Map of Overland Expedition to Port Essington, by Ludwig Leichhardt dutch map where young painters like Tom

where young painters like Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton whiled away the 1890s depression in creative bliss at places like Balmoral and the Curlew Camp at little Sirius Cove

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Illustrative bird's-eye view of Melbourne in of 1930s Melbourne

it was said to be surrounded by shark infested waters

French botanical artist Pancrace Bessa (1772–1846)

Map of Overland Expedition to Port Essington, by Ludwig Leichhardt dutch map where young painters like TomCreator Capt Perry Deputy Surveyor General NSW W. Baker printer Date 1846 Ludwig Leichhardt, (1813 1848), having been given up for dead, defied the odds and successfully made the journey from the Darling Downs in Qld to Port Essington (Arnhem Land, NT)On a later expedition, he was less fortunate, believed to have perished in the Simpson Desert while attempting to cross the continent from east to west. Patrick Whites novel Voss is based on the story