| RCS/RCMS 278 contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| 55 |
Letters from G.F. Young to New Zealand colonists |
| 56 |
Correspondence of the Alexander Turnbull Library with the R.C.S. |
| 57 |
Papers on the Queen's visit to Auckland, 1953 |
| 58 |
Sketch of the Conflict Group |
| 59 |
Theo Riaz collection on Fiji |
| 61 |
Map of Samoan Islands |
| 62 |
Portrait of William Light |
| 63 |
Guerrier des terres Australes |
| 64 |
Aborigine portraits |
| 65 |
Australian cartoons |
| 66 |
View from Flagstaff Hill looking north |
|
Australasia miscellanea
| Title |
Australian cartoons |
| Reference |
RCMS 278/65
(former reference: Oak Showcase Drawer) |
| Creator |
Unknown |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1844–1885 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 envelope; paper; Printed |
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| Content and context |
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Three satirical nineteenth-century cartoons concerning New South Wales, Australia, by unknown artists. There is an accompanying letter from [Rex Rienis] to D.H. Simpson, R.C.S. Librarian, 29 May 1968, describing the first two items.
The provenance of the collection is unknown.
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| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Australia |
| New South Wales |
| Oceania |
| RCS/RCMS 278/65 contains: |
|
1
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Ways and means. A cartoon satirising the economies of Sir George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales, during the financial depression of the period. Gipps tried to finance assisted immigration from the proceeds of land sales, but was left with thousands of immigrants and no money for their passage when this source of funds ran out. The other figure in the cartoon is Francis Mereweather, the immigration agent in Sydney.
1 item. |
1844 |
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2
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Beautifully linked. 'Political sketches by B.B no. 3'. The cartoon dates from around the same period as RCMS 278/65/1, and may be by Benjamin Bailey, an obscure printer of the time. It satirises the agitation by residents of the Port Phillip District (now Victoria) for separation from New South Wales. New South Wales is depicted as a convict crone, with Hyde Park barracks in the background. The figures on the left are three of the six representatives of Port Phillip on the N.S.W. Legislative Council. Two have been identified as the Presbyterian preacher Dr John Dunmore Lang and Dr (later Sir) Charles Nicholson. The figure with the medicine bottle is probably Dr Alexander Thomson.
1 item. |
circa 1844 |
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3
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The roll-call - The return of the N.S.W. contingent. A supplement to 'The Bulletin', Sydney, 20 June 1885, after the original by Miss Thompson, recently purchased by the N.S.W. Government from Mr John Sands'. The cartoon is signed [Hop].
1 item. |
1885 |
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