The Challicum sketch book 1842-53 : and supplementary paintings by Duncan Elphinstone Cooper reproduced from the originals held in the National Library of Australia / introduced and edited by Philip L. Brown

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Cooper, Duncan, 1813 or 4-1904
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NLq 759.994 C776
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Canberra : National Library of Australia, 1987
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Contents

Challicum Sketch Book 1842-53 1
CHALLICUM SKETCH BOOK 3
Challicum Sketch Book 1842-53 5
[Chapter heading not available] 6
CONTENTS 7
PREFACE 11
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 13
ABBREVIATIONS IN REFERENCES 15
MAJOR'S LINE 17
INTRODUCTION 19
Endnotes 43
PLATES 45
Plate 1 First settlement at Challicum, Jan[uar]y 1, 1842 46
Plate 2 on mount No. 1 First station, Challicum, 1842: EARLY SUMMER DAY DECEMBER & JANUARY on frame No.l Challicum. First station and huts. January 1842. Early summer 48
Plate 3 First Hut at Challicum, 1842 50
Plate 4 on mount No. 2 First station & huts, Mount Cole & the Pyrennees IN THE DISTANCE: SPRING, OCTOBER 1842 on frame No. 2 Challicum. First station and hut, October 1842. Spring 52
Plate 5 Second Hut, Challicum, 1843 54
Plate 6 Sheep station on the plains, Challicum, 1843 56
Plate 7 Sheep station in the forest, Challicum, 1843 58
Plate 8 [Panorama at Challicum] 61
Plate 9 Challicum, 1844 64
Plate 10 [Challicum, 1844] 66
Plate 11 on mount No. 3 Challicum, 2[n]d hut, 1845: summer view. on Irame No. 3 Challicum. Second hut, 1844. Autumn, May 68
Plate 12 Old woolshed, Challicum, 1844 70
Plate 13 Woolshed, Challicum, 1845 72
Plate 14 Third Hut, Challicum 1845 (the last) 74
Plate 15 Challicum 3[r]d hut, side view, 1845 76
Plate 16 Jones' Hill & Sheepyards, Challicum 78
Plate 17 Jones' Hill & Sheepyards, Challicum 78
Plate 18 Quail shooting, Jones' Hill, Challicum 82
Plate 19 Middle Creek, Challicum 84
Plate 20 The first grave at Challicum, 1847 87
Plate 21 Bank of the creek, Challicum 91
Plate 22 View down the creek, Challicum, TOWARDS FIRST HUT 91
Plate 23 Men's huts, Challicum, 1848 96
Plate 24 View from window of hut, Challicum, 1850 99
Plate 25 Cultivation paddock, Challicum 102
Plate 26 Poultry house, Challicum, 1851 104
Plate 27 Lambing station, Challicum 108
Plate 28 View from Waterloo Plains, looking towards Challicum 112
Plate 29 'Sheoaks' on the plains, Challicum ('Casuarinae') 114
Plate 30 Hut at Warrapengo, now Stoneleigh 116
Plate 31 [Wooded slopes of the Kangaroo Hills, the Pyrenees in the distance, Victoria] 120
Plate 32 On the plains near Challicum 123
Plate 33 [On the plains near Challicum] 123
Plate 34 Mount Emu 125
Plate 35 Up the Creek, Challicum Park 128
Plate 36 Challicum Park & the Green Hills 128
Plate 37 Mount Lanjirin from the creek, Challicum Park 128
Plate 38 [Ramenong hut, Fiery Creek, Victoria, 1853] 132
Plate 39 Mount Cole, Pyrenees in distance, THE WOODED SLOPES OF THE 'KANGAROO HILLS', AUSTRALIA 137
Plate 40 on mount N0.4 Challicum, 3[r]d. hut, as enlarged, 1845. on frame N0.4 Challicum, Third hut, 1854. As enlarged in 1845. 142
Plate 41 Panorama of Challicum 144
Commentary 1 Anglo-Indian Involvement 151
Commentary 2 Pivotal Prospects 157
Commentary 3 Duncan Cooper's Beneficiaries 161
Commentary 4 Challicum: The Sequel 166
Appendix The Challicum Woolpress 171
INDEX 173

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Cooper, Duncan, Brown, P. L and National Library of Australia. The Challicum sketch book 1842-53 : and supplementary paintings by Duncan Elphinstone Cooper reproduced from the originals held in the National Library of Australia Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1987. Web. 19 April 2024 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-5877590>

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