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Edward M. Curr and the Tide of History

Illustrations

 

Figure 1: Edward M. Curr. Engraving. State Library of Victoria, H15062.

Figure 2: John Curr’s rails and corves. John Curr, 1797, The Coal Viewer and Engine Builder’s Practical Companion (Sheffield: John Northall). Gale, Cengage Learning, The Making of the Modern World, 2012.

Figure 3: Van Diemen’s Land Company’s establishment at Circular Head. John Arrowsmith. Lithograph. James Bischoff, 1832, Sketch of the History of Van Diemen’s Land (London: J. Richardson). Australian National Maritime Museum, 00048295.

Figure 4: Van Diemen’s Land. Map by Peter Johnson.

Figure 5: Elizabeth Curr (c.1850). Photograph courtesy of Ian G. Curr.

Figure 6: Highfield, Circular Head. William Purser. Watercolour. National Library of Australia, nla.pic-an4911681.

Figure 7: Port Phillip District. Map by Peter Johnson.

Figure 8: Edward M. Curr’s Map of Bangerang territory. Edward M. Curr, 1886, The Australian Race (Melbourne: John Ferres, Govt. Printer), vol III, 566.

Figure 9: Map of the Runs of the Late Edward Curr, of St Heliers. Edward M. Curr, 1883, Recollections of Squatting in Victoria (Melbourne: G. Robertson).

Figure 10: Aboriginal Fishing Camp on the River Murray, Near Lake Moira (1872). Samuel Calvert. Engraving. State Library of Victoria, IAN21/05/72/117.

Figure 11: Warrie. William Thomas [?]. Sketch. State Library of Victoria, R. Brough Smyth papers, MS 8781 Box 1176/7(a).

Figure 12: Edward M. Curr’s Mediterranean tour. Map by Peter Johnson.

Figure 13: New Zealand. Map by Peter Johnson.

Figure 14: Eastern Australia. Map by Peter Johnson.

Figure 15: E.M. Curr (1872). Thomas Foster Chuck. Photograph. State Library of Victoria, H5056/235.

Figure 16: Edward M. Curr. Painting. Edward M. Curr, 1965, Recollections of Squatting in Victoria, edited by Harley W. Forster. Abridged (Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press).

Figure 17: The Aboriginal Settlement at Coranderrk (1865). Charles Walter. Engraving. State Library of Victoria, H4082.

Figure 18: Mr. John Green (1865). Charles Walter. Engraving. State Library of Victoria, IAN25/08/65/13.

Figure 19: Albert Le Souëf (1872). Thomas Foster Chuck. Photograph. State Library of Victoria, H5056/567.

Figure 20: William Barak (1876). Photograph. National Archives of Australia, A1200, L22062.

Figure 21: General view of Aboriginal Mission Station, Coranderrk (1880). Fred Kruger. Photograph. State Library of Victoria, H2006.123/9.

Figure 22: Extract from a vocabulary of the Kamilaroi, Leichardt River, supplied by Montagu Curr. Edward M. Curr, 1886, The Australian Race (Melbourne: John Ferres, Govt. Printer), vol. II, 320.

Figure 23: Title Page of The Australian Race signed by Edward M. Curr. Menzies Library, The Australian National University.

Figure 24: R. Brough Smyth (c.1880). George Gordon McCrae. Drawing. National Library of Australia, nla.pic-an6312205.

Figure 25: R. Brough Smyth’s ‘fish-hook’. Edward M. Curr, 1886, The Australian Race (Melbourne: John Ferres, Govt. Printer), vol I, 146-47.

Figure 26: James Dawson (1892). Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Co. Photograph. State Library of Victoria, H2998/84.

Figure 27: A.W. Howitt (1895). Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Co. Photograph. State Library of Victoria, IAN01/08/95/4.

Figure 28: Edward M. Curr (c.1880). Photograph courtesy of Ian G. Curr.


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