tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127190147676724766.post2659094978556155662..comments2024-01-14T16:42:25.693+11:00Comments on Barwon Blog: Two von Guerards for the price of one!Jo Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08109720134974590748noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127190147676724766.post-7756236277343264972017-03-20T15:16:36.655+11:002017-03-20T15:16:36.655+11:00Oops! Forgot the links for the other sketches!
Pro...Oops! Forgot the links for the other sketches!<br />Prout: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17754325?q=%22barrabool+hills%22&c=picture&versionId=20826839<br />Gilbert: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/179890605?q=%22barrabool+hills%22&c=picture&versionId=195811723Jo Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109720134974590748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127190147676724766.post-80397091428861857472017-03-20T15:14:08.494+11:002017-03-20T15:14:08.494+11:00Hi Steve,
Thanks! I'm glad the blog is of inte...Hi Steve,<br />Thanks! I'm glad the blog is of interest. I have heard of this use of 19th century artists and written descriptions as an aid to re-vegetating the landscape.<br />A good starting point would be to look at the pictures section of trove.nla.gov.au to see what pictures are still around. The following link from that site:<br />http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/218588332?q=%22barrabool+hills%22&c=picture&versionId=239897032<br />shows a sketch from 1847. It was made from the Barrabool Hills looking back towards Barwon Heads and looks to have been made from a very similar position to a sketch made by von Guerard in 1854. George Hook and I believe the EVG sketch was made from the home of John Highett at what is now Montpellier Park.<br />The earlier sketch by George Alexander Gilbert looks to have been made from a similar angle, but from higher ground. Both sketches show significant numbers of trees between what is now Geelong and the Heads.<br />This 1847 sketch by JS Prout looks towards Corio Bay from the Barrabool Hills (possibly a similar location to the other sketches, but that's a guess). There are perhaps less trees, but by 1847 there would already have been 10 years of clearing around Geelong.<br />The following is another 1847 sketch by Gilbert made from the top of Fyansford Hill (the Deviation Hill) overlooking Fyansford. The house is the old "Swan Inn", the Barrabool Hills - with trees - are behind.<br />The journals section of Trove may also have written accounts. I believe some written accounts of the Barrabool Hills do exist, but I don't have those references.<br />I hope this helps and would love to hear how you get on.<br />Cheers,<br />JoJo Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109720134974590748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127190147676724766.post-54641098955998247682017-03-20T13:31:06.942+11:002017-03-20T13:31:06.942+11:00Hi Jo,
Congratulations on your amazing blog. I'...Hi Jo,<br />Congratulations on your amazing blog. I'm part of a Landcare group researching and reconstruction a list of the vegetation of the Barrabool Hills. I particularly valued your discussion of artist Charles Norton and his depictions of the BH. Even these early records seem to show very little surviving vegetation. Have you come across any earlier descriptions of the BH that might give us some insights into what grew there and how the BH looked at the beginning of white settlement. Thanks Steve Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16113841081477732376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127190147676724766.post-9369286800805022572016-07-28T08:26:02.383+10:002016-07-28T08:26:02.383+10:00Thanks Marg! Not originally my idea - I've bee...Thanks Marg! Not originally my idea - I've been in contact with George Hook ( http://www.hulballarat.org.au/blog/index.php/tag/george-hook/ ) who is the real expert on the subject but I'm really enjoying this way of looking at the Barwon!<br />Glad others are too!Jo Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109720134974590748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127190147676724766.post-75801906221468955992016-07-27T23:17:44.372+10:002016-07-27T23:17:44.372+10:00Fascinating stuff Jo. Love your idea of looking th...Fascinating stuff Jo. Love your idea of looking through the 'artist's eye'. MargAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098329711729703398noreply@blogger.com