Here's Port Adelaide in the 1840s.

Use the interactive map to see the port from the (literal) points of view of colonial artists. Overlaid on an historical map.

I've just updated this map - first developed in 2020 - with new content and a nicer "feel". (Best with computer or tablet, not phone.)

#PortAdelaide #SouthAustralia #1840s #HistoryAU #HistoricalMapping #uMap #ArtHistoryAU #S_T_Gill

Link via: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_in_Maps.htm#Port%20Adelaide

NEW ARTICLE: S.T. Gill 1848

* My first project article since November
* Extending the narrative and catalogue of the colonial artist
* Australia's first major industrial strike
* Economic downturn
* Start of Gill's foray into prints with Adelaide arrival of lithographers Penman & Co.
* 2nd Adelaide Exhibition of Colonial Artists
* Controversial discovery: E.L. Montefiore mispresents Conrad Martens artworks as his own?

#HistoryAU #SouthAustralia #S_T_Gill #1840s #ArtHistoryAU #CatalogueRaisonné #ArtHistory

https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_1848.htm

Turns out there was economic depression in 1848 (Britain) and it would have affected demand for art. (Having written about the downturn in the 1849 chapter I should have remembered this!)

To get a further handle on its impact I used @wragge's QueryPic - thanks Tim! - to graph use of the word "depression" in - in this case - South Australian newspapers from 1839 to 1851.

The graph's October 1848 peak is really obvious. Also shows the late 1840s copper boom and December 1851 gold rush.

Tool: https://glam-workbench.net/trove-newspapers/#querypic (You'll need a TroveAPI key.)

Image: frequency chart of "depression" mentions in South Australian newspapers from 1839 to 1851.

#HistoryAU #ArtHistoryAU #S_T_Gill #SouthAustralia #GLAMWorkbench #TroveAU

The Lost Suburb of North Kew #Melbourne #Australia #historyvictoria #HistoryAu #AustraliaHistory #roads #highways #constructionAustralia

https://youtu.be/bHIwcONg7M4

Hear Australia as a “middle power”? Think “subimperial power”.
Hear “rules-based international order”? Think “US-led imperial order”.

In “Subimperial Power: Australia in the International Arena”, author Clinton Fernandes argues simply, concisely and convincingly this view of Australia’s place in the world.

Includes: history, British empire, free trade, resource export economy, military involvements, AUKUS, China, submarines.
#AUKUS #ForeignAffairsAU #HistoryAU #EconomicsAU #auspol

In libraries. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/251585513

Just finished reading. Thanks @luciedigitalni for recommending this book.

Unexpectedly came across 1860 photos of Burke and Wills expedition and camels (and drivers) in Royal Park #Melbourne before departure. Photos and sketches are in an album of colonial artist William Strutt.

View online at https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvEaQn/MQKK5vkGgp3Xm via #StateLibraryNSW

#WilliamStrutt #ColonialArtAU #1860 #EarlyPhotography #BurkeAndWills #HistoryAU

After 185 years Colonel William Light's map of Adelaide is now digital. His "Plan of the City..." includes the names of the original purchasers of the 1042 acre sections. Zoom in to an acre to see its buyer. See how many acres the great OG bought. Search by name.

The Light/Gliddon map was published in 1837, not 1840 as is often catalogued. It is the earliest published map of Adelaide and its individual acres.

My new research and interactive map: https://coombe.id.au/1840s_South_Australia/1837_Adelaide_Map_Original_Purchasers.htm

#Adelaide #SouthAustralia #WilliamLight #HistoryAU #FamilyHistoryAU #HistoricalMapping #uMap

I was once called an “interstate amateur art historian” in the press. My partner then gave me this T-shirt. I don’t think of myself as an historian, but I do admit to being interstate!

I think of myself more as an analyst in an historical sandpit. Also an “undollared scholar”.

I just finished reading “Rising Tensions in the New Age of the Everyman (and -woman) Historian: Why I’m Reluctant to Claim the Title Historian”, a chapter by Paul Daley in “The Australian History Industry” (2022).

Daley: “Labels, ultimately matter little. It’s what you bring to the table that counts. And there are plenty of seats.“

Borrowed from Libraries ACT.
#HistoryAU #histodons #CitizenHistory #ArtHistoryAU

Here's an interesting example of historical mapping taking form - century old detailed maps of St Kilda streets and buildings from the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) - digitised and overlayed on a modern map. It's early days - just put into a mosaic today. I think it'll benefit from cropping the map sheet images for a better overlap. (I georeference PROV maps as a volunteer. It can range in difficulty from the easy to a hard historical research task.)
#HistoricalMapping #StKilda #PROVmapWarper #HistoryAU #CitizenHumanities
Link to view map: https://mapwarper.prov.vic.gov.au/layers/11

Part 2 of Buckley & the Wathawurrung story is available. His recollections give us a fascinating insight into life amongst the Kulin Nations in pre-colonial times.

🎧 https://australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/2022/12/11/63-buckley-the-wathawurrung-pt-2/ 🎧

#Buckley #Wathawurrung #AustralianHistory #HistoryPodcast #history #histodons #HistoryAu #AusHistory #AustralianPodcast #AustralianStories #Podcast #AusPod

What a site - Melbourne from the air in 1945 and now. 😃
Zoom in and take a look from the link below.
🔗 http://1945.melbourne

#Melbourne #MelbourneHistory #Maps #Mapstodon #History #HistoryAu #AustralianHistory #AustralianStories #Histodons #AustralianPodcast #HistoryPodcast

They are trying very hard to stabilise Piano Rock on the road to Tamborine Mountain
#erosion #gravity
#HistoryAu #QldIcon
https://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/programs/drive/baffling-brisbane-and-the-mt-tamborine-piano-mystery/8457768