Burra Burra Copper Mine [B 69728] • Artwork
Burra Burra Copper Mine
Four scenes from the Burra Burra Copper Mine engraved for a newspaper page for the "Illustrated London News", 2 December 1848, page 339. The views have been later hand-coloured. The scenes are (1) Kooringa - The Burra Burra township; (2) Opening of Lode in Stock's air-hole, in the mine; (3) Interior of the mine; and (4) Burra Burra Mines - the surface operations. Newspaper text is inserted between the scenes, including "We are indebted for the drawings of our illustrations to Mr. J.B. Graham, who has recently returned from Australia, where, after a few years' labour, he has realised a handsome fortune from his shares in the Burra Burra Mine."
Kooringa township
'Kooringa - the Burra Burra township', one of four scenes engraved for a newspaper page for the "Illustrated London News", 2 December 1848, and later hand-coloured, about the Burra Burra Copper Mine, and based on the 1847 watercolour by S.T. Gill.
Interior scene in the Burra Mine
'Opening of Lode in Stock's air-hole, in the mine', one of four scenes engraved for a newspaper page for the "Illustrated London News", 2 December 1848, and later hand-coloured, about the Burra Burra Copper Mine, and based on the 1847 watercolour by S.T. Gill. Gill has included himself in the foreground drawing the scene, while a man beside him holds a candle.
Interior scene in the Burra Mine
'Interior of the mine', one of four scenes engraved for a newspaper page for the "Illustrated London News", 2 December 1848, and later hand-coloured, about the Burra Burra Copper Mine, and based on the 1847 watercolour by S.T. Gill. A man in the foreground holding a candle may be Gill, who is watching a 'tributer' ramming home a charge of gunpowder.
The surface operations at the Burra Mine
'Burra Burra mine, the surface operations', one of four scenes engraved for a newspaper page for the "Illustrated London News", 2 December 1848, and later hand-coloured, about the Burra Burra Copper Mine, and based on the 1847 watercolour by S.T. Gill. A horse-whim used for hauling ore and water can be seen near the centre of the picture; at front is a group of Aboriginal people and a European woman and her child.