvettes Géographe and Naturaliste by Mrs. H. Freycinet, Heirisson and Boullanger, March 1803. Plan du Port Leschenault, surveyed by Mr. B. de Montbazin (March 11, 1803). Map of the Western Australian coastline from Cape Leeuwin to Rottnest Island showing tracks of French corvettes in 1801, and tracks of Le Casuarina and Le Geographe in 1803. Relief shown by soundings and hachures. Plate no. 21 from: Voyage of discovery to the southern lands ...: navigation and geography section. Atlas / by Louis Freycinet. Paris: Published by Imperial Decree, under the Ministry of His Excellency Vice-Admiral Count Decres, 1812.
$500–800
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Louis Claude Desaulces de Freycinet. Carte d'une partie de la Terre de Witt a la Nouvelle Hollande. par L. Freycinet Commandau le Casuarina and Boullanger 1801-1803, copper engraving, Paris, 1812
Paper size: 50.5 x 76cm
$500–800
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Louis Claude Desaulces de Freycinet.Carte d'une partie de la Terre de Witt, a la Nouvelle Hollande par L. Freycinet Commandau le Casuarina and Boullanger 1801-1803, copper engraving, Paris 1812
Paper size: 75 x 50cm
REFERENCE
Map of the north-west coast of Western Australia, between Port Hedland and Broome. The coast from Planaires Banks to Cape Leveque as charted by the Baudin expedition. Insets: Plan of part of Witt Land, by Mr. L. Freycinet 1803 — Sketch of Coupang Bay (SW coast of Timor Island) by Mr. M. Peron & Lesueur — Sketch of the Town of Coupang by Mr. Lesueur 1801.
$500–1,000
Louis Claude Desaulces de Freycinet. Carte de la Baie des Chiens-Marins, (Shark's Bay de Dampier) a la Terre d'Endracht; Nouvelle-Hollande, par L. Freycinet Commandt la Goelette le Casuarina 1801-1803, copper engraving, Paris 1812
Paper size: 76 x 50.5cm
REFERENCE
Map of Shark Bay in Western Australia. Relief shown by soundings and hachures. Plate no. 23 from: Voyage de decouvertes aux terres australes ... : Navigation and geography section. Atlas / by Louis Freycinet. Paris: Published by Imperial Decree under the Ministry of His Excellency ViceAdmiral Count Decres, 1812.
$500–1,000
Louis Claude Desaulces de Freycinet. Carte d'une partie de la Terre de Witt a la Nouvelle Hollande par L. Frecynet Commandau le Casuarina and Boullanger 1801-1803, copper engraving, circa 1811/2
Paper size: 76 x 50.5cm
$500–800
Louis Claude Desaulces de Freycinet. Carte de la Terre d'Edels et d'une partie de celle d'Endracht (a la Nouvelle Hollande)par L. Freycinet Commandau la Goelette and le Casuarina 1801-1803, copper engraving, Paris 1812
Paper size: 78 x 52cm
REFERENCE
Map of the Western Australian coastline from Swan River to Geographe Channel showing tracks of Le Naturaliste in 1801, Le Casuarina and Le Geographe in 1803. Relief shown by soundings and hachures. Plate no. 22 from: Voyage of discovery to the southern lands ...: navigation and geography section. Atlas / by Louis Freycinet. Paris: Published by Imperial Decree under the Ministry of His Excellency Vice-Admiral Count Decres, 1812.
$500–800
Louis Claude Desaulces de Freycinet. Carte Generale De La Nouvelle Hollande No. 1. par M.L. Freycinet commandant la Goelette and le Casuarina, copper engraving, Paris 1811
Paper size: 51 x 77cm
REFERENCE
Nice example of the first complete map of Australia, published in 1811 by Louis de Freycinet. This cornerstone map shows the final result of the extensive surveying and explorations undertaken by the French between 1801 and 1808, surveyed and compiled by Louis de Freycinet and made under the command of Nicolas Baudin, who cruised the region at the same time as Matthew Flinders. Freycinet's mapping of Australia was conducted during his time in Australia as a member of the Baudin expedition. In October 1800, Nicolas Baudin commenced an expedition to the south seas to complete the French survey of the Australian coastline, and make scientific observations. The two ships, Le Geographe and Le Naturaliste, arrived near Cape Leeuwin in May 1801.
By early April 1802 Baudin in Le Geographe was in South Australian waters. He sailed westward, meeting Flinders at Encounter Bay, and continuing to Golfe de la Mauvaise [Gulf St Vincent] and Golfe de la Melomanie [Spencer Gulf], giving French names to many locations already named by Flinders. After wintering at Port Jackson, Baudin returned to the southern coast for a more detailed survey, and in January 1803 circumnavigated Ile Borda [Kangaroo Island].
While Baudin anchored at Nepean Bay, Freycinet and the geographer Boullanger explored the two gulfs.. By the end of February Le Geographe and Casuarina rendezvoused at King George Sound, and then explored the west and northwest coasts of 'New Holland', before heading home via Timor. Baudin died in 1803 on the homeward voyage, so publication of the account and charts of his voyage was undertaken by Francois Peron, the expedition's naturalist. The first volume of Voyage de decouvertes aux Terres Australes and Volume I of Atlas, which included plates, was released in 1807. French place names were recorded for 'Terre Napoleon' west of Wilson's Promontory.
$1,000–2,000
1883 (1914) Admiralty Chart – Western Australia Buccaneer
Archipelago to Bedout Island From Surveys by Commanders King, Wickham and Stokes, R.N. 1818-1885 published at the Admiralty 1883, copper engraving, London 1883
Paper size: 65 x 98cm
REFERENCE
Antique copper engraved Admiralty Chart from Buccaneer Archipelago to Bedout Island taking in Roebuck Bay and Broome, the Lecepede Islands, King Sound and Derby from Surveys by Commanders King, Wickham and Stokes, RN, Staff Commanders Archdeacon & Coghlan & Nav Lt Tooker RN, Commander W U Moore and Captain FCC Pasco RN between the years 1818 to 1910. Insets of Lagrange Bay and Beagle Bay. The Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty was founded in 1795. Alexander Dalrymple who had been hydrographer to the East India Company was appointed its first director. Between 1797 and 1803, Captain Bligh of Bounty fame, was employed as hydrographer, and took over direction when Dalrymple became ill.
Capt. Thomas Hurd R.N. was in charge from 1808 to 1823, and during the latter part of his term made the official charts available to the Merchant Marine. He appointed George Thomas, a young man in his twenties, as Head Marine Surveyor. William Parry was Hydrographer from 18231829 and was succeeded by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort 1829-55. On the succession of Rear Admiral John Washington's as the Admiralty's hydrographer between 1855 and 1863, a series of agreements were drawn up with the Australian colonies to help
$500–1,000
Louis Claude Desaulces de Freycinet. Plan du Port du Roi-George (Terre de Nuyts) par Mm. L. Freycinet, Faure et Ransonnet, an 1803.-Plan de la Baie du géographie (Terre de Leuwin.), copper engraving, Paris, 1803
Plate size: 17.3 x 22cm
REFERENCE
Two maps of King George Sound and Geographe Bay, "New Holland" [Australia]. Maps show ports, topography, vegetation, drainage, coastline, shoals and islands. Relief shown with hachures. Maps include latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well bar scales (scales vary) and compass roses, with north oriented toward top and left. Second map has inset map: Bosquet Religieux? des Naturels. Black and white engraving. Each map is 17 x 11 cm, on sheet 27 x 35 cm. Appears in Atlas II.
$300–500
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Alexander Keith Johnson. Oceania. (with) Western Australia. (with) Tasmania. (with) New Zealand. By Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. Keith Johnston's General Atlas. Published by W.A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh, copper engraving, 1879
45 x 58cm
REFERENCE
Engraved map. Boundaries hand col.; hydrography printed in blue. Relief shown by hachures. Scales of inset maps: W. Australia and New Zealand 1:6,710,000; Tasmania 1:4,000,000. "Keith Johnston's general atlas 35." First edition. This atlas was one of the best world atlases published in England in the second half of the 19th century. The North America map shows Colorado as a Territoryvery up to date on U.S. political changes (most U.S. atlases do not show Colorado until 1862) for an English Atlas. Also shows Nevada, and a horizontal Arizona. However, the western U.S. map shows none of this -- its layout is pre1860. Maps have a mixture of hand coloured outline and printed blue colour for water. From book: "Keith Johnston's Royal Atlas of Modern Geography"
$300–500
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Edward Weller. Western Australia and South Australia. Drawn and engraved by Edward Weller Duke Street Bloomsbury, For the Weekly Dispatch Atlas. Handcoloured copper engraving, 1862
Visible paper size: 31 x 43cm
REFERENCE
The Weekly Despatch Atlas was published in parts between 1857 and 1863. The plates were then acquired by Cassell who published the collection as an atlas in 1863. A second edition was published in 1865. The plates were later purchased by G W Bacon, who re-issued the maps in 1876. In addition to Edward Weller, other engravers who created plates were John Dower, B R Davies and T Etting. WESTERN & SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Land Divisions. Perth Adelaide. WELLER 1862 old map. Antique map with original outline colour; Drawn & Engraved by Edwd. Weller (1862)
$250–350
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W. G. Blackie .Western Australia, South Australia, North Australia and Tasmania. By Blackie and Son Glasgow, Edinburgh & London. Hand coloured copper engraving, 1859
35 x 51cm
REFERENCE
Antique map titled 'Western Australia, South Australia, North Australia and Tasmania'. Original antique map of Western Australia, South Australia, North Australia and Tasmania. This map originates from 'The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography'. Published by W. G. Blackie, 1859.
$200–400
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John Arrowsmith. Western Australia from the Government Surveys. Drawn by John Arrowsmith, published December 7 1842, by John Arrowsmith, London. Hand-coloured copper engraving, London 1844
Visible paper size: 33 x 26.5cm
REFERENCE
Map of south-western Western Australia with relief shown by hachures. Description of topography and tracks of explorers. London : Pubd. Decr. 7th 1842 by John Arrowsmith 10 Soho Square, Aug. 9th 1844, 1 map : col. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Papers ; no. 627 ; no. 627. Printed to accompany: Papers relative to the Aborigines, Australian Colonies (as page 3); in: Return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 5 August, 1844... Paper 627 of 1844.
$400–700
John Arrowsmith. Western Australia from the latest documents received in the Colonial Office, 1832, copper engraving, London 1832
Paper size: 38 x 32cm
REFERENCE
Map of Western Australia showing the topography of the southwestern coastline. The map features the exploration tracks of the Surveyor General (J.S. Roe), R. Dale, Capt. Bannister, Lieut. Preston, Capt. A. Collie and Capt. Currie, members of the Swan River colony whose efforts assisted in the founding of Perth and Fremantle.
There is considerable annotation describing their exploratory efforts as well as textual descriptions of topography. Relief is shown by hachures. London : Printed for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by John Murray, Albemarle St., Septr. 1832. Rare map of south west, Western Australia by John Arrowsmith with detailed information on the early explorations by Bannister, Dale, Collie, Currie, Preston and Roe (Surveyor General), dated September, 1832.
This is the earliest map to record the renaming of the state from Swan river Colony as it was originally known, the renaming was made on 6 February 1832.
$1,500–2,500
John Septimus Roe. Western Australia. Map to Illustrate the Route of the Expedition under Surveyor General Roe, from Perth to Russell Range 1848 & 1849, copper engraving, London 1872 21 x 36.5cm
REFERENCE
Showing the Expedition that Lead to the Foundation of Geraldton: Rare map of Western Australia, showing the discoveries made during the final voyages of John Septimus Roe, one of the great surveyors of the region. This plate, published as part of an expedition report presented to the Royal Geographical Society, includes two maps. The larger of the two maps shows the route taken by Roe during an extremely arduous five-month voyage from Perth eastwards to the Russell Range. Leaving Perth in November of 1848, the group headed eastwards along the Avon Branch of the Swan River, before swinging south towards Bremer Bay.
The group then proceeded to the Russell Range, and then returned to Perth along the coast. The ancillary map shows an 1848 expedition led by Governor Fitzgerald northwards to just shy of Shark Bay in search of a "new tract of good land." Another expedition lead by Arthur Charles Gregory was sent to explore the Gascoyne River, which it appears not to have reached. However, on this route Gregory discovered lead ore near the coast, which led to the discovery of the Geraldine Mine and eventually the town of Geraldton. John Roe led a distinguished career as Surveyor General of West Australia from 1829 until his retirement in 1871. His prolific period of leading expeditions to map and discover the interior of the territory started the year of his appointment with an expedition up the Swan River. His last expedition would be his trip to the inland Russell Range, completed in 1848 and 1849. This trip was particularly notable for the exploration of new coal seams as well as his detailed geological reporting of the interior of the continent.
$300–500
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City of Perth Western Australia, Showing all Subdivisions and Deposited Plan Numbers. Complied and published by Alan H. Barlee in conjunction with A.W. Halligan, dated Perth 1893 signed and dated 1894
60 x 75cm
$500–1,000
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Western Australia, Swan River, and Rottenest Island, Surveyed by Commander J.L. Stokes 1841
Paper size: 64 x 96cm
REFERENCE
From State Records Office of WA: File 311Swan River & Rottnest Island by J.L. Stokes (additions by J.S. Roe)
$800–1,200
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John Arrowsmith Discoveries in Western Australia. From Documents Furnished to the Colonial Office by J.J. Roe Surveyor General compiled by John Arrowsmith published May 32 1838 by J. Arrowsmith, London, hand coloured copper engraving, London 1832
50.2 x 60cm
REFERENCE
From documents furnished to the Colonial Office by J.S Roe, Esquire. Surv. Genl. / by permission dedicated to R.W. Hay Esquire., one of H.M. Under Secretaries of State for the Colonies by his obliged servant J. Arrowsmith. Map showing counties and routes of explorers. Relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings. London : Pubd. by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street Strand, May 31st. 1833.
$500–700
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Plan of the Intended Town of Australind on Leschenault Inlet, Western Australia, As Finally Arranged by M. Waller Clifton Chief Commissioner of the Western Australian Company in Australia
paper size: 52 x 72.5cm
$300–600
A Sketch of the Swan River Colony, including King Georges Sound. Published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by John Murray London 1831.
J.C. Walker sculpt.
visible paper size: 38 x 33cm
$500–700
The following forty-nine lots from the Prinsep Family collection and further lots are in the Part 2 online catalogue which are denoted as such in their provenance.
The Extraordinary Henry Charles Prinsep and Prinsep Family Archive, numbering 3,000 plus Documents, Printed Materials, Historical and Family Photographs, A very large number of Watercolour Paintings and Pencil Sketches by Henry Charles Prinsep, and all manner of Ephemera relating to His and Their Families Life and Times, from College years in England, the London years, and on to their extraordinary life in Western Australia and in particular, within the Busselton and Bunbury Region, where they were to become so influential.
The archive is far too large and broad to list, but we do have an excel file of the individual documents, which is available on request, but which may, or may not, be completely accurate, as it was compiled some time ago and before the collection went into storage a long time ago.
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$5,000–10,000
Henry Charles (Harry) Prinsep (1844-1922), estate manager, horse-trader, artist and civil servant, was born on 5 September 1844 at Calcutta, India, son of Charles Robert Prinsep, standing counsel to the East India Co. government and occasionally acting advocate-general of Bengal, and his wife Louisa Anne, née White. Charles invested in Australian colonization— the Adelphi estate in Van Diemen's Land and the Belvedere estate in Western Australia.
Harry completed his schooling at Cheltenham, England. He was left motherless at 9, and at 11 his father returned to England in the advanced stages of paralysis; Harry's care fell to his uncle and aunt Henry Thoby and Sara Prinsep. His late teenage years were spent at Little Holland House, Kensington, where his aunt conducted her artistic and literary salon, around her resident 'lion', the artist George Frederick Watts, and family friend Alfred (Lord) Tennyson. Watts gave art lessons to her son and to Harry. The lads enjoyed lasting friendship with Tennyson's children. Harry's sister May became the second wife of Hallam, Lord Tennyson. After his grand tour of Europe, Harry visited his late father's Belvedere estate, Western Australia, in 1866. His meeting with Charlotte Josephine, daughter of J. G. Bussell, persuaded Prinsep to remain: they married on 26 February 1868 when he took over the estate's management.
Charles Prinsep had bought Belvedere estate in 1838 to breed cavalry remounts for the Indian Army. As a supplement, Harry Prinsep exported
jarrah sleepers for the Indian railways. Unfortunately in 1870, after he had loaded the Hiemdahl with sleepers and horses, and accompanied them to India, the ship was wrecked when entering the Hooghly; insurance for the cargo had been overlooked. In Western Australia Prinsep struggled for another three years; falling prices in India and the colony defeated him and the estate was sold by his creditors in 1874 to H. W. Venn.
Prinsep had been able to maintain his interest in art and literature. After 1874 he lived in Perth where he was a draftsman in the Lands and Survey Office. He led a small but influential cultural group engaged in sketching excursions, literary discussions and the theatre. With Herbert Gibbs, another artist, he published several numbers of Opossum, a humorous journal. Prinsep's 1875 and 1876 drawings of incidents in the explorations of (Sir) John Forrest and Ernest Giles were included in the published accounts of their expeditions.
In 1894, from the position of chief clerk in the Lands Department, Prinsep became under-secretary of the new Department of Mines under the minister, (Sir) Edward Wittenoom, to supervise the later stages of the gold rush. He urged the government to recognize the shift from alluvial to reefmining and to revise mining and company laws, with little success.
After four demanding years, administrative indiscretions by Wittenoom, which caused riots on the goldfields, led Premier Forrest to transfer Wittenoom to London as agent-general, and Prinsep to the new subdepartment of Native Affairs as chief protector (1898), with one assistant but the same salary.
In 1898 control of native affairs became wholly the concern of the elected parliament, which sliced funding. Prinsep's concern for Aboriginal welfare was thwarted by lack of staff and by the Aborigines Act (1897) which left him powerless to alleviate their ill-treatment and neglect. He spent five years trying; the Act was amended in 1906 and then only because of support from the 1905 Roth royal commission on the condition of Aborigines. Increased powers of direction led, under later administrators, to the disintegration of Aboriginal society in southern Western Australia. Prinsep was a founder member in 1889 of the Wilgie Sketching Club (later the West Australian Society of Artists). He was its president in 1904-05 and exhibited oils and effective watercolours with it in 1901-08. He is represented in the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the Battye Library and Little Holland House, Busselton. He took longservice leave in 1908 and revisited England and Europe. He then lived at Busselton, where he spent a pleasant and useful old age, for some years as mayor. Prinsep died there on 20 July 1922, survived by his wife and three daughters, and was buried in the local cemetery with Anglican rites.
JOHN GARRETT AND FRANCES LOUISA BUSSELL
(WESTERN AUSTRALIAN, FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY)
J.G Bussell's Cottage at Port Augusta, Blackwood, Swan River, Western Australia
ink on paper
inscribed I.G. Bussell pinxt and F.L. Bussell fecit
16.5 x 22cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep collection
$1,000–2,000
John Garrett Bussell (1803-1875), settler, was born on 16 August 1803 at Portsea, Hampshire, England, the eldest of nine children of Rev. William Marchant Bussell, an Anglican clergyman, and his wife Frances, née Yates. The death of his father in 1820 entailed family sacrifices to continue the boy's education. John Bussell, intended for the church, was educated at Winchester, winning two exhibitions to Trinity College, Oxford (B.A., 1829). While he awaited ordination, the family heard glowing reports of Swan River. Migration appeared as a perfect solution to their difficulties. William, the second son, remained in England, to become a doctor, and John, Charles, Vernon and Alfred sailed in 1829 for Western Australia in the Warrior.
In May 1830 John was encouraged by Governor (Sir) James Stirling to take up land near Cape Leeuwin, at Augusta, where a military post was stationed. With his brothers, he built a cottage and planted a garden, but found the heavy karri forest too hard to clear. Twelve miles (19 km) up the near-by Blackwood River he found better land where he took up another grant, Adelphi, and started again in December 1831. Next year they were threatened with starvation and lived on grass and fish. Their wheat crop failed, their livestock strayed, and they were worn out with hard toil and spare living when their sisters, Fanny and Bessie arrived with their brother Lenox in 1833. Soon afterwards the new house at the Adelphi was burnt down, a severe setback even though the piano, books, guns and most utensils were saved. Next year their mother and sister Mary arrived at Swan River with £1000 of new equipment; they reached Augusta to learn that all these goods were lost in the wreck of the coaster Cumberland. In spite of these four ruinous years, John decided to start afresh sixty miles (97 km) to the north at the Vasse River where he had taken 3500 acres (1416 ha) in 1832. The brothers and their old nurse sailed for the Vasse in April 1834 and were met by an overland party from Augusta. They landed their goods on the beach and began to cut through the bush to the river a track that became the main street of Busselton. Farther up the river they put up a store hut and soon had other buildings under
In 1837 John Bussell sailed for England to marry Sophie Hayward, an heiress whom he had known since childhood. The romance foundered on his suspicion that her friends thought him a fortune hunter and on his insistence that his mother remain in charge of domestic affairs. His health broke down; in convalescence he met Charlotte Cookworthy, née Spicer, a widow who, after the death of her husband, had become a member of the Plymouth Brethren. She was excommunicated for marrying John Bussell at Plymouth on 22 August 1838, and her three children had to be kidnapped to join them in the Montreal for the voyage to Australia. Meanwhile relations had deteriorated between the Aboriginals and the Vasse settlers, as cultivated fields replaced the ancient tribal hunting grounds. The spearing of a neighbour, George Layman, by the chief, Gaywal, in 1841 brought a serious clash between settlers and natives, resulting in the death of the murderer and arrest of his sons, and finally bringing peace. 60
construction. In September a cow, Yulika, strayed from Augusta, arrived with a calf to provide the new property with its name, Cattle Chosen. Months of sawing, building and clearing made it possible for their mother and sisters to join them. At first their only imports were pork, flour, spirits and wine; all else was makeshift. With much to be done all at once, the hard drudgery continued and nothing was finished. John gloried in his self-reliance and had a hand in everything: he created wheels for a truck, dosed sick Aboriginals, hunted kangaroos, tanned leather, read philosophy, managed everyone and wrote Latin verse. Inspired by his example, the girls made a picnic of their housework, dairying and poultry keeping. First crops did not always succeed, boots and clothes frayed into rags, fleas were everywhere, but each evening under crude slush lamps they found respite in books and music, and writing lively letters to friends and relatives in England. Before long they shipped to Perth their first surplus: sixty-two pounds (28 kg) of butter and half a ton of potatoes. Cheese was soon added to their produce. Their livestock multiplied, wheat growing succeeded and a horse-driven flour-mill was brought from England.
The difficult years persisted and the Bussells, like many other settlers, made little more than a modest livelihood. John remained at Cattle Chosen as the family dispersed through marriage and through the brothers taking their own farms; the departures also grieved him because division of property brought some dissension. He left Busselton to visit South Australia, and in 1864 to teach classics at Hale School, Perth, being described by its founder as 'a real good fellow' and competent teacher. As a justice of the peace he gave years of magisterial service in the Vasse district, and in 1870 he was elected to the colony's first Legislative Council under representative government. He died at Cattle Chosen on 21 September 1875 and was buried at St Mary's, Busselton, which he helped to build and where he had conducted services in the absence of a resident clergyman.
Four daughters were born of his marriage to Charlotte, whose strong character made her an ideal pioneer wife: Capel (Mrs E. Brockman), Emily
(Mrs F. Vines), Caroline, and Josephine (Mrs H. C. Prinsep). A portrait of the family in water-colour, and a pencil sketch of John Bussell ( This work? ) are in the possession of his family.
There are records for Frances Louisa Bussell born circa 1807, who was also known as Fanny Bussell but it is isn't clear if this was the sister or mother (both had the same name) of John Garrett Bussell of Busselton, Western Australia. F.L Bussell is recorded as sketching in ink J.G. Bussell’s Cottage at Port Augusta on the Blackwood Swan River – presumably this work, or another similar on a single-sheet that appears to be a page from an album (Recorded as in a private collection, London). The Bussell's youngest daughter Josephine Prinsep was also recorded as a sketcher.
A rare Western Australian Jarrah rectangular library table, Australian, circa 1860-70
120cm wide, 57cm deep, 74cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep collection
$2,000–3,000
A Western Australian Jarrah straight-front chest of drawers, maker Thomas Haley, circa 1860-70
101cm wide, 42cm deep, 104cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep collection
FOOTNOTE
Sold with a secondary timber section with the makers signature in pencil and a note saying the chest was purchased at Bob Gregson's November 1977 auction
$800–1,200
A Western Australian Jarrah centre-table, attributed to George Wansborough, circa 1860-70
96cm long, 64cm deep, 73.5cm high
PROVENANCE
Wansborough House, York, Western Australia. The Prinsep collection
There were two brothers, a son and a grandson who were carpenters, builders and wheelwright's and who made furniture.
George Wansborough worked circa 1864-1900
Reference: Rebecca Erickson Dictionary of Western Australians also see Timothy E. Harris, Furniture of Western Australia (1829-1910) pg. 406 (fig. 9.34)
REFERENCE
Rebecca Erickson Dictionary of Western Australians also see Furniture of Western Australia, pg. 406 (fig. 9.34)
$1,000–2,500
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A Jarrah, pine and wrought-iron hanging plate rack, Western Australian, 19th century
162cm wide, 91cm high, 27cm deep
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
REFERENCE
Illustrated in Carters Price Guide 1987
$400–800
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An impressive pine kitchen dresser, Australian, 19th century
231cm high, 195cm wide, 66cm deep
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$500–1,000
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A Western Australian Jarrah hanging bookshelf, Australian, circa 1840
81cm wide, 40cm deep, 106cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep collection
$300–600
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A turned Jarrah rectangular single-drawer writing table, West Australian, circa 1870
77cm wide, 47cm deep, 75cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$500–700
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A turned Jarrah Towel rail, Western Australian, circa 1870-80
78cm long, 23cm deep, 89cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$300–500
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A solid Jarrah candle-box with sliding lid, Western Australian, circa 1860-80
36cm long, 22cm deep, 12cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$200–500
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A Western Australian Jarrah straightfront chest-of-drawers, circa 1860
124cm wide, 45cm deep, 124cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep collection
$500–1,000
A finely hand-drawn map of Australia and New Zealand by Emily. F. Prinsep, West Australian, circa 1860
visible paper size: 17 x 20cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$500–800
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EMILY REBECCA PRINSEP (AUSTRALIAN, 1798-1860)
Emsi
charcoal on paper signed lower right
Visible paper size: 22 x 16cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep collection
$200–400
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HENRY CHARLES PRINSEP (BRITAIN/AUSTRALIA,
1844-1922)
A Collection of Seven ink drawings by Henry Prinsep depicting the St. George Ranges, Devils Creek, Party returning down King Leopold Ranges, Fitzroy River, King Leopold Ranges & approaching Leopold Ranges and First arrival at the Fitzroy
Various paper sizes, frames approx. 41.5 x 51cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep collection
$500–1,000
HENRY CHARLES PRINSEP (BRITAIN/AUSTRALIA, 1844-1922)
Views of Alexandria
watercolour two watercolours framed as one, each titled in pencil lower left & attributed to verso each: 12 x 9cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep collection $300–500
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(BRITAIN/AUSTRALIA, 1844-1922)
Watercolour on paper
Initialled H.C.P.
12 x 17cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$300–500
HENRY CHARLES PRINSEP
Cape Mao from Mongolia
The Prinsep collection Victorian blacklace and embroidery applied bonnet, 19th century
$200–400
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The Prinsep collection of 19th century clothing, dating back to the mid Victorian era, comprising a large quantity stored in twelve flat boxes
various
$1,000–3,000
The Prinsep Collection Scarlet Officers
Tunic, English, 19th century
$500–1,000
A good Jarrah circular-top pillar table, West Australian, circa 1870
53cm diameter, 66cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$600–1,500 80
An antique leather travelling stencilled to the top: Prinsep, English, mid 19th century
84cm wide, 42cm deep, 37cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$200–400
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A rare Jarrah and iron handled twopart wine-cellarette, West Australian, circa 1860
with a charcoal sketch of a cellarette by Henry Prinsep dated 1886 52cm wide, 36cm deep, 70.5cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$1,000–3,000
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A good Jarrah straight-fronted chest of drawers, West Australian, circa 1860-1880
94cm wide, 46cm deep, 89cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$1,000–1,500
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A rare Jarrah and mahogany book-press, Western Australian, circa 1870
46cm high, 35cm wide, 25cm deep
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$300–500
84
A finely turned Jarrah rectangular writing table, Western Australian, circa 1870
91cm wide, 46cm deep, 74cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$500–1,000
85
A good Jarrah music canterbury, Western Australian, circa 1880
51cm wide, 38.5cm deep, 64cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$800–1,000
An unusual Gentleman's pine bachelors chest with brushing slide, English, circa 1880
76cm wide, 37cm deep, 92cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$300–500 87
A rare Jarrah circular washstand with original enamel jug and bowl, Western Australian, circa 1860-80
53cm diameter, 101cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$500–1,000
A pair of Anglo-Indian teak chairs with caned backs, mid 19th century 53cm wide, 93cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection $200–300
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A finely turned Jarrah square stool, Western Australian, circa 1880
44cm square, 41cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$400–800
90
A finely turned Jarrah rectangular washstand, Western Australian, circa 1860
93cm wide, 48cm deep, 89cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$700–1,500
Henry Charles Prinsep's rare Jarrah artist's table, with rising lid, Western Australian, circa 1860-80
101cm wide, 71cm deep, 77cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$1,000–3,000
A metal-bound pine travelling trunk, stencilled H.C.Prinsep Western Australia, circa 1866
70cm wide, 44cm deep, 42cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$500–1,500
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A large painted pine chest-of-drawers, Western Australian, circa 1860-70
122cm wide, 61cm deep, 91cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$600–1,500
A large and rare double-banked cedar and brass bound campaign-chest in two sections, Anglo-Indian, mid 19th century 140cm wide, 39cm deep, 137cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
Most likely Henry Charles Prinsep's chest which he brought from Indian to Australia.
$2,000–5,000
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A pine-topped Jarrah rectangular side table, Western Australian, circa 1860-80
90cm long, 59cm deep, 77cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$300–500
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A rectangular Jarrah side table with turned legs, Western Australian, circa 1870
102cm wide, 59cm deep, 78cm high
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$500–700
Henry Charles Prinsep's desk. An unusual Jarrah writing desk ( bureau) with sloped front and turned legs, Western Australian, with manufacturers label, dated 1869 including Henry Prinsep's glasses and various desk accruements, pens, quills, etc 90cm wide, 41cm deep, 121cm high PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection $800–2,000
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Explorations in Australia,by John Forrest F.R.G.S, with an appendix on the condition of Western Australia. Illustraions by G.F.Angas Published by Sampson Low Marston Low and Searle, London 1875 with fold out map of Australia, Perth Coast and others. Green gilt-tooled cloth covers. Copy of J Wooldrige 22 x 15cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
REFERENCE
Explorations in Australia with an Appendix on the Condition of Western Australia. John Forrest. Report. London, 1875. Explorations in Australia. I: Explorations in Search of Dr Leichardt [sic] and Party. II: From Perth to Adelaide, around the Great Australian Bight. III: From Champion Bay, across the Desert to the Telegraph and to Adelaide. With an Appendix on the Condition of Western Australia. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875. Octavo, viii, 354, 40 (advertisements) pages plus woodengraved portraits of John and Alexander Forrest, 6 wood-engraved plates after George French Angas ('his last major artistic undertaking'Wantrup) and 4 folding colour maps.
Original gilt-pictorial cloth lightly bumped and rubbed; front inner hinge cracked but firm, with some tiny blemishes to the endpaper;
contemporary inkstamp from a school in Utrecht on the title page; tiny light stain to the bottom margin of about a dozen leaves; trifling signs of use and age; overall an excellent copy. Ferguson 9681; Wantrup 200 ('Forrest's book includes full accounts of his two expeditions of 1869 and 1870 in addition to the main account of his victorious expedition from the west coast to the Telegraph Line.... a complete record of Forrest's adventurous exploring career').
$500–1,000
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John Forrest. Exploring Expedition in Search of the Remains of the late Dr Leichhardt and Party. Newly bound calf and marble boards, Read March 28 London 1870
21 x 14cm
REFERENCE
Exploring expedition in search of the remains of the late Dr. Leichhardt and party : undertaken by order of the Government of Western Australia. Sir John Forrest. Report. London, 1870. Report of the Leichhardt search expedition Forrest's Report of the Leichhardt. Search Expedition. 7. London : Royal Geographic Society, 1870. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London ; v. 40 (1870).
$400–600
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Alexander Forrest's copy of Englands Navy Stories of Its Ships by F.M.Holmes London Published by S.W.Partridge and Co London circa 1895. With Presentation From the Board of Governors Perth High School to A.A Forrest, 1897
gilt tooled, calf bound 18.5 x 13cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$100–200
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Henry Charles Prinsep's Copy of North West Exploration Journal of Expedition De Grey River to Port Darwin by Alexander Forrest F.R.G.S, Printed by Richard Pether, Perth 1880.
H C Prinsep signed 33 x 21cm
PROVENANCE
The Henry Prinsep Collection
REFERENCE
Th is rare report is by Alexander Forrest, younger brother of John Forrest. The summary on Trove states that Alexander "did his most memorable exploratory work in the north-west, especially on this 1879 expedition he
led from the De Grey River to the Telegraph Line and Port Darwin...This was one of the most important expeditions undertaken in the north-west of the continent and was of considerable importance in opening up the interior." The map covers the territory from Dampier Archipelago (Roebourne) into the Northern Territory, just south of Port Darwin. The geographical descriptions are very specific and most interesting. 201 campsites & countryside features are listed in a table below the map. The comments are very specific & are keyed into the map with numbers. For example, F16 reads: "Native well, 8' deep, good supply of fresh water, splendid grass around well, pile of stones 14 chains north on NW end of low ironstone range." Insets on the map are "Geological Features from Data by F.W. Hill" and "Part of Australia showing the Route of the Expedition".
Forrest's Journal is unusually attractive for a government-printed expedition account, and is illustrated with early Perth printed lithographs after sketches by Henry Charles Prinsep. Prinsep (1844-1922), who had studied art in London, Heidleberg and Dresden as well as studying law at Oxford, emigrated to the Swan River Colony in 1866. He joined the Lands and Surveys Department as a draughtsman, later becoming head of the Mines Department and chief protector of the Aborigines. The plates areFirst Arrival at the Fitzroy; The St. George Ranges; Fitzroy River; Devil's Creek, King Leopold Ranges; Approaching King Leopold Ranges; Party Returning Down King Leopold Ranges; King Leopold Ranges; Arrival at Telegraph Station, Southport, N.T. Western Australia.
$800–1,200
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Accounts and Papers, Colonies, 1840 Home Office Library, Vol.33 from the 21 volumes Session 16 January-11 August 1840. This volume covering the affairs and finances of New South Wales, Western Australia, Van Diemans Land, South Australia and some New Zealand. (Also some on Canada, British Guiana, Bahamas et al) Re-bound. With fold out coloured chart of Perth and its allotment of land grants, as of 1840
34 x 22cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$200–300
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A Handwritten Schoolbook by V.Dempster, Fremantle School dated Feb 20 1891, but covering the year till July 28 1891, with daily exercises, such as languages, and maths and geometry etc and with hand-drawn maps of great skill.
Marble boards
22 x 17.5cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$200–400
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Rules and Regulations for her Majesty's Colonial Service, Printed for George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, London 1856.
Marble boards and gilt tooled calf spine. Inscribed Western Australia Surveyor General 21 x 14cm
PROVENANCE
The Henry Prinsep Collection
$150–250
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A 19th century leather bound folio of crest and cyphers of West Australian and wider Australian and International clubs, officials places, etc. as well as the crests of noted family's. Inscribed EFP from VMP (Prinsep) Leather bound and cloth cased case 24 x 16 x 2.5cm thick
PROVENANCE
The H.C Prinsep Collection
$200–400
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A Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation by John William Norie, Printed by Charles Wilson, London, 1864
Calf bound
22.5 x 15cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$200–400
Illustrated online at www.artvisory.com.au
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Early Voyages to Terra Australis Now Called Australia.edited and with an introduction by R.H Major F.S.A Published for the Hakluyt Society London MDXXXLIX by T.Richards London, 1859.
gilt tooled leather spine 22 x 14cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$300–500
Illustrated online at www.artvisory.com.au
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Explorations in Australia, by John Forrest F.R.G.S, with an appendix on the condition of Western Australia. Illustrations by G.F.Angas, Published by Sampson Low Marston Low and Searle, London 1875 with fold out map of Australia, Perth Coast and others.
Green gilt-tooled cloth covers. Inscribed Presented to H.C.Prinsep by his friend, the author. (John Forrest) 22 x 14cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
$500–1,000
Illustrated online at www.artvisory.com.au
An Important Collection of documents belonging and/ or associated with Captain John Thomas Pioneer of Western Australia in five folders.
Album one contains numerous shipping documents bills of lading and shipping inventory's many signed by John Thomas dating to the 1850's and 1860.
Folder 2 contains more of the same plus receipts for goods mostly fresh water and supplies signed by John Thomas and envelopes posted to John Thomas at Fremantle from Asia and Galle, Singapore and elsewhere.
Folder 3 contains mostly hand written letters to Captain Thomas during the 1850's and early 1860's concerning voyages and transactions relating to shipping matters, the sale of vessels etc.
Folder 4 includes letters written by Captain Thomas and documents relating to the schooner Empress and to Captain Thomas and the Owners of this vessel. Written from Batavia, Singapore etc
Folder 5 Includes receipts to Captian Thomas for goods in Dutch from Batavia and Singapore 1850's and 1860's Western Australian Mining Association Directors report from 1863 signed by John Thomas, later family wills etc And a faded copy of a photograph of a mid 19th century daguerrotype of Captain Thomas and his family.
various
$1,000–2,000
JOHN THOMAS.
A PIONEER OF THE TWENTIES.
'No gentlemen of that time can claim a longer association with Western Australia than Mr. John Thomas, better known as Captain Thomas. It is a somewhat impressive fact and one calling for respect and delight that we have still in our midst he who came to the colony in the year when it was proclaimed—in 1829. Captain Thomas thus bridges the space of time between the days when Western Australia was the hunting ground of the dusky natives and the present, when the whites are pushing their enterprise and industry over the rich lands, north, south, east, and west, and even into the solemn deserts of the interior. In itself it is the span of a long life, and one fraught with much pregnant moment, not only to the continent of Australia, but to the whole world besides. While Captain Thomas has been hid in the interminable forests and the gloom and mystery of silence in Western Australia, cities have been born on the continent which have grown to such dimensions as to be recognised the world over. Notable men have appeared, and in his own colony and the others of the group great industries have risen, and the white man's ingenuity and industry have sedulously penetrated where the black in 1829 reigned supreme.'
The life of Captain Thomas in Western Australia has been a romantic one. His experience among the poor, ignorant savages, his days spent in the grim silence of the woods, and his voyages along the immense coast and to convenient islands, are remarkable enough to form subject matter for a novel. Many a tale he can tell of the early days of Western Australia which should appear in books of history before they forever sink into the
forgotten. He is a link binding the past with the present, and his biography should find interested readers everywhere.
John Thomas was born in Wales in 1815. He was educated in his native land, and when the boy was fourteen years old his father accompanied Mr. Thomas Peel to Western Australia to take the position of clerk of works on somewhat extensive land proposals that gentleman intended carrying out in this colony. The whole family set sail in the ship Gilmour, and landed in Fremantle in November, 1829. Thus the subject of our sketch entered this colony some five months after it was proclaimed and not long after the first settlement was made at Albany. Fremantle at that time was in its dismal native state, and little evidence could be seen by the incoming pioneers of the work of white men. However, they soon joined the little party who had bravely elected to pioneer the colony under Commander Stirling. One of those who entered Western Australia by the same vessel was Mr. Smythe, who subsequently surveyed the site of Fremantle. Among the first efforts of the boy John Thomas was that of cutting timber in the locality where Rockingham now stands. The wood obtained from there was eminently suitable for the erection of houses.
Large tribes of natives inhabited the district, and already they were showing how greatly they resented the raids of the whites upon what they considered their own peculiar property. In order to safely accomplish their work the party of woodcutters, of which Mr. Thomas made one, was guarded by two men with guns, to frighten off the armed blacks. The lad came through the dangers of this work unscathed, gnd returned to Fremantle and Perth. He followed various occupations—among the few which so young a place supplied—and in 1832, in partnership with a man named William Gaze, he began farming in the Kelmscott district, on the
present Canning Road. Before the seed could be sown the fields had to be denuded of timber, and the two pioneers proceeded energetically to clear the forest and to establish a home. John Thomas, although but seventeen years old, was able to do a man's work, and the two quickly cleared part of their little holding, prepared the soil, and tilled the wheat. Another chain of land yet remained to be cleared and tilled. One fine autumn morning they worked as usual, but the day eventuated in horror for both of them. Leaving their tools in the field they repaired to their modest hut, some little distance away, and partook of their simple noonday meal. This over, they returned to work, and while one sowed a little patch of the primitive farm the other began cutting away the timber. Presently they were roused from their occupations by the howling of their dog, and looking in the direction whence the sounds came they observed that the animal was speared through the head. Glancing from him to the ridge above, they saw scores of natives assembled and seemingly bent on encompassing their destruction. Could the two men but get into their hut where their guns were they would be safe, but the natives were cunning enough to place themselves on the path they must take. A mile distant lay a barracks occupied by military for the protection of settlers in the district. To reach this they had to cross the river Canning. A fallen tree supplied a rustic bridge over the bed of the stream. The two men saw they would have to race for the barracks. John Thomas seized a spade, and his mate an axe, and they set off at the top of their speed. The natives followed close behind. It was a race for life. When the log across the stream was reached, it was found that Mr. Thomas, having soft, yielding slippers on his feet, had an advantage on the slippery way over his companion. He proceeded first, and gained the other side in safety but Mr. Gaze slipped when part of the way across and fell into the stream. It did not take him long to recover his feet and rush forward, but the natives were now within spearing distance, and he was speared in the back. This did not deter him, and he continued to rush forward after Mr. Thomas. The latter, seeing that there were numerous natives in the pursuit, considered that it was hopeless to return and help his fellow up the bank of the stream, for to his horror he observed him pierced with several spears. It was now necessary for Mr. Thomas to gain the barracks as quickly as possible, for the natives were already on the opposite bank of the stream, and spears persistently shrieked above and around him. He was beyond their range in a few seconds, and quickly gained the barracks. There he hoped to find the whole detachment, but only one able man was present, the others having gone to Perth in company with Captain Ellis, Government Resident. However, two guns and ammunition remained, and the two men, assisted by the lame comrade, made their way back to the bank of the river where Gaze was last seen. Mr. Thomas's new comrades were nervous men, and persisted in coo-ee-ing so that the natives might know that reinforcements were approaching and, perchance, run off. By-and-bye a faint cry was heard in return from Gaze, and going forward more hopefully they found him still alive, but in great agony. The unfortunate man was speared in five places—the spears being still in his body. One of these pierced his neck, another his cheek, a third his ribs, and the two others his back. Mr. Thomas with a saw severed the spears near to the skin. The natives had evidently made off when they
saw one man maimed and no hope of securing the other. Then Thomas raised Gaze on his shoulders, much against the latter's will, owing to his intense suffering, and carried him to the barracks. Mr. Thomas proceeded to the home of Mr. Phillips, father of Mr. George Phillips, who sent a servant for a doctor, who arrived at seven next morning. He duly extracted the five spear heads, but was compelled to cut no fewer than fourteen blood vessels during the operations. Naturally the patient soon died, mortification setting in.
Such scenes as these were not infrequent in those early days, and it is an open question to the humane man and the lover of justice who was least to blame the ignorant natives, who saw their lands being usurped, or the energetic white men, laudably striving to develop the resources which the Creator placed on this earth to supply life with what it requires. Mr. Thomas relinquished farming when he found that the natives had rifled his hut of guns and ammunition and destroyed the seed wheat and everything they could lay their hands on. For some time he gained a precarious livelihood, in which fishing was the principal occupation. In deep-sea fishing, much danger crept into the work. A rude catamaran was principally used. This strange contrivance was composed of deals laid side by side like a raft, upon which a tub was placed in the centre. The fisher sat in the tub, floated out with the tide, and "chanced" the wind to bring him back again. Without the fish, the colony would often have been in serious straits for want of food. The ordinary' necessaries of life brought enormous prices, and Mr. Thomas remembers that in the early thirties soap cost as much as £1 1s.a lb.; sugar, never less than 1s. a lb.; tea, 7s. a lb.; mutton and beef, 2s. 6d. and 3s. a lb.; kangaroo steak, 1s. 6d. a lb., and Mr. Thomas's father often refused £10 for a bag of flour. Kangaroo was then recognised as quite a general dish, but it required the aid of good dog to catch the marsupial. Dogs were unwonted luxuries, and sometimes as much as £35 was paid for one animal. Thus it can be well understood that for the next few years living was rather precarious for Mr. Thomas. Eventually he took to lightering, by means of boats, vessels coming into port, and, saving a little money, in 1839 he had a cutter of twenty-two tons built. He commanded this, and used it first for carrying freight from Fremantle to Bunbury and Vasse, and butter and other dairy produce from those parts to Fremantle. In this way he did fairly well. Then the time arrived when an opportunity showed itself to open up trade relations with Singapore. Captain Thomas was anxious to use his cutter in this service. He went to that port and brought back teas, sugars, &c. Ever since that period—about 1845—a regular trade has been carried on with Singapore. Captain Thomas lengthened and improved his vessel, which was soon afterwards wrecked on the Abrolhos Islands. A few years ago part of this pioneer vessel was still to be seen in Champion Bay. In 1846 Captain Thomas enterprisingly built a schooner—the Empress—of 125 tons, with which for many years he roved the seas in many parts. He traded to Adelaide and Hobart at first, and subsequently voyaged to Mauritius, and from there to Algoa Bay and the Cape. He procured what trade he could and brought it to the colony. Then he took sandalwood to Singapore, where it was so largely used as incense, and returned with East India goods. Selling the Empress in 1858, he purchased the barque Rory O'More, of 296 tons. While making a voyage from Singapore in this
he was caught in a terrible cyclone off Christmas Island. All the masts were carried away, and it was only after running the greatest danger and making yards out of stunning sail booms and using such makeshifts that he was able to reach Fremantle. While he was away on this voyage his wife purchased a farm, and, his late experience having satiated him with seafaring life, he had his barque refitted and placed her in charge of a new captain. Captain Thomas went to his farm, which was situated at Pinjarra, and bid a permanent adieu to the sea. The new captain, however, soon ran him heavily into debt, so heavily that he was compelled to sell the barque, and all he received from the sale was the sum of £400. The new captain took care to hide his diminished head in the distance.
For a number of years Captain Thomas worked his farm, and good seasons greeting him his career thenceforth was prosperous. He possesses, 3,500 acres at Pinjarra, and worked them until 1876, when he retired. His life now became less exciting, for in the peaceful efforts of tilling the soil and harvesting its fruits he was shut out from the busy crowd and the common dangers attending a roaming life. Captain Thomas's was a retirement well earned and much deserved. He has been of use to Fremantle in a public way, and of the early Town Trust Councils was an active and honoured member. For five terms he occupied the position of chairman. In 1851 he joined the order of Foresters, and is now a much-respected honorary member of it. Within recent years he has resided in Fremantle.
Few men have had more interesting careers than Captain Thomas. To those who took life boldly in their hands, so to speak, in the twenties and thirties all respect is due, and their names will be long remembered and should be known in history. They are the Pilgrim Fathers of Western Australia. It is to be hoped that Captain Thomas will be spared for many years to the colony for which he has done so much.
The colonial story of the Thomas family, from early disasters to great wealth and social prominence. Thomas became a ship owner, with an importing business, owned a Fremantle hotel and the property at Pinjarra now known as Ravenswood. Captain John Thomas arrived in Western Australia as a child when his parents came from Wales as part of Thomas Peel’s entourage. John Thomas’ father and brother, James, were convicted of plundering cargo from the wreck of the Cumberland in 1834. As a result all the Thomas possessions including their boats were confiscated. John successfully petitioned the Colonial Secretary for the return of the small fishing boat Jane in order that the family would not be left destitute. By 1841 John had built the Venus (21 tons) with which, despite its small size, he began trading to the eastern colonies, Mauritius and Asia. Five years later he had the Empress (50 tons) built by David Jones. This vessel was used on the Asia run until 1858 when Thomas sold it at Singapore and purchased the barque Rory O’More (296 tons). Captain John Thomas is an example of the rise of a successful fisherman/ boat builder/ shipowner of the mid-19th century. He served five terms as chairman of the Fremantle Town Trust. He also owned and ran hotels in Fremantle and Ravenswood.
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A Voyage to Terra Australis in His Majesty's Ship The Investigator By Matthew Flinders 2 Vols Published by G and W. Nicol London and Printed by W.Bulmer and C. 1814.
green cloth covers 28 x 23cm
PROVENANCE
The Prinsep Collection
A Voyage to Terra Australis. Matthew Flinders. Historical non-Fiction. London, 1814. A Voyage to Terra Australis; undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship The Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner. With an account of the Shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the commander during six years and a half in that island. First edition, one of 1,000 copies of "the most outstanding book on the coastal exploration of Australia" (Wantrup). The work took four years to prepare and revolutionized European knowledge of the Australian coastline.
Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) is famed for naming the continent of Australia - although the lack of an official sanction meant that he was forced to use the older "Terra Australis" in this work. He first arrived in Australia in 1795, where he chartered its south-eastern coastline. In 1801, he returned as commander of the Investigator, undertaking a three-year circumnavigation of the Australian continent. His crew included the naturalist Robert Brown, the artist William Westall, and the midshipman John Franklin (of north-west passage infamy). On the return voyage to England, he was interned by the French: he would not be released until 1810.
From then until his death in 1814, he prepared the Voyage to Terra Australis. The work includes Flinders's painstaking journal of the expedition and its coastal survey, along with an historical essay on previous Australian exploration. With virtually no training, Flinders became "one of the best British naval hydrographers" (ODNB). The first proposals to establish colonies on the south and east coasts were based on Flinders's descriptions in the Voyage. The work is also notable for examining, in the appendix, the problem of compass interference on ships with iron fittings.
One of Flinders's suggestions for remedying the problem, a vertical bar of soft iron on the binnacle, was later introduced as the Flinders bar. The text was published in two issues. Published by London: Printed by W. Bulmer and co., and published by G. and W. Nicol, 1814.
$500–800
Illustrated online at www.artvisory.com.au
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ENGLISH SCHOOL MANNER OF THOMAS PHILLIPS, OR WILLIAM BEECHEY (ENGLISH, CIRCA 1832-34)
Portrait of Admiral Adam James Stirling, First Governor of Western Australia, circa 1833 oil on canvas
90 x 70cm
PROVENANCE
The Stirling Family, Great Britain
Sold: Mellors and Kirk 27/11/2103 lot 731 UK 2013 for 35,000 pounds hammer being 42,350 pounds including buyers premium. (Then 77,500.00 AUD$) Plus GST and Shipping.
$40,000–60,000
James Stirling was the eight of fifteen children of Andrew Stirling of Drumpelllier Lanarkshire. Joining the navy as a twelve-year old midshipman, he rose rapidly, obtaining his first command in the wars of 1812. During the period 1826-1828 Stirling was instrumental in exploring and colonising that half of Australia, then known as New Holland, centred on the Swan River, now Perth. He was the states first Governor and Commander in Chief from 1829-39.
Stirling was in England from late 1832 to February 1834. In 1833 he was knighted and later presented with the Swan Cup, which in the work of the Mitchell Library NSW, Stirling is shown standing next to. Whereas in this portrait most likely in the same hand, Stirling is portrayed with a seascape in the background.
Formidable Arts Reporter Terry Ingram, writing in the Sale-room column of The Australian Financial Review said at the time of this work's sale in the UK: 'The offering was a substantial 90cm by 70cm bust length early 19th century portrait in oils of Admiral Sir James Stirling, the first Governor of the colony, in uniform. Estimated at £1000 to £2000 it sold for £35,000 plus buyers premium helped by its solid provenance. It came down from the Stirling family to the latest unstated vendor (a member of the Stirling family ) 'He continued: 'Its offering should have been no secret to the many potential buyers in Australia, as it clearly related to another well-published portrait of the Admiral in the Mitchell Library, acquired in 1928. The Nottingham sale cataloguer said the Mitchell's three-quarter length portrait of Stirling, attributed to Sir William Beechey or Thomas Phillips in the library, and the auction house's smaller portrait, were presumably executed in the same studio between 1833 and June 1834.
Stirling was then in England to receive his knighthood and be presented with the Stirling silver cup, near which he stands next to in the Mitchell portrait. The cup was presented by the 'Friends and relatives of the Swan River settlement” and is in the West Australian Museum'
Ingram continued: 'The inclusion of the portrait in the Nottingham sale would almost certainly have been known by Australia's East Coast book trade, which has usually dominated Australia's colonial portrait market in the past, and to other buyers through the British trade press. That is why under bidder, Mr John Barkes, with links to the Australian colonial picture trade, did not persevere after the bidding had reached £30,000 and take it to £38,000. But it appeared to be news to the West Australian Museum, preoccupied with new building plans, when asked about it by Terry Ingram on Friday. Stirling crowned his career in 1851 with his commission as a Rear-Admiral, and the next year served at the Admiralty. The most conspicuous piece of Stirling memorabilia is a piece of sterling silver, made by Thomas Habgood of Hatton Garden, London, between 1832 and 1833. It is inscribed:
‘Presented to Capt. Sir James Stirling, first Governor of the Colony of Western Australia, by the friends and relatives of the settlers at Swan River, in testimony of their admiration of the wisdom of the decisions and kindness uniformly displayed by him and of their gratitude for his strenuous exertions with the Colonial Department for the benefit of that settlement. London, May 1833.’ In 1925 the Swan Cup was given to the people of Western Australia by two grandchildren of Sir James Stirling, and presented to the Premier, Philip Collier, during a visit to England. The portrait, when its authorship is fully settled, is a serious piece of painting. Beechey was painter to Queen Charlotte and Phillips also painted Sir Joseph Banks"
It might seem logical that if both works were from the same studio, that this work could pre-date the version in the Mitchell library, as one would presume that having seen this work in the artist's studio, a second work was commissioned with the silver-cup added as a commission for presentation, while the original remained with the Stirling family. It would seem illogical the other way around and if this speculation is correct, then this would make the present work even more significant.
Captain Matthew Flinders. A Rare Hand-Written and Sealed Indenture of Three Parts involving the sale of land to Matthew Flinders of Donington in the County of Lincoln, dated 30 June 1788, counter signed and sealed by John Birks
57.5 x 82.5cm
Please refer to this lot in the online catalogue, for close-up photographs of the text
$1,000–2,000
Sir James Stirling. An important signed and sealed hand written record as follows;
At the Court of St James's the 10th of August 1831. Present The Kings Most Respected Majesty. Then signed by fourteen dignitaries of the Court.
It continues: Whereas there was this day at the board a letter from the Right Honourable Viscount Roderick one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State to the Lord President of the Council transmitting the draughts of a commission and instructions for Captain Stirling R.N. Governor of Western Australia-His Majesty having taken the same into consideration was pleased by and with the advice of his Privy Council to approve thereof and to order as it is hereby ordered that the Right Honorable Visct Roderick one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State do cause a warrant to be prepared for His Majesty's Royal Signature for passing a commission conformably to the said draught which is herento annexed under the great seal of Great Britain And that his Lordship do prepare the said instructions which are hereunto annexed For His Majesty's Royal Signature and then signed.
37 x 23.5cm
$1,000–3,000
ARTIST UNKNOWN (WESTERN AUSTRALIAN, CIRCA 1820-30)
Indigenous figures Observing a Coastal Landing – King Georges Sound Region (Albany WA)
watercolour on paper
26.5 x 53cm
PROVENANCE
Arthur Spartalis, Fine Art Dealer, Perth, 2012
$6,000–8,000
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ARTIST UNKNOWN (WESTERN AUSTRALIAN, CIRCA 1820-30)
Portrait of an Indigenous Man of the King Georges Sound Region (Albany WA)
watercolour on paper
37 x 28cm
PROVENANCE
Arthur Spartalis, Fine Art Dealer, Perth, 2012
$5,000–7,000
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ARTIST UNKNOWN (WESTERN AUSTRALIAN, CIRCA 1820-30)
Portrait of an Indigenous mother and child of the King Georges Sound Region (Albany WA)
watercolour on paper
Image size: 38 x 28.5cm
PROVENANCE
Arthur Spartalis, Fine Art Dealer, Perth, 2012
$5,000–7,000
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THOMAS HENRY JOHNSON BROWNE (BRITAIN/AUSTRALIA, 1818-1882)
Congregational Chapel and Pastor's Residence, Bunbury, Western Australia
watercolour and ink on paper
Signed and dated November 1868, with silver plaque engraved: Presented in Memory of Rev. Andrew and Mrs Buchanan, by their daughters 75th anniversary, October 5th,1941
image size: 34 x 31cm framed size: 39 x 47cm, outer case size: 58 x 56.5cm
PROVENANCE
McKenzies Auctioneers, Perth, 19/03/2013 Lot 71 ($8,500 plus premium)
$4,000–6,000
In the above catalogue it noted: The picture depicts Prinsep St Bunbury. Today, there is a plaque on the site- in the front pavement noting the congregational Church was there. The two buildings at the front were demolished and replaced by a grand brick building. This was later demolished after the Meckering earthquake damaged it in 1968. The building behind is understood to be the Rose Hotel (which still existsalthough the back has been extended.) Another depiction of the Rose Hotel was painted by Browne, Rose Hotel, Bunbury 1865, and is currently held in the National Gallery of Canberra's collection. A recent acquisition from a major private collection, Perth. Notes on the Artist: Watercolourist, architect, surveyor, civil engineer and schoolmaster, was born on 7 April 1818 in London. After training as an architect and civil engineer, he worked on the London to Birmingham railway under (Sir) Charles Fox from 1832 39, then with William Nicholson, a civil engineer of Manchester, to whose practice he succeeded in 1848 (according to Browne in 1878). He had his own London practice in 1854 62. During this period Browne married and had a large family. Then, at the London Central Criminal Court in 1862, he was convicted of forging money orders and sentenced to ten years' transportation to Western Australia, arriving in the Lord Dalhousie on 28 December 1863. Years later he stated that he was guilty only of shielding his wife.
For eighteen months Browne was employed in the Office of Works Department of the Convict Establishment at Fremantle, working on E.Y.W. Henderson's large lunatic asylum building then in progress (erected 1861-65). His watercolour of the completed building, The New Lunatic Asylum, and Invalid Depot, Fremantle, Western Australia, was painted in 1866 (ML). After receiving his ticket of leave on 12 June 1865, Browne
was self-employed. It seems that at least two extant watercolours were commissioned at this time: an attributed view of houses in the High Street, Fremantle (WA Museum), and Ravenswood Hall, Murray River (RWAHS). At the end of 1865 he was appointed schoolmaster at Ferguson, resigning about the time he gained his conditional pardon, on 27 December 1869.
After a brief period away from the town, possibly at the abortive Peterwnagy gold-rush, Browne set himself up as an architect and land agent in Fremantle. Because of the numerous Tom Brown(e)s around he acquired the distinguishing nickname of 'Satan', a reference to his black hair, sallow complexion and lean visage. His sentence expired on 11 May 1872 and he was declared a free man, an expiree.
The major public work being proposed for Fremantle from mid 1869 to January 1875 was the Harbour Improvement Scheme, for which three tenders were received: from Browne, S.W. Bickley and from the surveyor and director of Public Works, Malcolm Fraser (who also happened to chair the commission which was to award the contract). Predictably, Fraser's tender was chosen, but the new Governor Robinson persuaded his council to over-rule the recommendation and send Browne's cheaper scheme to London for professional appraisal by Sir John Coode, a leading civil engineer. In the interim Browne was appointed inspector of works on the Geraldton to Northampton railway. He started planning a connecting system of light railways throughout Western Australia. Difficulties soon arose with the organisation and finances of both projects and Browne was dismissed in 1876.
By then Browne had cut off all English ties (his wife being dead and his children indifferent)...ends
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An early Kimberley region bark-painting, Western Australian, circa 1950, or earlier Fish and Marsupials
natural earth pigments on stringy bark
57 x 29cm
$600–1,000
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An old indigenous incised and ochre pearl shell (Riiji), Western Australian 20.5 x 14.5cm
REFERENCE
Pearl shells, known as riji or jakuli in the Bardi language, are associated with water, spiritual powers and healing due to the luminous shimmering quality of their surfaces. Bardi equate the light reflecting off the shells to lightning flashes, which are prominent during the monsoon, and to lights flashing off the cheeks of the Rainbow Serpent, who is closely linked to water and rain.
$400–600
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ARTIST UNKNOWN (WESTERN AUSTRALIAN, CIRCA 1950-60)
Mimih spirits
natural earth pigments on bark
41.5 x 59cm
$600–800 120
JOHN CLEVELEY (BRITISH, 1747-1786)
Views in the South Seas: A View of Huaheine; A View in Moorea; A View in Matavai Bay; and A View of Owhyhee, by F. Jukes. Four coloured aquatints
Visible paper sizes: 42.5 x 58.5cm
REFERENCE
Cleveley's famous set of four views first advertised in a 'Prospectus', issued posthumously on 5 June 1788: 'This Day are published, (dedicated to His Majesty) Four Prints, from capital and beautiful views, in water-colours, executed by the late celebrated Mr. John Clevely, From accurate Drawings made by his Brother Mr. James Clevely of the Resolution Ship of War, at the several Places they represent, viz. The Islands of Huaheine, Owhyhee, Morea, and Charlotte Sound, in New Zealand [Matavai Bay, Tahiti], in the South Seas. ... Published and sold, by Mr. Martyn, at his Academy, No. 16, Great Marlborough-Street; (where the original Drawings of the above Views may be seen;) and at Alderman Boydell's, Cheapside. – London, June 5, 1788'.
A further 'Prospectus' of c.1797 announced 'The original drawings of these several places were taken on the spot by Mr. James Cleveley of the Resolution ship-of-war and afterwards re-drawn, and inimitably painted in watercolours by his brother, the late celebrated artist, Mr John Cleveley, and from which the plates were engraved, in the best manner, by Mr. Jukes.'
four (4)
$7,000–10,000
A significant and very beautiful collection of original watercolour botanical studies by Stan Kelly, comprising forty-one specimens with their Latin and European specimen names, as well as by whom they were grown. Variously dated between 1945-1948
Together with three copies of the book for which these works were created: 40 Australian Eucalypts in Colour, published by Dymocks Book arcade Ltd London 1949 numbered in a limited edition, no.s 291, 818 and 1138. Each in burr-musk frames.
Each image size approx. 22.5 x 18cm, each paper size approx. 28 x 21cm, framed dimensions: 39 x 31.5cm
$5,000–8,000
Stan Kelly OAM achieved national recognition for his life-long devotion to the study and painting of Australian native flora. Kelly was an engine driver working on the Victorian railways during his life which enabled him to travel and collect specimens for his botanical paintings. Widely recognised for this contribution to the botanical art field, his drawings of all the Australian eucalypts remains a classic reference. In the 1960s, Kelly's paintings were published in the books 'Eucalypts Volume I & II', which represent a near complete record of Australian eucalypts at the time of their publication. It is also these eucalypt drawings that now decorate Australian passports. Stan received the Order of Australia Medal for his contribution to conservation.
A collection of over 500 of Kelly’s watercolour paintings is held by the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 122
JOHN BARR CLARKE HOYTE (BRITAIN/NEW ZEALAND, 1835-1913)
Pink Terrace, Rotomahena, New Zealand
watercolour
Initialled J.C.H. lower left
25.5 x 40.5cm
$1,000–2,000
The Pink and White Terraces (Māori: Te Otukapuarangi, lit. 'the Fountain of the Clouded Sky' and Te Tarata, 'the Tattooed Rock'), were natural wonders of New Zealand. They were reportedly the largest silica sinter deposits on Earth. They disappeared in the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera and were generally thought to have been destroyed, until evidence emerged in the early twenty-first century of their survival.
The Pink and White Terraces were formed by upwelling geothermal springs containing a cocktail of silica-saturated, near-neutral pH chloride water. These two world-famous springs were part of a group of hot springs and geysers, chiefly along an easterly ridge named Pinnacle Ridge (or the Steaming Ranges by Mundy). The main tourist attractions included Ngahapu, Ruakiwi, Te Tekapo, Waikanapanapa, Whatapoho, Ngawana, Koingo and Whakaehu.
The Pink and the White Terrace springs were around 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) apart. The White Terraces were at the north-east end of Lake Rotomahana and faced west to north west at the entrance to the Kaiwaka Channel. Te Tarata descended to the lake edge around 25 metres (82 ft) below. The Pink Terraces lay four fifths of the way down the lake on the western shore, facing east to south-east. The pink appearance over the mid and upper basins (similar to the colour of a rainbow trout) was due to antimony and arsenic sulfides, although the Pink Terraces also contained gold in ore-grade concentrations.
JOHN BARR CLARKE HOYTE (BRITAIN/NEW ZEALAND, 1835-1913)
White Terrace, Rotomahena, New Zealand
watercolour
Initialled J.C.H. lower right 25 x 41cm
$1,000–2,000
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GEORGE W.R BOURNE (AUSTRALIAN, 1858-1910)
Erin's Isle of Liverpool
A fine example of a pier-head painting of a three-masted vessel signed Bourne & dated 08 lower right, Bunbury, in original she-oak folk-art frame 20.5 x 36cm, framed size: 41 x 53cm
REFERENCE
Captain George WR Bourne was a topographical artist and ship portrait painter working in the bustling colonial ports of South Australia (SA) and Western Australia (WA) in the last decade of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century.
Born in England, Bourne arrived in Fremantle in 1876 where he worked as a labourer. In 1886 he applied for an immigrant grant of 50 acres in the Avon district. In the 1880s, Bourne also moved to Adelaide, sailing back and forth to WA combining his work as an itinerant marine artist with farming. Painting sailing ships, steamships, lighthouses and port scenes of the settlements along the coastal shipping route between the colonies, Bourne preferred to use the quick-drying medium of watercolour. Bourne's finely drawn watercolours are typical of the professional ship portraitist, who created works as portable souvenirs for ship's crew, their families and the owners. With the sea so close to the experience of all Australians at this time - the ocean voyage that brought them or their recent family to the southern hemisphere - was a definite experience worthy of a valuable artistic souvenir. The Victorian/Edwardian fondness for sentimentality and storytelling often saw the maritime artist as the preferred medium
$1,500–2,500
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A good Anglo-Colonial teak campaign chest with secretaire-drawer, circa 1850-60
108cm wide, 49.5cm deep, 107cm high
$1,500–2,500
GEORGE W.R BOURNE (AUSTRALIAN, 1858-1910)
A Maritime Painting of a Two Masted Vessel gouache on paper
Inscribed lower right: Bourne dated 03 and Facaello. 44 x 63cm
REFERENCE
Captain George WR Bourne was a topographical artist and ship portrait painter working in the bustling colonial ports of South Australia (SA) and Western Australia (WA) in the last decade of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century.
Born in England, Bourne arrived in Fremantle in 1876 where he worked as a labourer. In 1886 he applied for an immigrant grant of 50 acres in the
Avon district. In the 1880s, Bourne also moved to Adelaide, sailing back and forth to WA combining his work as an itinerant marine artist with farming. Painting sailing ships, steamships, lighthouses and port scenes of the settlements along the coastal shipping route between the colonies, Bourne preferred to use the quick-drying medium of watercolour. Bourne's finely drawn watercolours are typical of the professional ship portraitist, who created works as portable souvenirs for ship's crew, their families and the owners. With the sea so close to the experience of all Australians at this time - the ocean voyage that brought them or their recent family to the southern hemisphere - was a definite experience worthy of a valuable artistic souvenir. The Victorian/Edwardian fondness for sentimentality and storytelling often saw the maritime artist as the preferred medium
$800–1,200
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ARTIST UNKNOWN (WESTERN AUSTRALIAN, 19TH CENTURY)
Rural river landscape with buildings oil on canvas
39 x 59cm
$200–400
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ARTIST UNKNOWN (WESTERN AUSTRALIAN, 19TH CENTURY)
River scene with figures and buildings oil on canvas
signed K Fraeg lower right
38 x 52cm
$400–600
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ARTIST UNKNOWN (WESTERN AUSTRALIAN, 19TH CENTURY)
Estuary scene
oil on canvas
39 x 75cm
$200–400
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ARTIST UNKNOWN (AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY)
Figures around a campfire
– River Landscape
oil on canvas
65 x 91cm
$500–1,000
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HERBERT WILLIAM GIBBS ATTRIBUTED (BRITAIN/WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1852-1940)
View of Mends Street (South Perth) from Perth
watercolour on paper laid down on masonite
35.8 x 25.4cm
PROVENANCE
The Robert and Helen Muir collection
$300–500
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A rare circular open carving of an Emu, with Esperance carved to the border, Western Australian, circa 1880
31cm diameter, 3cm thick
$500–800
134
A rare small Scrimshaw whales-tooth, engraved with the barque Parmelia and titled as such, Western Australian, 19th century
5cm high, 3.7cm wide
REFERENCE
The Parmelia was a barque built in Quebec, Canada, in 1825. Originally registered on 31 May in Quebec, she sailed to Great Britain and assumed British registry. She made one voyage for the British East India Company in 1827–1828. In 1829 she transported the first civilian officials and settlers of the Swan River Colony to Western Australia. She then made two voyages transporting convicts to New South Wales, Australia. A fire damaged her irreparably in May 1839.
$400–600
135
Bunbury Harbour
watercolour
16 x 28cm
PROVENANCE
GFL Fine Art Perth, 13 June 2012, lot 75 (3800 plus BP)
$1,000–2,000
ARTIST UNKNOWN (WESTERN AUSTRALIAN, CIRCA 1860)
136
HARDEN SYDNEY MELVILLE (BRITAIN/AUSTRALIA, 1824-1894)
A group of Derbal Yarrigan Noongars
19th century coloured lithograph
Visible paper size: 23.7 x 17cm
REFERENCE
Drawn by H.S.Melville in 1849. The original lithograph is held in the State Library of Victoria. Derbarl Yerrigan" is the Whadjuk Noongar name for the Swan River. Noongar people have lived in the south-west of Western Australia for more than 45,000 years.
$300–500
137
H. Bailliere. Patêt. Australians of King George's Sound, Western Australia, hand-coloured engraving, London 1842, and another 23 x 14.5cm and 15.5 x 23cm
REFERENCE
The first image plate comes from 'Dr Pritchard's Natural History of Man'.
$150–300
Illustrated online at www.artvisory.com.au
138
Louis Auguste de Sainson. Naturels du Port du Roi Georges, naturels de la Baie Jervis, Nlle Hollande and Nouvelle Hollande (Port du Roi Georges) Lithographs, Paris 1833
monochrome engraving after Sainson by Bis and another Nouvelle Hollande Port du Roi Georges 27 x 40.5cm and 35 x 28.5cm
REFERENCE
Two images on one sheet of indigenous inhabitants of King George's Sound and Jervois Bay. On 26 October 1826 Dumont d'Urville in the L'Astrolabe visited King George Sound and then sailed east along the south coast heading to Sydney. In November the Astrolabe sailed into Jervis Bay. The rare first issue of this lithograph, identified by the name J.Tastu, Editeur at lower left. Pl. no. 17 of: Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas historique.
Reference the second image: A lithograph from the voyage accounts of the 19th century French explorer Dumont D'Urville featuring portraits of Indigenous Australians from King Georges Sound. D'Urville and the ASTROLABE visited King George sound in October 1826. He encountered one of the men drawn here, named 'Mokare', who was from the Minang Clan. Mokare fostered particularly peaceful and positive relationships with the European settlers who followed settlement and became known as "a man of peace". He is commemorated by a statue in Albany, Western Australia.
$200–300
Illustrated online at www.artvisory.com.au
139
Nuova Norcia. Missone Benedettina Nell Australia Occidentale. Monochrome lithograph, circa 1864
Maple frame and glazed
Guglielmo Ewing lithographer
Visible paper size 44 x 59cm
PROVENANCE
Spencer Scott Sandilands, Melbourne.
REFERENCE
A lithograph of the settlement of New Norcia depicting two forms of indigenous life after settlement. In the top left, a village of houses for Indigenous persons and families; in the bottom left, a group of Noongar living in pre-European style. The transition from savagery to civilisation was beyond anything else a physical transition from the bush, the silva, to the town, the civitas. It meant rejecting a nomadic life and adopting a settled one.
$1,000–1,500
A rare Western Australian Company Town Land-Order Granted to William Hours –Fry. Granting a quarter of an acre on the site of the projected town of Australind, near Point Grey in Western Australia, Dated November 1840
Visible paper size: 52 x 22.2cm
$500–1,000
141
A hand-coloured woodblock engraving, Government House, Perth, Western Australia, circa 1864
Visible paper size: 80 x 23cm
REFERENCE
Government House Perth was completed in late 1863 or early 1864. It was built entirely by convict labour. Published in The Illustrated London News.
$250–350
142
ARTIST UNKNOWN (CIRCA 1856)
Reception of the New Governor (Kennedy) of Western Australia.
Hand-coloured engraving. 16 x 23.5cm
REFERENCE
This image was produced to satisfy the ongoing interest in Western Australia by the British in England and her colonies, it helped promote emigration by showing the benefits and opportunities available. From the original edition of the Illustrated London News.
Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (1810-1883) governed Western Australia for seven years, steadily growing the economy and population, mainly due to the influx of convict labour. Notable public works by convict labour were road clearance, swamp drainage around Perth and the first stages of Government House on St George's Terrace, Perth.
$200–400
143
Louis Auguste de Sainson. Le Hâvre aux Huîtres. dans le Port du Roi Georges (Nelle. Hollande) lith. A. Biss Alexis Noel del. Paris, 1833
Visible paper size: 28 x 40cm
REFERENCE
Plate 19. From the book Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe execute pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829. Published by J. Tastu. Louis Auguste de Sainson (1800-1887)
French artist on the voyage of exploration on board the Astrolabe under the command of Dumont D’Urville which explored and visited the Pacific, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. He began his naval career at the port of Rochefort, working there from 21 August 1825 until 6 January 1826, where
he joined the Astrolabe as a draughtsman. The Astrolabe visited Australia from October to December 1826 and De Sainson made a number of drawings of King George Sound (WA), Westernport VIC), and Jervis Bay NSW and Sydney). On the Astrolabe’s return to Australian waters during December 1827 to early January 1828 the Astrolabe anchored at Hobart Town where de Sainson made a number of important drawings of Hobart and its environs. On his return to France de Sainson was part of the editorial group that made the official account Historical Atlas of the expedition ready or publication. In November 1829, at Dumont d’Urville’s request, de Sainson was promoted commis de marine 3e classe. He became a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneurin August 1831 and a commis de 2e classe in September 1833. Further biographical information is not available after this time.
$500–700
144
Louis Auguste de Sainson. La Corvette l'Astrolabe devant le village de Mafanga (Tonga - Tabou). A St. Aubaire lith. J. Tastu editor lith. de le Mercier Paris 1833.
Visible paper size: 27 x 37.5cm
REFERENCE
In an attempt to foil the likely desertion of a number of the crew, d'Urville secretly made plans to leave Tongatapu on 13 May 1827, a day earlier than intended. The departure, however, did not go to plan as it transpired the deserters had schemed with the chief Tahofa. Making preparations to leave, one of the ship's smaller boats was seized and French prisoners were taken. Over the ensuing days, unsuccessful attempts were made to free the prisoners. Unable to attack Tahofa at his inland village of Pea,
d'Urville threatened to blow up the sacred burial site of Maufanga. The bombardment commenced on the 16th of May, but little damage was done due to huge sand fortifications, which had been dug on the beach. The prisoners were finally returned on 20 May, although two-the principal schemer and another-decided to stay in Tonga. With the return of his crew members, d'Urville immediately set sail from the island.
$400–800
Louis Auguste de Sainson. Observatoire de L' Astrolabe, au Port du Roi Georges, vie de la presqu'ile Possession (N.elle Hollande) lith. de Langlume tirpenne et Monthelier, figures par F. Adam. Paris 1833
Visible paper size: 24.5 x 36cm
REFERENCE
Plate 13. From the book Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe execute pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829. Published by J. Tastu.
Louis Auguste de Sainson (1800 -1887):
French artist on the voyage of exploration on board the Astrolabe under the command of Dumont D’Urville which explored and visited the Pacific, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. He began his naval career at the port of Rochefort, working there from 21 August 1825 until 6 January 1826, where
he joined the Astrolabe as a draughtsman. The Astrolabe visited Australia from October to December 1826 and De Sainson made a number of drawings of King George Sound (WA), Westernport VIC), and Jervis Bay NSW and Sydney). On the Astrolable’s return to Australian waters during December 1827 to early January 1828 the Astrolabe anchored at Hobart Town where de Sainson made a number of important drawings of Hobart and its environs. On his return to France de Sainson was part of the editorial group that made the official account Historical Atlas of the expedition ready or publication. In November 1829, at Dumont d’Urville’s request, de Sainson was promoted commis de marine 3e classe. He became a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneurin August 1831 and a commis de 2e classe in September 1833. Further biographical information is not available after this time.
$400–600
Antoine Maurin, Portrait of JulesSebastien-Cesar Dumont d'Urville. Commandant L'Expediton de l'Astrolabe 1826/1829. Hand-coloured lithograph. J. Tastu editeur, Du Voyage de l'Astrolabe. Paris 1839.
Visible paper size: 56.5 x 30cm REFERENCE
Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) served on the Pacific voyage of the COQUILLE under the command of Duperrey, and upon return to France in 1825 was promoted to command his own expedition to Australia and the Pacific. The first voyage proved to be of major scientific importance, as the French visited New South Wales, New Guinea, New Zealand and a number of Polynesian islands, amassing a significant collection of natural history specimens in the process. In 1837 Dumont d'Urville returned to the Pacific on a voyage which also saw him undertake over three months of perilous charting in Antarctic waters. Incidentally, while conducting a hydrographic survey aboard the French naval vessel CHEVRETTE in 1820, Dumont d'Urville was instrumental in acquiring the Venus de Milo marble sculpture for France. The now immortal classical marble had been accidentally unearthed by a peasant on Melos and sold to an agent of the Turkish sultan. Using keen diplomatic pressure, d'Urville had the statue intercepted and it is now a national treasure of France – for his efforts he earned the Legion d'Honneur.
$400–600
A coloured engraving of St. Mary's Church, Busselton, Western Australia, hand-coloured woodblock, London 1846
Visible paper size: 9 x 15.5cm
REFERENCE
Original woodblock engraving of the St Mary’s Church in Busselton and the only known 19th Century printed view of Busselton naming the town. St Mary’s is the oldest stone church in Western Australia. It was written at the time: 'This timely provision for the spiritual and temporal welfare of the colonists and natives of Western Australia has lately been erected at Busselton, in the Vasse District, about 130 miles south of Perth, the seat of Government. It affords a considerable frontage to Geography Bay, and is also well watered by the River Vasse.
For some years, the project of erecting a Church in this neighbourhood had been agitated, and many of the settlers, as well as their friends in England, had exerted themselves to bring about so desirable an object: amongst them, none were more active than the Bussell family, from whom the town-site takes its name. In the latter part of the year 1843, funds considered sufficient for erecting the walls and covering in of the same having been received from England in addition to the local subscriptions, it was resolved to proceed thus far, trusting to the future exertions for completion' Plans and estimates were, accordingly, prepared by Mr F Brabazon Forsayth; the foundation-stone laid on the 4th of March of the following year; and the Church was opened in April 1845, by the much-respected Chaplain of the District, the Rev. J R Wollaston, attended by a large assemblage of the inhabitants for a circuit of many miles.
The building, of which the annexed is a correct representation, from a drawing made upon the spot, is a plain but substantial stone edifice, with
circular headed windows and doorways; between the former and at the cornices are buttresses reaching to the line of springing. The Nave or body of the Church is forty feet long, and twenty feet wide; the Chancel fourteen feet long by twelve feet wide; the walls are sixteen feet to the line of the roof; the exterior presenting a height of eighteen feet from the ground to the parapets, which extend all round. The roof which is of native mahogany, is constructed with principals, purlines &c; they are very massive and having been well oiled, they have a very handsome appearance. The whole roof, externally, is close-bearded and shingled.
The Chancel, which is raised two steps from the Nave, is lit by a window on each side, in addition to the three-light window over the Alter.
A bell gable rises about 10 feet above the west-end, the dead wall of which is somewhat relieved by a circular window. The congregation are, however, in hopes of being enabled to affix a characteristic tower, which the architect’s original plan embraced.
The interior fittings at the present time are necessarily of the simplest description, no funds being available for the purpose. Suitable open pews on each side of a centre aisle are intended to afford accommodation for about 140 persons.
The total amount of money expended has been 300 pounds; and; considering the scantiness of funds, as also the difficulty of procuring workmen, the whole has given very general satisfaction.
The Illustrated London News was the world’s first illustrated weekly newspaper. The first issue appeared on Saturday 14 May 1842. It was published weekly until 1971 and then increasingly less frequently until publication ceased in 2003.
$200–400
Jean Peron. Black Swan of Cape Diemen. Scigne Noir du Cap de Diemen from the Atlas du Voyage a la Recherche de La Perouse no. 9 Piron delin. Peree sculp, copper engraving, 1800. paper size 26 x 39cm REFERENCE
Engraving after the expedition naturalist and artist Francois Peron depicts an Australian black swan. It was Plate 9 printed in Labillardiere's 'Atlas pour servi a la relation du voyage de La Perouse' (Atlas illustrating the account of the La Perouse voyage). Although primarily sent to search for the missing French explorer La Perouse, the d'Entrecasteaux expedition conducted extensive survey work and visited Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) twice between 1791 and 1793. Amongst the many points of interest to the naturalists were the black swans they found there.
$800–1,200
149
Louis Auguste de Sainson.Port du Roi Georges (Nouvelle Hollande) N. Mourin del lith. A. Bis. Paris 1833
Visible paper size: 28 x 37cm
REFERENCE
This lithograph is of Dumont D'Urville's visit to King George's Sound (Albany), Western Australia, recording an encounter with the aboriginal peoples by the French. An indigenous man returning from a visit onboard the Astrolabe, shows his companions the gifts he had been given. From 'Voyage de la Corvette Astrolabe Execute par Ordre du Roi, pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829, sours le Commandement'.
Louis Auguste de Sainson (1800-1887):
French artist on the voyage of exploration on board the Astrolabe under the command of Dumont D’Urville which explored and visited the Pacific,
Asia, New Zealand and Australia. He began his naval career at the port of Rochefort, working there from 21 August 1825 until 6 January 1826, where he joined the Astrolabe as a draughtsman. The Astrolabe visited Australia from October to December 1826 and De Sainson made a number of drawings of King George Sound (WA), Westernport VIC), and Jervis Bay NSW and Sydney). On the Astrolable’s return to Australian waters during December 1827 to early January 1828 the Astrolabe anchored at Hobart Town where de Sainson made a number of important drawings of Hobart and its environs. On his return to France de Sainson was part of the editorial group that made the official account Historical Atlas of the expedition ready or publication. In November 1829, at Dumont d’Urville’s request, de Sainson was promoted commis de marine 3e classe. He became a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneurin August 1831 and a commis de 2e classe in September 1833.
$300–500
Louis Auguste de Sainson. A family group of Western Australian inhabitants in Albany, Hand coloured lithograph. Paris 1833. Habitans du Port du Roi Georges. (Nelle. Hollande) lith. A. Bes. Boulanger lith Tastu editeur.
Visible paper size: 28 x 36.5cm
REFERENCE
First edition. A family group of Western Australian inhabitants in Albany, a lithograph Plate 24 from the official report of the voyage, "Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe..." under the command of Jules Dumont D'Urville. The voyage had a particular focus on the local inhabitants and ethnography they encountered.
$400–600
Louis Auguste de Sainson. Paris 1833. Coloured Lithograph. Dumont D'Urville – King George Sound. Vue d'Un Etang Pres la Baie du Roi Georges, Nouvelle Hollande. lith. de Langlume ed. Hostein.1829. Tastu editeur.
Visible paper size: irregular, 29cm maximum height, 39cm wide
REFERENCE
Original lithograph depicting Middleton Beach as seen from Mount Clarence, King George Sound. Drawn by Louis Auguste de Sainson, the artist on board the French exploration ship Astrolabe, led by Captain Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont D’Urville. The Astrolabe was at King George Sound from 15 to 25 October 1826. An observatory and tents were set up on the right bank near the entrance to Princess Royal Harbour. D’Urville described it as a very beautiful watering place. Abundant supplies of wood and good water were obtainable at a short distance,
and the Astrolabe had safe anchorage. D’Urville concluded that it would be difficult to find a more suitable place to establish a colony, and he professed astonishment that the English had not already done so. In fact, Major Edmund Lockyer arrived only two months after the departure of the Astrolabe and established a settlement at Princess Royal Harbour. It was this French visit that persuaded the British Government and Governor Darling in New South Wales to send a contingent of British forces to occupy the region and thwart any further French interest there in December 1826.
$400–600
Louis Auguste De Sainson. Hand coloured lithograph Paris 1833.
A. St. Aulaire. par V. Adam lith. A. Bes
Visible paper size: 29 x 42cm
REFERENCE
First edition of this Chine-colle lithograph on India paper of Dumon't D'Urville's ship of the Astrolabe in a precarious situation near reefs at Tonga by Louis de Sainson artist aboard the famous Dumon't D'Urville voyage of scientific discovery and exploration. The rare first issue is identified by the name J. Tastu, editeur at lower left, 'Voyage de L'Astrolabe J. Dumont D'Urville Commandant. J.T.' From 'Voyage de la Corvette Astrolabe Execute par Ordre du Roi pendant les annees 18261827-1828-1829, sours le Commandement'.
$400–600
153
Louis Auguste de Sainson. Hand coloured lithograph. Paris 1833. Vue de la Riviere des Francais au Port du Roi Georges, a 4 milles de son embouchure, Nouvelle Hollande
Eastu editeur. lith. A. Bess
Visible paper size: 25.5 x 32cm
REFERENCE
Scarce lithograph of present-day Kalgan, Albany harbour, Western Australia by Louis de Sainson, artist aboard the famous Dumon't D'Urville voyage of scientific discovery and exploration. The view lies to the north of Oyster Harbour where the French explored the river 15 October., From Dumont D'Urville, Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas historique. Pl. no. 14 of: Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas Historique.
A pair of men stand onshore of the river with their boat, one wearing a blue coat, one tan. Black swans are seen in the distance. The Astrolabe stayed in the Albany area for 18 days, assessing the Sound's suitability as a port and thought it would be a good place to establish a colony, and Dumont D'Urville was surprised that the British had not already done so.
$500–800
154
Louis Auguste de Sainson.Vue du Port du Roi Georges, Nouvelle Hollande. Hand coloured lithograph Paris 1833. Jacollet lith. fig. par V. Adam lith. A. Bes. J. Tastu editeur
Visible paper size: 26 x 40cm
REFERENCE
Early lithograph of the French sailors at Albany, Western Australia, by Louis de Sainson artist, aboard the famous Dumon't D'Urville voyage of scientific discovery and exploration. The crew are shown collecting water and filling their barrels via a fabric chute suspended from a makeshift tripod. A pair of seated indigenous inhabitants are being sketched by one of the French who is conspicuously dressed with top hat and coat, from Dumont D'Urville, Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas Historique.
$500–700
Louis Auguste de Sainson. Hand coloured lithograph Paris 1833. Aiguade de L'Astrolabe au Port du Roi Georges. (Nelle. Hollande) Eastu editeur lith. A. Bes. Leborne lith fig. par V. Adam
Visible paper size: 27.5 x 36cm REFERENCE
Early lithograph of the French sailors at Albany, Western Australia, by Louis de Sainson artist aboard the famous Dumon't D'Urville voyage of scientific discovery and exploration. The crew are shown collecting water and filling their barrels via a fabric chute suspended from a makeshift tripod. A pair of seated indigenous inhabitants are being sketched by one of the French who is conspicuously dressed with top hat and coat, from Dumont D'Urville, Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas Historique.
$500–800
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Tall Kangaroo Paw, Anigozanthos Flavidus (Two-coloured Anigozanthus, Anigosanthos Flavida var. bicolor) Hand coloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854.
Hand coloured copper engraving. Visible paper size: 25 x 20cm
$300–500
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SIR WILLIAM JARDINE
A Myrmecobius Fasciatus. A small insectivorous marsupial known as The Numbat, from Jardine's Naturalists library published in 1842. The numbat is the fauna Crest of Western Australia, coloured engraving, 1842
9.5 x 15cm
REFERENCE
Scarce colour engraving of the Numbat First described: Waterhouse, 1836. Distribution: WA
$200–300
158
Black and Red Plectropome and Largetoothed Plectropome, Port-du-Roi Georges. (New Holland.) From Voyage du l'Astrolabe-Zoologie Poissons-plate 4
Visible paper size: 25 x 40cm
REFERENCE
Plate 63. From the book Voyage of the Corvette l'Astrolabe executed during the years 18261827-1828-1829. Zoological Atlas, Volume II. Jules Dumont d'Urville; editor; 1833; France. J. Tastu; publisher; 1833; France. Schmelx; engraver. Remond; printer. Antoine Germain Bevalet.
$400–600
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Otarie Cendree, Jeune Age (Nouvelle Hollande) Hand coloured engraving. Paris 1830's. J.G. Pretre pinx Fournier sc.
Visible paper size: 24.5 x 40cm
REFERENCE
Pl. no. 13 in: Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe ... (Zoologie) / Jules Sebastien Cesar, Dumont D'Urville.
$300–500
160
A. Taunay. Caccia del Vitelmarino e Suo Grande Nido All'Isola Artik. Nlle. Hollande, Nid Gigantesque Trouve sur l'Ile DirckHatichs, Baie des Chiens-marins, New Holland, Bay of Sharks, huge nest found on Dirk Hartog Island.
hand coloured copper engraving by E.Aubert. Paris 1825
Visible paper size: 10 x 13.5cm
$400–600
161
Charles Alexandre Lesueur. Nouvelle Hollande Terre de Leuwin, Engraving Paris 1807.A. Delvaux sculpt.
Visible paper size: 12.5 x 17.5cm
REFERENCE
After drawing by Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Cases De La Terre De Lewin, (Geographe Bay, W.A), Probably June 1801.
$300–500
162
A.H. Payne. Perth in West Australia, Vom Berge Eliza, Hand-coloured steel engraving. London 1846. W. French sc.
Visible paper size: 16.5 x 22cm
REFERENCE
A steel engraving of the city with buildings, and sailing ships. Drawn by A. H. Payne, engraved by W. French. Published only 20 years after foundation. Taken from Mt. Eliza (King's Park).
$200–400
163
John Sykes. A Deserted Indian Village In King George III Sound, New Holland, Western Australia, W. Alexander del. J. Landseer sc. Engraving. 1798
Visible paper size: 17.7 x 23.7cm
REFERENCE
Text reads “W. Alexander del: from a sketch made on the spot by J. Sykes. J. Landseer, sculp. London, published May 1st, 1798, by R. Edwards, New Bond Street, 1 Edwards Pall Mall & G. Robinson Paternoster Row.” From George Vancouver’s A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean...,1798. This is one of the earliest engraved images and the first published landscape of Western Australia. It was drawn by John Sykes, a midshipman on board the Discovery captained by George Vancouver during the voyage to North America.
$500–800
164
After W. Westall A.R.A. Cape Wilberforce Australia Coloured lithograph,London 1837 by G. Baxter Discovered by Capt. Flinders in HMS Investigator 1802. Chapman and Hall London
Visible paper size: 15 x 14.5cm
REFERENCE
After a watercolour by William Westall (1781-1850) taken on board
HMS Investigator under Capt Matthew Flinders in 1802.
$150–250
165
Pierre Joseph Redouté. Anigozanthos Ruffa, from the Atlas du Voyage a la Resherche du La Perouse no. 22, Hand coloured engraving, Paris 1817
Visible paper size: 47 x 32.7cm
REFERENCE
Pl. no. 22 of: Atlas pour servir a` la relation du voyage a` la Recherche de la Pe´rouse.
$500–800
166
Pierre Joseph Redoute. Eucalyptus Cornuta & Banksia Repens.
From the 'Atlas du Voyage la Recherche de La Perouse'. Dien scripsit, Hand-coloured copper engraving, circa 1800
Plate sizes: 44 x 30.7cm
REFERENCE
The earliest illustration of this West Australian eucalypt, collected by Jacques Labillardiere at Observatory Island (Archipelago of the Recherche) on 15 December 1792.
From a painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute who during the patronage of the Empress Josephine, produced his finest works which included numerous Australian plants provided by the great French voyage of exploration under the command of Bruni D'Entrecasteaux. D'Entrecasteaux anchored near Esperance on Western Australia's southern coast, in 1792.
On 14 December, the zoologist Claude Riche had gone ashore, and failed to return. A search the following day proved unsuccessful. Several
senior members of the expedition were convinced that Riche must have perished of thirst or at the hands of the Aborigines, and counselled d'Entrecasteaux to sail without him. However Labillardiere convinced d'Entrecasteaux to search for another day, and was rewarded not only with the recovery of Riche, but also with the collection of several botanical specimens, including the first specimens of Anigozanthos (Kangaroo Paw), Nuytsia floribunda (West Australian Christmas Tree), Banksia nivea (Honeypot Dryandra) and Banksi Repens.
'A rare account of a voyage with tremendous significance to the exploration of Australia and the Pacific. D'Entrecasteaux joined the French navy in 1754 and fought in 1756 at Minorca. He assumed command of the French fleet of the East Indies and in 1787, was appointed governor of Mauritius and the Isle of Bourbon.
During his voyage in search of La Perouse in 1791-92, he determined the position of Amsterdam Island, explored the coastlines of New Caledonia, Tasmania, and New Holland, and located several groups of islands.
$500–700
167
Louis Auguste De Sainson. Eingeborne Von Konig Georgs-Hafen ( NeuHolland) from the original publication Entdeckungsreife der Franzofifcchen, Corvette, Astrolabe. coloured engraving, German circa 1848
visible paper size: 15.5 x 19cm
REFERENCE
Art Gallery of Western Australia: Habitans du Port du Roi Georges (N'elle Hollande). Louis de SAINSON: after. LANGLUME AND BOULANGER: lithographer. 1833. coloured lithograph.
$200–300
168
Louis Auguste De Sainson, Nouvelle Hollande and Nouvelle Zelande, lith. A. Bes. Du Sainsons pinx a et del. Indigenous Dwellings from New Holland and New Zealand.
engraving paper size: 33 x 46cm
REFERENCE
This engraving presents a fascinating comparative study of indigenous dwellings from two regions: New Holland (modernday Australia) and New Zealand. The top two illustrations depict the huts of the Jervis Bay and King George Sound regions in New Holland.
These structures reflect a minimalist and functional design, using natural materials like bark and leaves, offering insight into the lifestyle and adaptation to the environment. The bottom two illustrations showcase huts from the Strom-Bucht and Astrolabe-Bucht regions in New Zealand.
These dwellings demonstrate the Maori's distinctive architectural style, featuring semi-circular shapes and more robust construction, incorporating thatching and timber frameworks. The engraving captures the essence of early Pacific habitation and its relationship with the surrounding natural landscape.
$150–300
169
Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, Kanguroo à bandes, de l'ile Bernier, à la baie des Chiens-Marins, Nouvelle-Hollande ( Banded hare wallaby), del.Choubard Sculpsit, J.Milbert direx, 1824 plate 57 in the Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands) atlas. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1824, 2nd edition. Choubard, (engraver).
paper size: 20 x 25cm
$150–250
170
Louis Auguste De Sainson, N.lle Hollande, Naturels du port du Roi Georges, Tastu editeur. Clothing of the inhabitants of King George Sound (Western Australia) (Voyage of discovery of the Astrolabe). (Kleding van de inwoners van King George Sound (West-Australië) Nlle. Hollande. Naturels du port du Roi Georges (title on object) Ontdekkingsreis van de Astrolabe (series title) Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe (series title)). Victor Adam (print maker) , Antoine Maurin (print maker)
coloured lithograph visible paper size: 15 x 21cm
$200–300
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Naturel de l'Australie; Femme Australiénne; Naturels du port Roi Georges; Naturels de la Baie Jervis.1838 printed circa 1840 Australi-Australia Puplie par Aubert and Cie Paris after A. St. Aulaire. Planographic print, Lithograph.
paper size: 29 x 20cm
$150–250
172
Three Maps of Western Australian interest: The Report of an Expedition into the interior of Western Australia in 1854 by Robert Austin.
Published by J Murray London. Part of the West Coast of Australia Surveyed by the Officers of H.M.S Beagle with Capt.I. Lort Stokes 1841. Western Australia Swan River The Illustrations by A.H. Wray. John Tallis and Company London. and an early monochrome image of Indigenous Australians around a waterfall with black swans titled Riviere Des Francais.
(RESEARCHED)
21 x 17cm, 19 x 20cm, 34 x 26cm and 10 x 12.5cm
$300–500
173
A collection of late 19th century and early 20th century unframed coloured engravings of Perth Fremantle Bunbury and regional Western Australia, contained in three folios numbering 63 mounted images and a few extra loose printed items
various
$300–500
Illustrated online at www.artvisory.com.au
174
E.Lear, The Ground Parrot Native of New Holland, Hand-coloured engraving by Lizars and five hand-coloured engravings relating to Indigenous Australia and Regions
various dimensions
$150–400
Illustrated online at www.artvisory.com.au
175
New Holland, Table IV P.117 showing Sharks Bay and various headlands with co-ordinates
paper size: 18 x 11cm
REFERENCE
Reproduced in Dampier's book Voyage to New Holland 1688, this plate presents a number of views of the coast of New Holland recorded at specified points, usually from observation from the masthead of H.M.S. Roebuck. It also includes the first published chart of Shark Bay which Dampier explored and named. Printed as an illustration alongside many other scientific line drawings of the fauna and flora of the voyage, this map was never coloured. Jan Lamsvelt (Engraver). Original copperplate engraving 'Plate XXXIV' by Jan Lamsvel showing 10 coastal profiles including Shark Bay. Early original map from a Dutch translation of William Dampier's 'A New Voyage Round the World' (Nieuwe Reistogt rondom de Wereld) translated by Willem Sewel and published in Amsterdam, 1771. The engraving with coastal profiles of the Western Australian coast, including Shark Bay recorded on William Dampier's visit to Australia in 1699 during his command of the Roebuck.
$300–500
Illustrated online at www.artvisory.com.au
176
W. G Huggins South Sea Whale Fishery. A Representation of the Ships Amelia Wilson and Castor of the Island of Bouro, Engraved by T. Sutherland. Published Jan.1 1825 by W.J.Huggins. Engraving with aquatint. Wove paper and hand coloured. plate size: 44 x 56cm
REFERENCE
Painted by W.J. Huggins, Marine painter to his Majesty: The Head of a large Whale in the Agonies of death. London, published January 1, 1825 by W. J. Huggins, Marine Painter, No. 105 Leadenhall Street. A Boat destroy'd by a Wounded Whale. Engraved by Sutherland. South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of the ships Amelia Wilson & Castor off the Island of Bouro, with their Boats and Crew, in the various process of Fishing, shewing the manner the Spermacetti Whales are caught, also the mode of cutting them into the Ship and Boiling the Oil upon Deck. This Plate is most respectfully Dedicated to Ch. Skelton, Andrew Stirton 7 William Nichols, Esq, Owners of the said Ships, by their most Obedient Humble Servant W. J. Huggins. London, published January 1, 1825 by W. J. Huggins, Marine Painter, No. 105 Leadenhall Street. (Plate from no. 36)
$1,000–1,500
177
Louis Auguste de Sainson.Moulins a Ble Dans les Environs d'Hobart Town (Van Diemen), De Sainson,Leborne Lith.J Tastu Editeur, Lith de Bichebois.
Hand coloured lithograph Paris 1833 paper size 26.5 x 37.3cm
REFERENCE
Lithograph. 1833. 330mm by 475mm (sheet). Lithograph published by Lemercier in Paris from 'Voyage de decouvertes de 'l'Astrolabe': execute par ordre du roi, pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829, published in Paris in 1833. 'J.Tastu, Editeur' lower left and the blind stamp at lower edge of the sheet. The artist Louis Auguste de Sainson accompanied Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) on his voyage around the world.
$300–500
Louis Le Breton.Hobart-Town, Vue Du Cote Du Mont Wellington and Vue D'Hobart-Town, Prise De La Pointe Kangourou, Ile VanDiemen [Tasmania] Dessine par L. Le Breton, lith. par P. Blanchard lith. de Thierry Freres a Paris, lithograph, circa 1841
paper size: 27.5 x 40.5cm
REFERENCE
Superb and detailed view of Hobart, Tasmania, taken from Kangaroo Point. Sullivan's Cove with Mount Wellington in the background. Taken after nature by Louis Le Breton (1818-1866) during the famous South Pole and Oceania expedition executed by Jules Dumont d'Urville. After exploring the southern regions Dumont D’Urville's ships sailed to the Pacific visiting many of the islands,
Singapore, Batavia, and reached Hobart at the end of 1839. After a short period of rest in Hobart the ships headed south again on January 1, 1840, this time reaching about 64°S and found themselves suddenly surrounded by icebergs.
On January 19, land was sighted, it was completely covered with snow so high it was impossible to see the summit. D’Urville named the coast, Terre Adelie after his wife. The expedition had established the approximate position of the magnetic pole and d’Urville felt that their task had been accomplished and left Antarctica and headed for New Zealand.The maps and views were published in the official accounts of the voyage and are the finest ever produced and intended to reflect France’s rightful place on the international stage.
From first edition of “Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l’Océanie”.
$400–600
179
HAUGHTON FORREST (AUSTRALIAN, 1826-1925)
Wild Seas, Tasmania oil on paper
initialled lower left
10.5 x 22.5cm
$500–1,000
180
An Australian cedar string-inlaid chest-of-drawers, Tasmanian, circa 1830
115cm wide, 54cm deep, 98cm high
REFERENCE
Clifford Craig Colonial Furniture
Also 19th century Australian furniture
$1,000–2,000
A rare Western Australian colonial Jarrah fold-over tea table, circa 1860-80
99cm wide, 50cm deep, 76.5cm high
REFERENCE
Colonial furniture of Western Australia (1829-1910), Timothy E. Harris page 461
$1,500–3,000
182
A rare Western Australian Colonial Jarrah chiffonier, by George Holland Knapton of Bussellton (arrived Vasse, Bussleton WA 1854), circa 1865-75
107cm wide, 48cm deep, 132cm high
$1,500–3,000
An impressive Western Australian Jarrah elevated bookcase, circa 1870-80
136cm wide, 52cm deep, 230cm high
ILLUSTRATED
An Introduction to Western Australian Furniture, Lauder and Howard 1988
PROVENANCE
Lauder and Howard Perth (Now Tasmania)
$2,000–4,000
A rare suite of Empire period marquetry and bronze mounted seating furniture, Austrian, circa 1820
Comprising two seater canape, four armchairs, and four side chairs
Canape: 128cm wide, 55cm deep, 80cm high, armchairs: 65cm wide, 58cm deep, 80cm high, side chairs: 95cm high, 48cm wide, 52cm seat height
PROVENANCE
By repute brought to Australia by Austrians fleeing Nazi Germany, circa 1935
Purchased by Marie Louise Wordsworth's parents Senator and Mrs Johnston David Jones, Sydney
$1,500–3,000
185
A George III inlaid mahogany longcase clock by Benjamin Brandreth, Middlewitch, English, circa 1750
243cm high, 56cm wide, 32cm deep
$1,500–2,500
186
An Australian hardwood Pembroke table, possibly casuarina, circa 1810
82cm long, 50cm deep (closed), 107cm deep (open), 73cm high
$800–1,500
187
A rustic Western Australian Jarrah kitchen-dresser base, circa 1860-70
125cm wide, 58cm deep, 93cm high
$300–500
188
A pair of fine Regency brassmounted Trafalgar chairs, English, circa 1825
87cm high, 46cm wide, 44.5cm seat height
REFERENCE
There is a set of six identical chairs circa 1810 in the V&A Museum London. ref. Oxford companion to the decorative arts, H. Osbourne.
PROVENANCE
Tim Kendrew, Antique Dealer, UK
$500–1,000
189
A pair of Italian lacca-povera armchairs and a matching side chair, 18th/19th century
93cm high, 63cm wide, 43cm seat height
$1,000–1,500
190
An unusual Western Australian turned Jarrah rectangular side-table, circa 1870
86cm wide, 56cm deep, 79cm high
PROVENANCE
The Collection of Lord Alistair McAlpine
REFERENCE
See Colonial Furniture of Western Australia, Timothy E Harris, illustrated page 445 (fig 2.8)
$1,000–2,000
191
An unusual Western Australian Jarrah console table, circa 1850-60
102cm wide, 47.5cm deep, 78cm high
REFERENCE
Colonial furniture of Western Australia, Timothy E Harris, illustrated page 439 (4.13)
$500–1,000
192
A large and impressive Western Australian Jarrah three-tier whatnot, circa 1880
125cm wide, 165cm high, 46cm deep
REFERENCE
Colonial furniture Western Australia 1829-1910, Timothy E Harris, Illustrated page 340 (1.1)
$800–1,200
193
A rare Western Australian Jarrah and Karri double-pedestal sideboard, circa 1850-60
182cm wide, 120cm high, 57cm deep
REFERENCE
Colonial Furniture of Western Australia (1829-1910), Timothy E. Harris, Illustrated page 348 (Fig.1.1)
$1,500–2,500
A very impressive pair of bronze and floor lights in the style of Thomas Hope, English or French 19th century
201cm high to top of glass shades, 187cm high to tip of bronze finials, 64cm wide at the branches and 54cm wide at the lion paw feet
PROVENANCE
Tim Kendrew, Antique Dealer, UK
$1,500–3,000
195
A very impressive and fabulously carved walnut hall seat of grand proportions, English, circa 1860-1880
230cm wide, 76cm deep, 200cm high
PROVENANCE
Sir George Brookman, South Australia, who became Mayor of Perth in 1900
Bertie Johnston, circa 1904 for their Adelaide Terrace home
M.L. Wordsworth
Thence by descent
$2,000–4,000
196
A very impressive and fabulously carved walnut and bronze-mounted hall-stand of massive scale, English, circa 1860-1880
approximately 400cm wide and approximately 325cm high
PROVENANCE
Sir George Brookman, South Australia, who became Mayor of Perth in 1900
Bertie Johnston, circa 1904 for their Adelaide Terrace home
M.L. Wordsworth
Thence by descent
$3,000–5,000
197
A cedar child's high chair, Australian, circa 1850-60
87cm high, 49cm wide, 54cm deep
$400–600
198
A Western Australian sheoak-casuarina table with finely turned legs, Australian, circa 1860
136cm long, 80cm wide, 75cm high
PROVENANCE
Captain John Hassell Pastoralist at Kendenup, where the first gold battery in Western Australia was set up in the 1870's. He arrived in 1840, lived in Albany and owned Jerramungup, Kendenup and Warkelup.
Ref. Kevin Fahy, Australian Colonial Furniture 1st edition
$800–2,000
199
A Western Australian Jarrah circular supper-table, circa 1850-70
114cm wide, 75cm high
REFERENCE
Colonial Furniture of Western Australia 1829-1910, Timothy E Harris, Illustrated page 470 (Fig.7.25)
$1,000–2,000
200
A pair of carved Jarrah chairs attributed to John Casellas, William Howitt, or Edward Madeley, Western Australian, circa 19001920
108cm high, 56cm wide, 52cm seat height
$500–1,000
201
A pair of rare Western Australian Jarrah dining chairs in the English Gothic manner, 19th century
99cm high, 51cm wide, 48cm seat height
PROVENANCE
Judge Kelsell / Clifton family
Clive Brans Antiques, Perth
$1,000–1,500
202
An almost identical, but slightly taller pair of Jarrah Gothic style dining chairs, Western Australian, 19th century
104cm high backs, 51cm wide seats, 47cm wide, 48cm seat height
PROVENANCE
Judge Kelsell / Clifton family
Clive Brans Antiques, Perth
$1,000–1,500
203
A Western Australian Jarrah occasional table, Australian circa 1860-80
58cm diameter, 70cm high
REFERENCE
Colonial furniture of Western Australia, Timothy E Harris. Illustrated pg. 450 (fig. 6.22)
$400–800
204
A Western Australian carved Jarrah armchair, Australian, circa 1900-1910
96cm high, 53cm wide, 57cm deep, 39.5cm seat height
PROVENANCE
Flora Lethbridge, Cundinup region near Busselton by descent to the current vendor and always known as the ‘Heppingstone chair’
$200–400
205
A Western Australian Jarrah pillar-table, circa 1870
65cm diameter, 73cm high
REFERENCE
Furniture of Western Australia, pg. 444 (fig. 1.3)
$500–800
206
A Western Australian Jarrah chaise-longue
190cm long, 64cm deep, 72cm high
REFERENCE
Western Australian furniture Timothy E Harris, Illustrated pg. 391 (fig. 4.13)
$500–1,000
A rare set of six Western Australian Jarrah dining chairs, circa 1860
80.5cm high, 47cm wide, 44cm seat height
REFERENCE
Bishop's House Collection catalogue, Philips, 1999
PROVENANCE
Lord Alistair McAlpine
$800–1,500
208
A matched collection of various Old English pattern sterling-silver table-silver, comprising:
12 table spoons
12 table forks
13 dessert spoons
12 dessert forks
12 teaspoons
1 mustard spoon various dimensions
$1,500–2,500
209
A sterling-silver signed Royal Portrait of the H.R.H Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, English 2003
housed within in a Bentley and Skinner retailers box
$2,000–3,000
210
A large and fine quality sterling-silver twohandled tray, presented to E.H. Lawrence of Roebourne, Western Australia in January 1885 by the directors of the Union bank of Australia in London. Makers mark of Frederick Elkington and Co., Birmingham 1885
71cm wide, 38cm deep
FOOTNOTE
This silver tray was presented to E.H Lawrence after a terrible tragedy struck the Union bank with an armed robbery in 1884, where two of their staff were murdered.
This try was awarded to their principal in Western Australia, who along with his staff kept the bank open and active through this crisis.
$1,500–2,500
211
A fine and heavy gauge four-piece sterling-silver melon shaped tea set, comprising coffee pot, teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl, makers mark of Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard, London 1826/1827
teapot: 30cm wide, 19cm diameter, sugar bowl: 21.5cm, cream jug: 15.5cm wide and coffee pot: 29cm high
$3,000–5,000
A sterling-silver suite of double-struck Kings pattern table-silver, mostly makers mark W.E, London, various date letters
comprising:
12 dessert spoons
12 table spoons
12 dessert forks
12 table forks
6 coffee spoons
6 teaspoons
Basting spoon
Soup ladle
12 later steel bladed silver handled dessert knives
12 later steel bladed silver handled table knives
A pair of later steel bladed silver handled carving knife and fork
A pair of later steel bladed silver handled bread knife and sharpener various dimensions
$5,000–8,000
A part-suite of matched sterling-silver fiddle, thread and shell pattern table silver
Various hallmarks for London early 19th century and later nineteenth century comprising five various basting spoons plus one silver plated basting spoon
six silver handled steel bladed table knives
six sterling silver dessert knives with silver blades
sixteen silver handled steel bladed dessert knives
eleven sterling silver fish knives with silver bladed
eleven sterling silver fish forks with silver bladed
two reeded handles table knives with steel blades
ten table forks
fish serving slice and fork
second fish slice
two teaspoons one dessert spoon
two pairs of sugar nips, one a different pattern various dimensions
$1,500–3,000
A suite of Georgian sterling-silver fiddle and shell pattern table silver, makers mark GA, London, various date letters
17 dessert spoons
16 table forks
14 dessert forks
14 later table knives
various dimensions
$3,000–5,000
A part-suite of fiddle and shell pattern table silver
various hallmarks, some early 19th century and some later 19th century comprising:
four mustard spoons
six teaspoons
fish serving slice and fork
asparagus tongs
mechanical serving slice
eight dessert spoons
fourteen each fish knives and forks, later in date to everything else
marrow scoop
sifter spoon
grape scissors
large cheese scoop
a second fish slice
one long condiment spoon
various dimensions
$3,000–5,000
216
A rare miniature portrait bust of the Princess Royal of England, Empress of Germany, modelled for Queen Victoria by Misses Thorneycroft, in glazed circular case
approx. 2.7 x 1.8cm, case: 8cm diameter
$500–1,000
217
A painted portrait silhouette of a lady, English, circa 1820
with an extraordinary hair-do oval 6.9 x 8.5cm, frame: 12.5 x 10cm
$200–400
218
A well-painted portrait miniature of a young girl seated, early to mid 19th century
approx. 12 x 9cm
$300–400
219
A gilt metal and green-paste stone set opera-glass pendant, French, circa 1880-1900
2.5cm diameter
$400–600
220
A circular portrait miniature of a lady in a bonnet, paste set star form frame, early 19th century
3cm diameter, frame: 9cm wide
$200–400
ATTRIBUTED TO WALTER PATTERSON MESTON SCOTLAND/WESTERN AUSTRALIA (1870-1936)
St Patrick and Stella Maris.
A pair of impressive paintings on canvas of Catholic subject matter: Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society Star of the Sea Branch each: 257 x 248cm
PROVENANCE
Arthur Spartalis, Subiaco, Perth 2012
These large-scale works were commissioned and formed either side of a large processional banner used in a St Patrick’s Day Parade, held at Freemantle, Western Australia.
$5,000–8,000
222
An Australian gold swan and natural nugget bar brooch, Western-Australian, circa 1860
5.9 grams
5cm wide
$800–1,200
223
An unusual 18 carat gold Australian pearl-shell and natural shell vine-leaf form brooch, Australian, circa 1860-80
stamped 9.7 grams
4.5cm long, 2cm deep
$800–1,200
224
A pair of 9ct gold-framed lorgnettes, English, circa 1900
weight 27 grams
11.5cm long, 3.8cm diameter
$300–500
225
A 15ct gold Albert chain and Masonic pendant
stamped 15ct 39.8 grams
226
A fine and very rare Australian 18ct gold and shell-cameo brooch, the gold surround in the manner of Wendt, Australian, circa 1860
untested weight 27.3 grams
6.5 x 5.1cm
$2,500–3,500
227
A 9 carat gold medallion brooch awarded to Councilor M.L. Wordsworth, Second of May 1992 by the City of Perth
weight 8.2 grams
2.7 x 2.5cm
$800–1,000
228
An exceptional Georgian micro-mosaic (Pietra-Dura) and rose-gold ring, in original red morocco leather case, English/Italian circa 1800
weight 6.5gsm all at
$3,000–5,000
229
A Victorian carved shell cameo brooch
The central carved shell cameo depicting a lady, with twist border to frames,9 carat rose gold, untested, stamped 9ct, LEVINSON, PERTH, weight 9.0 grams, length 2.7 x 2.2cm
$300–500
Illustrated online at www.artvisory.com.au
A collection of Photographs documenting Perth and its environs in its formative years, 1880-1910
Comprising 25 silver-albumen images of the development of buildings, bridges waterways etc.
Image sizes approx. 28 x 19cm but vary
$800–1,200
231
A Collection of twenty-five Victorian black and white photographs of Perth and Western Australia in the 1870 to 1900 era, in gilt leather album.
Images approx. 14.5 x 20cm, album size: 25 x 20cm
$300–500
232
Carlo Pellegrini. Police (Lieut Colonel Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson) for Vanity Fair Magazine, Controller General of Convicts Western Australia (1850-63) print by Vincent Brooks, Day and Son for Vanity Fair March 1875
chromolithograph paper size: 33 x 20cm
REFERENCE
Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson KCB (1821–1896) was commissioned in the Royal Engineers and served in Canada before Earl Grey appointed him Western Australia's first Controller General of Convicts. Henderson arrived in Fremantle in 1850 aboard the Scindian, which also carried that colony's first shipment of 75 convicts. He remarked that a 'wool-shed makes excellent barracks' as he set up their temporary accommodation while the permanent limestone gaol was built.
Henderson was liberal-minded and gave evidence to a select committee of the House of Lords investigating the abolition of transportation. He took charge of Western Australia's public works before permanently returning to England in 1869. Henderson was then appointed Chief Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, establishing the criminal investigation department which became Scotland Yard. His obituary in the West Australian in 1897 paid tribute to a man 'of the kindliest disposition and the most genial temperament' who 'found chaos and left organisation'. Sketching in watercolours was his life-long hobby. Carlo Pellegrini, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (lithographer) and Vanity Fair Magazine (publisher) from the series 'Vanity Fair'.
$200–300
233
A single white-silk and gold-thread embroidered slipper by Gundry and Sons Boot and Shoe Maker to the Queen, London, by repute worn by the Queen and inscribed thus with an added hand-written note to this effect together with a pair of early Victorian black fabric and leather soled child's shoes
slipper: 23cm long, 6.5cm wide, shoes: 11.5cm long, 4.5cm wide
$300–500 233
234
Engliston Gold Mines, Meekatharra, Western Australia, with six photographs showing the development of the mine from 1902 through to 1999 with a central image of J.F. Butler
42 x 52cm, outer frame: 59.5 x 70cm
$300–500
235
Edward John Eyre (1815-1901) Australian Explorer, Clarke medalist 1901
Photograph: 56 x 42cm, framed size: 76 x 62cm
REFERENCE
Edward John Eyre (1815-1901), explorer and administrator, emigrated to New South Wales from England when he was 17.
Settling in Adelaide after pioneering expeditions with sheep and cattle, he made several attempts to find an overland stock route from the city to the west. In January 1840 he learned that a committee was organising an expedition to find a way west. Eyre persuaded them to refocus the expedition on the north, agreeing to pay for half of this bid to 'discover the inland of Australia'. Many gruelling months into the trip, one of his party was murdered, and the rest disappeared.
Eyre and his Aboriginal colleague, Wylie, staggered into Albany on 7 July 1841, more than a year after they had set out. Six years later Eyre was rewarded for the journey with the Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society. In 1844, after having served as Protector of Aborigines in South Australia, he sailed home. His career ended contentiously in Jamaica in 1865.
$150–250
A set of Fourteen vintage photographs of Fremantle Port subject-matter, in ten frames, circa 1893-1906
Various dimensions
$800–1,200
END OF SALE
JOHN PERCEVAL AUSTRALIAN (1923-2000)
Sunflowers (After Vincent Van Gogh) oil on canvas
signed lower left
100 x 80cm
Provenance: Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Auction • 18 & 19 August 2025
Viewing
Indigenous Arts of the Southern Hemisphere
Featuring Art and Works-of-Art created by the Indigenous peoples of Australia and New Zealand, Oceania and the Southern Hemisphere.
Auction • Melbourne and Auckland, November 2025
We are living through a period of unprecedented change and as part of this seismic shift, we are witnessing a significant re-calibration in how the world views indigenous arts. Not just in our region, but globally. Until now, most collections of threedimensional artefacts from our region, Oceania and New Zealand in particular, have been sold in the Western markets of New York, London, or Paris, without a showcase for their sale in our region.
In response to our changing world and sensing an exciting opportunity, Artvisory is proud to announce: The Indigenous Arts of The Southern Hemisphere that will expand traditional borders of interest, to encompass the arts that define the Southern Hemisphere.
The truly unique art forms of our indigenous peoples define our regional history over millennia, from threedimensional artefacts to contemporary artworks. We will proudly show three-dimensional artefacts alongside contemporary artworks by the more famous names of New Zealand and Australian
Indigenous artists from the 20th century, embracing a relationship of ancient indigenous art forms with their contemporary iterations.
To lead this exciting Trans-Tasman concept, we are delighted to welcome highly regarded New Zealand specialists; James and Melissa Parkinson, who will join up with Australian Indigenous art veteran specialist Shaun Dennison and the Artvisory team.
This auction will be held in two parts in Melbourne, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand and will feature the finest indigenous arts from all of the cultures of the Southern-Hemisphere.
If you would like to be part of this ground-breaking auction, please make an appointment to meet any of our specialists.
James Parkinson: james@artvisory.com.au
Melissa Parkinson: melissa@artvisory.com.au
Shaun Dennison: shaun@artvisory.com.au
*Māori items in the NZ sale are subject to the Protected Objects Act and can only be purchased by registered collectors.
An Historically Important Kumete Whakairo (Carved Lidded Presentation Bowl) by Patoromu Tamatea
PROVENANCE
Gifted by the chiefs of the Te Arawa tribe to Robert Graham M.P in 1878 in acknowledgment for his work in settling peace over a land dispute between the chiefs Te Pokiha of Ngati Pikiao and Petera Te Pukuatua of Ngati Whakaue:
Retained in the Graham family collection from 1878-2009
42cm width, 30cm height.
Y registration number Y14036
Estimate on Request.
Paul Sumner 0412 337 827 paul@artvisory.com.au
Michael O’Meara 0418 505 519 michael@artvisory.com.au
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3. Before the Sale
a) Examination of Property
Prospective Buyers are strongly advised to examine in person any property in which they are interested before the Auction takes place. Neither Artvisory nor the Seller provides any guarantee in relation to the nature of the property apart from the Limited warranty in the paragraph below. The property is otherwise sold “AS IS”
b) Catalogue and other Descriptions
All statements by Artvisory in the catalogue entry for the property or in the condition report, or made orally or in writing elsewhere, are statements of opinion and are not to be relied upon as statements of fact. Such statements do not constitute a representation, warranty or assumption of liability by Artvisory of any kind. References in the catalogue entry to the condition report to damage or restoration are for guidance only and should be evaluated by personal inspection by the bidder or a knowledgeable representative. The absence of such a reference does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Estimates of the selling price should not be relied on as a statement that this is the price at which the item will sell or it’s value for any other purpose. Neither Artvisory nor The Seller is responsible for any errors or omissions in the catalogue or any supplemental material. Images are measured height by width (sight size). Illustrations are provided only as a guide and should not be relied upon as a true representation of colour or condition. Images are not shown at a standard scale. Mention is rarely made of frames (which may be provided as supplementary images on the website) which do not form part of the lot as described in the printed catalogue.
Foreign buyers should note that all transactions are in Australian dollars so there may be a small exchange rate risk. The costs associated with acquiring a good certificate will be carried by the purchaser. If the item turns out to be forged or otherwise incorrectly described, all reasonable costs will be borne by the vendor.
c) Buyers Responsibility
All property is sold “as is” without representation or warranty of any kind by Artvisory or the Seller. Buyers are responsible for satisfying themselves concerning the condition of the property and the matters referred to in the catalogue by requesting a condition report
No lot to be rejected if, subsequent to the sale, it has been immersed in liquid or treated by any other process unless the Auctioneer’s permission to subject the lot to such immersion or treatment has first been obtained in writing.
4. At the Sale
a) Refusal of Admission
Artvisory reserves the right at our complete discretion to refuse admission to the auction premises or participation in any auction and to reject any bid.
b) Registration before Bidding
Any prospective new buyer must complete and sign a registration form and provide photo-identification before bidding. Artvisory may request bank, trade or other financial references to substantiate this registration.
c) Bidding as a Principal
When making a bid, a bidder is accepting personal liability to pay the purchase price including the buyers premium and all applicable taxes, plus all other applicable charges, unless it has been explicitly agreed in writing with Artvisory before the commencement of the sale that the bidder is acting as agent on behalf of an identified third party acceptable to Artvisory and that Artvisory will only look to the principal for payment.
d) International Registrations
All International clients not known to Artvisory will be required to scan through an accredited form of photo identification and pay a deposit at our discretion in cleared funds into Artvisory’s account at least 24 hours before the commencement of the auction. Bids will not be accepted without this deposit. Artvisory also reserves the right to request any additional forms of identification prior to registering an overseas bid. This deposit can be made using a credit card, however the balance of any purchase price in excess of $5,000 can not be charged to this card without prior arrangement.
This deposit is redeemable against any auction purchase.
e) Absentee bids
Artvisory will use reasonable efforts to execute written bids delivered to us AT LEAST 24 Hours before the sale for the convenience of those clients who are unable to attend the auction in person. If we receive identical written bids on a particular lot, and at the auction these are the highest bids on that lot, then the lot will be sold to the person whose written bid was received and accepted first. Execution of written bids is a free service undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the sale and we do not accept liability for failing to execute a written bid or for errors or omissions which may arise. It is the bidder’s responsibility to check with Artvisory after the auction if they were successful. Unlimited or “Buy” bids will not be accepted.
f) Telephone bids
Priority will be given to overseas and interstate bidders. Please refer to the catalogue for the Telephone Bids form. Arrangements for this service must be confirmed AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR to the auction commencing. Artvisory accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any errors or failure to execute bids. In telephone bidding the buyer agrees to be bound by all terms and conditions listed here and accepts that Artvisory cannot be held responsible for any miscommunications in the process. The success of telephone bidding cannot be guaranteed due to circumstances that are unforeseen. Buyers should be aware of the risk and accept the consequences should contact be unsuccessful at the time of Auction. You must advise Artvisory of the lots in question and you will be assumed to be a buyer at the minimum price of 75% of estimate (ie. reserve) for all such lots. Artvisory will advise Telephone Bidders who have registered at least 24 hours before the auction of any relevant changes to descriptions, withdrawals or any other sale room notices.
G) Online Bidding
Artvisory offers an online bidding service via Invaluable.com. When bidding online the buyer agrees to be bound by all terms and conditions listed here by Artvisory and agrees to pay any fees charged in regard to any purchases made via Invaluable.com.
Artvisory accepts no responsibility for any errors, failure to execute bids or any other miscommunications regarding this process. It is the online bidder’s responsibility to ensure the accuracy of the relevant information regarding bids, lot numbers and contact details.
H) Reserves
Unless otherwise indicated, all lots are offered subject to a reserve, which is the confidential minimum price below which the Lot will not be sold. The reserve will not exceed the low estimate printed in the catalogue. The auctioneer may open the bidding on any Lot below the reserve by placing a bid on behalf of the Seller. The auctioneer may continue to bid on behalf of seller up to the amount of the reserve, either by placing consecutive bids or by placing bids in response to other bidders.
I) Auctioneers Discretion
The Auctioneer has the right at his absolute and sole discretion to refuse any bid, to advance the bidding in such a manner as he may decide, to withdraw or divide any lot, to combine any two or more lots and, in the case or error or dispute and whether during or after the sale, to determine the successful bidder, to continue the bidding, to cancel the sale or to re-offer and resell the item in dispute. If any dispute arises after the sale, then Artvisory’s sale record is conclusive.
J) Successful bid and passing of risk
Subject to the auctioneer’s discretion, the highest bidder accepted by the auctioneer will be the buyer and the striking of his hammer marks the acceptance of the highest bid and the conclusion of a contract for sale between the Seller and the Buyer. Risk and responsibility for the lot (including frames or glass where relevant) passes immediately to the Buyer.
K) Indicative Bidding steps, etc.
Artvisory reserves the right to refuse any bid, withdraw any lot from sale, to place a reserve on any lot and to advance the bidding according to the following, at the auctioneers discretion:
Increment Amount Dollar Range
$20
$0–$500
$50 $500–$1,000
$100
$200
$500
5. After the Sale
a) Buyers Premium
In addition to the hammer price, the buyer agrees to pay to Artvisory the buyer's premium. The buyer’s premium is 26% of the hammer price plus GST. (Goods and Services Tax) where applicable.
b) Payment and passing of title
The buyer must pay to the company trust account managed by KK Partners Pty Ltd Chartered Accountants the full amount due (comprising the hammer price, buyer's premium and any applicable taxes and GST) not later than 3 days after the auction date.
The buyer will not acquire title for the lot until Artvisory receives full payment in cleared funds, and no goods under any circumstances will be released without confirmation of cleared funds received. This applies even if the buyer wishes to send items interstate or overseas.
Payment can be made by direct transfer, cash (not exceeding $5,000AUD, if wishing to pay more than $5,000AUD then this must be deposited directly into the company trust account and bank receipt supplied) and Eftpos (please check your daily limit). Payments can also be made by credit card in person with a 1.43% (inc GST) merchant fee for Visa, Mastercard and American Express. Credit card payments where the card-holder is not present, can not be accepted unless a scanned image of the card and signature is supplied (that corresponds with the supplied signature on the bidding or registration forms). Personal cheques are only accepted with prior arrangement and funds must be cleared before goods will be released. Bank cheques are subject to three days clearance.
The buyer is responsible for any bank fees and charges applicable for the transfer of funds into Artvisory’s company trust account.
c) Collection of Purchases & Insurance
Artvisory is entitled to retain items sold until all amounts due to us have been received in full in good cleared funds. Subject to this, the Buyer shall collect purchased lots within 3 days from the date of the sale unless otherwise agreed in writing between Artvisory and the Buyer.
At the fall of the hammer, insurance is the responsibility of the purchaser.
d) Packing, Handling and shipping
$1,000–$2,000
$2,000–$5,000
$5,000–$10,000
$1,000 $10,000–$20,000
$2,000 $20,000–$50,000
$5,000
$10,000
$20,000
$50,000
$50,000–$100,000
$100,000–$200,000
$200,000–$500,000
$500,000–$1,000,000
Absentee bids must follow these increments and any bids that don’t follow the steps will be rounded up to the nearest acceptable bid.
Artvisory will be able to suggest local, national and international carriers and takes no responsibility whatsoever for the actions of any recommended third party carrier. Artvisory can pack and handle goods purchased at the auction by agreement, however will take no responsibility for damage, a charge may be made for this service. All packing, shipping, insurance, postage & associated charges will be borne by the purchaser.
e) Cultural heritage Export Licences
Unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, the fact that the buyer wishes to apply for an export licence does not affect his or her obligation to make full payment immediately, nor our right to charge interest or storage charges on late payment. It is the Buyer’s responsibility to check Australia’s Protection of Moveable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 before purchase. If the Buyer requests Artvisory to apply
for an export licence then we shall be entitled to charge a fee for this service. We shall not be obliged to rescind a sale nor to refund any interest or other expenses incurred by the Buyer where payment is made by the Buyer in circumstances where an export licence is not granted.
f) Remedies for non-payment
If the Buyer fails to make full payment immediately, Artvisory is entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights or remedies (in addition to asserting any other rights or remedies available under the law)
i) to charge interest at such a rate as we shall reasonably decide
ii) to hold the defaulting Buyer liable for the total amount due and to commence legal proceedings for it’s recovery along with interest, legal fees and costs to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law
iii) to cancel the sale
iv) to resell the property publicly or privately on such terms as we see fit
v) to pay the Seller an amount up to the net proceeds payable in respect of the amount bid by the defaulting Buyer. In these circumstances the defaulting Buyer can have no claim upon Artvisory in the event that the item(s) are sold for an amount greater than the original invoiced amount.
vi) to set off against any amounts which Artvisory may owe the Buyer in any other transactions, the outstanding amount remaining unpaid by the Buyer.
vii) where several amounts are owed by the Buyer to us, in respect of different transactions, to apply any amount paid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particular transaction, whether or not the Buyer so directs.
viii) to reject at any future auction any bids made by or on behalf of the Buyer or to obtain a deposit from the Buyer prior to accepting any bids.
ix) to exercise all the rights and remedies of a person holding security over any property in our possession owned by the Buyer whether by way of pledge, security interest or in any other way, to the fullest extent permitted by the law of the place where such property is located. The Buyer will be deemed to have been granted such security to us and we may retain such property as collateral security for such Buyer’s obligations to us.
x) to take such other action as Artvisory deem necessary or appropriate
If we do sell the property under paragraph (iv), then the defaulting Buyer shall be liable for payment of any deficiency between the total amount originally due to us and the price obtained upon reselling as well as for all costs, expenses, damages, legal fees and commissions and premiums of whatever kinds associated with both sales or otherwise arising from the default.
If we pay any amount to the Seller under paragraph (v) the Buyer acknowledges that Artvisory shall have all of the rights of the Seller, however arising, to pursue the Buyer for such amount.
g) Failure to collect purchases
Where purchases are not collected within 3 days from the sale date, whether or not payment has been made, we shall be permitted to remove the property to a warehouse at the buyer’s expense, and only release the items after payment in full has been made of removal, storage handling, insurance and any other costs incurred, together with payment of all other amounts due to us.
6. Extent of Artvisory Liability
Artvisory agrees to refund the purchase price in the circumstances of the Limited Warranty set out in paragraph 7 below. Apart from that, neither the Seller nor we, nor any of our employees or agents are responsible for the correctness of any statement of whatever kind concerning any lot, whether written or oral, nor for any other errors or omissions in description or for any faults or defects in any lots. Except as stated in paragraph 7 below, neither the Seller ourselves, our officers, agents or employees give any representation warranty or guarantee or assume any liability of any kind in respect of any lot with regard to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, description, size, quality, condition, attribution, authenticity, rarity, importance, medium, provenance, exhibition history, literature or historical relevance. Except as required by local law any warranty of any kind is excluded by this paragraph.
7. Limited Warranty
Subject to the terms and conditions of this paragraph, the Seller warrants for the period of thirty days from the date of the sale that any property described in this catalogue (noting such description may be amended by any saleroom notice or announcement) which is stated without qualification to be the work of a named author or authorship is authentic and not a forgery. The term “Author” or “authorship” refers to the creator of the property or to the period, culture, source, or origin as the case may be, with which the creation of such property is identified in the catalogue.
The warranty is subject to the following:
i) it does not apply where a) the catalogue description or saleroom notice corresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars and experts at the date of the sale or fairly indicated that there was a conflict of opinions, or b) correct identification of a lot can be demonstrated only by means of a scientific process not generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which at the date of the publication of the catalogue was unreasonably expensive or impractical or likely to have caused damage to the property.
ii) the benefits of the warranty are not assignable and shall apply only to the original buyer of the lot as shown on the invoice originally issued by Artvisory when the lot was sold at Auction.
iii) the Original Buyer must have remained the owner of the lot without disposing of any interest in it to any third party
iv) The Buyer’s sole and exclusive remedy against the Seller in place of any other remedy which might be available, is the cancellation of the sale and the refund of the original purchase price paid for the lot less the buyers premium which is non refundable. Neither the Seller nor Artvisory will be liable for
any special, incidental nor consequential damages including, without limitation, loss of profits not for interest.
v) The Buyer must give written notice of claim to us within thirty days of the date of the Auction. The Seller shall have the right, to require the Buyer to obtain two written opinions by recognised experts in the field, mutually acceptable to the Buyer and Artvisory to decide whether or not to cancel the sale under warranty.
vi) the Buyer must return the lot to Seller in the same condition that it was purchased.
8. Severability
If any part of these Conditions of Sale is found by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part shall be discounted and the rest of the Conditions shall continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.
9. Copyright
The copyright of all images, illustrations and written material produced by Artvisory relating to a lot including the contents of this catalogue, is and shall remain the property at all times of Artvisory and shall not be used by the Buyer, nor by anyone else without our prior written consent. Artvisory and the Seller make no representation or warranty that the Buyer of a property will acquire any copyright or other reproduction rights in it.
10. Law and Jurisdiction
These terms and conditions and any matters concerned with the foregoing fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the state in which the auction is held.
11. Pre-Sale Estimates
Artvisory publishes with each catalogue our opinion as to the estimated price range for each lot. These estimates are approximate prices only and are not intended to be definitive. They are prepared well in advance of the sale and may be subject to revision. Interested parties should contact Artvisory prior to auction for updated pre-sale estimates and starting prices.
12. Sale results
Artvisory will provide auction results, which will be available as soon as possible after the sale. Results will include buyer’s premium. These results will be posted at www.artvisory.com.au.
13. Goods and Service Tax
In accordance with A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 Artvisory Auctions will collect on behalf of the Australian tax office (ATO) a Goods and Service Tax (GST) of 10% on all applicable transactions. GST is applicable on the hammer price in the case where the seller is selling property that is owned by an entity registered for GST. GST is also applicable on the hammer price in the case where the seller is not an Australian resident. These lots are denoted by a dagger symbol † placed next to the estimate.
GST is also applicable on the buyer’s premium.
Overseas buyers and buyers non-resident in Australia will not be charged GST on both hammer price and premiums under the following conditions:
1. The items are exported through a Artvisory approved freight company including Australia Post
2. The items are exported within 60 days of the date of the sale
The invoice supplied by Artvisory for purchases will be regarded as a Tax invoice for GST purposes.
14. Resale Royalty Scheme
Under the legal obligations of the Resale Royalty Scheme for Visual Artists Act 2009, sellers must provide the following information to comply with the act:
• was the artwork acquired after 8 June 2010?
• is the sale/reserve price (including GST) $1,000 or more?
• is the artist from Australia or a country listed in the Regulations to the Act?
• is the artist alive, or deceased less than 70 years?
The seller:
i) acknowledges that he or she understands his or her legal obligations under the Resale Royalty for Visual Artists Act 2009 (the Act);
ii) undertakes to comply with all requirements of the Act, including by providing its agent, the company, with accurate information sufficient for compliance with sections 28 and 29 of the Act;
iii) undertakes to indemnify the company for any loss incurred by the company as a result of the vendor’s failure to comply with any of the vendor’s legal obligations under the Act; and
iv) acknowledges that if he or she fails to comply with any of his or her legal obligations under the Act, the company may provide the vendor’s name and contact details to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL).
Lots subject to payment of the Resale Royalty Scheme will be denoted by the §. The Australian Resale Royalty is a flat rate of 5% on the hammer price (including GST). The Australian Resale Royalty is payable by the buyer in addition to the buyers premium plus any applicable GST.
