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Edward John Eyre [B 11107] • Artwork

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Summary

Edward John Eyre, from a drawing by Witkin. Original drawing part of Parliament House collection, Adelaide (1949). The drawing was presented to the South Australian Government in 1948 by Lt. Col ARG Gordon (Ireland), a grandson of Edward John Eyre. Eyre went on two expeditions to the Flinders Ranges and west to beyond Ceduna. Later he was the first European to traverse the coastline of the Great Australian Bight towards Albany in Western Australia. He travelled with his Aboriginal companion Wylie

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Physical description

Photograph of artwork; 19.2 cm x 15.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

1845

Collections

Part of Portrait Collection
Part of Artwork Collection (WITHDRAWN)

Subject

Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901
Explorers -- Australia

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General notes

Original not held.

Digitisation information

Date

22/08/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,340 x 3,382 pixels (7.9 MP)

Size

7.92 MB

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