Thomas Mitchell and the Wellington Caves
The Relationship Among Science, Religion, and Aesthetics in Early-Nineteenth-Century Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12411118 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kerry Heckenberg (0000-0001-9183-5588, The University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 203-218 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Victorian Literature and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-1503 • E-ISSN: 1470-1553 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s106015030500080x |
| OpenAlex | W1973117064 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
T HOMAS M ITCHELL (1792–1855), explorer and Surveyor-General in New South Wales between 1828 and 1855, was a talented and competent draughtsman who was responsible for the original sketches and even some of the lithographs he used to illustrate his two journals of exploration, published in 1838 and 1848. In this paper, I will be concerned with the 1838 journal, entitled Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia; with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the Present Colony of New South Wales . On the whole, it is a detailed and lavishly illustrated account of the land Mitchell encountered, along with its inhabitants and natural history. My particular interest is in offering an explanation for differences between a sepia sketch depicting a cave at Wellington, NSW, that Mitchell prepared as one of the illustrations for geological material included in this journal, and the final lithograph
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Cartography · Cave · Geography · Sketch · Surveyor · Archaeological Research and Protection · Australian Indigenous Culture and History · History · History of Science and Natural History
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |