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ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC.© PHOTOGRAPHS AND PICTURES COLLECTION (October 2011) ______________________________________________________________ (Use Edit > Find or the ‘Binoculars’ icon to search for keywords) ‘PF’ before the number signifies a framed image or a larger item that is not stored with the albums. ‘P’ before the number signifies an album or smaller sized item stored in the ‘Benham’ cupboards. ‘MS’ indicates image from the manuscripts collection ____________________________________________________________________ FRAMED (OR LARGER SIZE) IMAGES Framed pictures in drawers of ‘Benham bookcase’: PF 1. A pen and wash by Annie E. Billiatt after the original sketch by her brother Stephen King who was a member of the Stuart’s transcontinental expedition. The Great Exploring Expedition under the Command of John McDouall Stuart Leaving Chambers Creek bears inscription in pencil and the artist's notation in ink. Identified in sketch are Frederick Waterhouse, William Keckwick, John McGorrerey, Heath Nash, James Frew, W.P. Auld, Stephen King, John Billiatt, Francis Thring an John McDouall Stuart. PF 2. Another as above, Sea Coast, Vandemans Gulf shows the raising of the flag on northern coast, 25th July 1862. PF 3. Another as above, The ambulance with Stuart. A sick Stuart being transported between two horses. PF 4. Framed portrait of Baron Ferd. von Mueller. A 19th century lithograph after L. R. Wendell, printed by Troedel & Co., Lithographers, Melbourne, titled "Baron Ferd. von Mueller". It is inscribed by von Mueller to an Hon. Joseph Cotton. Von Mueller was an explorer and government botanist for the Colony of Victoria. He visited S.A. in 1848 to help identify the cause of deficient scrub in the South-East. PF 5. Framed Strzelecki portrait. A photographic copy of an engraving, artist unknown, bearing the hand-written inscription "Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, K.C.M.G., C.B., F.R.S., D.C.L." PF 6. Sketched portrait of unknown gentleman, drawn by H. Wilkin 1845. Page 1 ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC.© PF 7 . Framed coloured manuscript copy of a map of the world by Nicolas Desliens of Dieppe, 1566. The 'Dieppe maps' (1542-1568) by Desliens and others show 'Java La Grande', a large land mass in the south thought by some to be evidence of early Portuguese or Chinese exploration of Australia's coasts. The map was hand-copied in 1884 by a colleague of E.A. Petherick, the York Gate Library cataloguer from the original in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. Petherick’s notes on the map and how the copy came to be made are adhered to the back of the frame. Items displayed on walls of library or stored elsewhere in library PF 8. Colonial and Indian exhibition lithograph A framed chromo-litho illuminated certificate emblematic of the continents after a painting by Thos. Riley, produced for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886. It was presented (with a Commemorative Medal) to the 'Geographical Society of Australasia' and therefore was probably acquired in the first season of the Society, 1885- 86 before the name was changed. The medal is in office safe. PF 9. Old Colonists’ Festival dinner. A lithograph drawn on stone by Samuel Thomas Gill, printed by Penman and Galbraith, Adelaide, 27 March, 1851. The dinner commemorated the first sale of town land in March 1837. It is said that the faces are recognisable caricatures of those present. Presented by the first Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, Augustus Short, to Sir Edwin Smith, Mayor of Adelaide. PF 10. Large framed world chart by Diogo Ribeiro, 1529 (copy). The framed map is a reproduction of one made in 1529 by Griggs of London, from the original in the 'Museum of the Propaganda' in Rome, by permission of Pope Leo XIII. PF 11. Portrait of Colonel Light. An oil painting on canvas by George A. J. Webb, "Colonel Light," signed and dated 1904, 60 x 50 cm, in gilded gesso frame encrusted with oak leaves and acorns. Presented by the Hon. John Lewis. Appears to be based on an oil painting by George Jones ca 1815 in the National Portrait Gallery London (NPG 982c). There is another smaller copy of the Jones painting with the Adelaide City Council (CC 646). PF 12. Framed photograph of Stephen William Silver (1819-1905), founder of the York Gate Library which was purchased by the Society in 1905 . This collection of over 7500 titles contains many rare and valuable books and manuscripts. Silver’s wife requested that this portrait be hung with the collection. PF 13. Portrait of John Lewis. An oil painting, artist's signature indecipherable, of "The Hon. John Lewis, C.M.G." John Lewis was President of the Society from 1913-1920. Lewis was a member of the Legislative Council to which he was elected in 1897. PF 14. Painting of Colonel Light’s ship. A 19th century oil painting on canvas, signed with initials D.B. "H.M.S. Rapid, off Rapid Head, South Australia", bears inscription from William Light's Log, 12 October, 1836. Page 2 ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC.© PF 15. Framed oil painting of Stuart's tree in Van Diemen's Gulf painted by Annie E. Billiatt and shows on the left G. R. McMinn and on the right of the tree J. L. Parsons. Annie was the sister of Stephen King who was member of Stuart’s successful transcontinental expedition. PF 16. A photograph of Stuart’s tree in Van Dieman’s Gulf. The piece of wood at the bottom of the frame was reputed to have been cut from a bough of the tree. Presented by Mrs A. K. Baker of Unley. PF 17. Mounted photographs of the surviving members of Stuart’s exploration party ‘Presented at the RGS room, Adelaide, SA 25th July 1890 on the 28th anniversary of planting the ‘flag’ at Chambers Bay, Indian Ocean, 25th July 1862. Stephen King, F.W. Thring, W.P. Auld, F.G. Waterhouse’ Include separate photos of each and a group photograph. Men indentified by pencilled numbers. (Stored in maps cabinets in mylar sleeve) PF 18. Framed oil painting of Daniel Brock at James Poole's graveside. Poole was a surveyor in Sturt's 1844-46 expedition to 'the centre'. He died at Depot Glen and was buried under a Grevillea tree in July, 1845. Artist unknown. PF 19. Large wall map of South Australian exploration. The map was made in the Surveyor-General's Department and presented to the Society in 1923. It shows, in different colours, the routes of all the recognised explorers, the extent of the agricultural sub-division, the pastoral leases, the artesian basins, the chief water holes and the position of 'Goyder's Line'. Details have been added by hand to the standard Lands Department sheets. PF 20. A framed coloured copy of Freycinet’s map of South Australia (Terre Napoleon), dated 1808. M. Michel Rocard, a former Prime Minister of France and Chair of the French Terra Australis 2001 committee commemorating the bicentenary of Baudin’s voyage, presented this map (printed from the original plates) to Dr Sue Barker, then President of the RGSSA and a member of the Encounter 2002 planning committee, at the unveiling of a bust of Nicolas Baudin in March 2003. Dr. Barker donated it to the Society’s Library. PF 21. A framed coloured copy of Freycinet’s map of Kangaroo Island (Ile DeCres), dated 1803. M. Michel Rocard, a former Prime Minister of France and chair of the French Terra Australis 2001 committee commemorating the bicentenary of Baudin’s voyage, presented this map, printed from the original plates, to Anthony Brown, historical adviser to Encounter 2002 and a member of the RGSSA Council, at the unveiling of a bust of Nicolas Baudin in March 2003. Mr. Brown donated it to the Society’s Library. PF 22. Framed facsimile of Matthew Flinders’ General Chart of Australia or Terra Australis 1804. Completed by Flinders while a prisoner on Isle de France (Mauritius) from December 1803 to June 1810. Sometimes described as Australia's Birth Certificate, it is the first map to apply the name ‘Australia’ to the continent. Facsimile purchased from the UK Hydrographic Office, Taunton, as part of the Encounter 2002 Grant. (Y 46/1 shelf Xr). Page 3 ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC.© PF 23. Framed map of the Adelaide region by Henry Nixon, 1838, Plan of the Preliminary Country Sections of the District of Adelaide. Reproduced under licence from the National Archives Office UK. Copies available from the Society for A$35 plus postage and handling. PF 24. Framed montage presented by NASA to the Society in 1996. Contains photographs of the space shuttle, the six astronauts, crew patch, Australian flag. Signed by Andy Thomas, a member of the expedition and an honorary life member of the Society. Text reads: This flag of Australia, crew patch and accompanying wood fragment, retrieved from the North Coast of Australia by the John McDouall Stuart expedition, were flown aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, STS-77, May 19-29, orbiting Earth 160 times, travelling 4.1 million miles. Presented to the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the crew of Endeavour. PF 25. Peutinger table: rolled map. Maps of routes for specific purposes - military or trade - were produced by the Romans, and this example is a 19th century print of a map dating back to the first century, revised, corrected and added to for the next 900 years. It has no overall orient and th Australian Institute of cartographers (sa Division_ tion and no consistent scale, resembling in this the 'strip maps' issued for specific journeys by the Royal Automobile Association.
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