Australia Collection (page 18)

Captain Cooks landing place, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Botany Bay is a bay near Sydney where James Cook made his first landfall on Australian soil in 1770

Captain Cook claims Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1770 (1886). James Cook proclaiming New South Wales a British possession after landing there on his first voyage of discovery

Natives opposing Captain Cooks landing, Australia, 1770 (1886). Artist: W Macleod
Natives opposing Captain Cooks landing, Australia, 1770 (1886). Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

Tasmans Carpenter Landing, 1644 (1886). Dutch explorer Abel Tasman mapped the north coast of Australia in 1644. He is best known for his discovery of Tasmania two years previously

The Duyfken in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, 1606 (1886). Artist: W Mollier
The Duyfken in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, 1606 (1886). The ship commanded by the Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon, who in 1606 became the first European known to have seen Australia

Torres sighting Cape York, 1606, (1886). Artist: Julian Ashton
Luis Vaez de Torres sighting Cape York, 1606, (1886). Cape York Peninsula in Queensland is the northernmost extremity of Australia

Launceston, from Cataract Bridge, Tasmania, Australia, 1886. Launceston is a small city in the north of the state of Tasmania

Beaconsfield Gold Mines, Tasmania, Australia, 1886. Gold was discovered near Beaconsfield in 1869 and the town boomed after mining began in 1877

Hobart from McGregors Gardens, Tasmania, Australia, 1886. Artist: Albert Henry Fullwood
Hobart from McGregors Gardens, Tasmania, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

Cape Raoul, Tasmania, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

Howick Street, Perth, Australia, 1886. Perth is the capital city of the Australian state of Western Australia. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Port Darwin, 1886. Artist: Albert Henry Fullwood
Port Darwin, 1886. Darwin is the territorial capital city of Australias Northern Territory. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Camels carrying wool, 1886. Artist: Frank P Mahony
Camels carrying wool, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co)

Ostrich farm near Port Augusta, South Australia, 1886. Artist: Frank P Mahony
Ostrich farm near Port Augusta, South Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

Port Adelaide, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co, 1886)

Adelaide, from the River Torrens, 1886. Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Valley Lake, Mount Gambier, South Australia, 1886. Artist: H Baker
Valley Lake, Mount Gambier, South Australia, 1886. Mount Gambier, first seen by European settlers in 1800, is thought to have been the first geographical feature in South Australia to be identified

The Jubilee Exhibition, 1886. Artist: WC Fitler
The Jubilee Exhibition, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co)

Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler, (1886). Gawler (1795-1869) was the second governor of South Australia, from 1838-1841. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II

Sir Henry Edward Fox Young, (1886). Fox Young (1808-1870) was the fifth Governor of South Australia, from 1848-1854. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, (1886). MacDonnell (1814-1881) was a British lawyer, judge and colonial governor. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

The Right Honourable Sir James Fergusson, 1886. Fergusson (1832-1907) was a British politician and governor of South Australia

Sir Samuel James Way, 1886. Way (1836-1916), was an English-Australian jurist, was a Chief Justice of South Australia. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe, (1886). Holt Robe (1801-1871) was the fourth Governor of South Australia, from 1845-1848

Sir Dominic Daly, 1886. Daly was Roman Catholic governor of South Australia, from 1862-1868. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Captain John Hindmarsh, RN, KH, 1886. Hindmarsh, of the Royal Navy, was the first Governor of South Australia, holding the post from 1836 to 1838

An Aboriginal Warrior, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co)

A Native Wurley, 1886. Artist: A Irwin
A Native Wurley, 1886. Australian aboriginals in a wurley or hut. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Turtle Catching, 1886. Artist: Julian Ashton
Turtle Catching, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co, 1886)

The Barron Falls near Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 1886. Artist: JR Ashton
The Barron Falls near Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 1886. Barron Falls is a 230-metre high waterfall. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Pearl Fishery, Torres Strait, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

Lion Island, Australia, 1886. Lion Island is in the Hawkesbury River just inside the entrance to Broken Bay, New South Wales

Crushing the Cane, 1886. Artist: W Mollier
Crushing the Cane, 1886. Australian aboriginal people working on a sugar plantation. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

The Bridge, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 1886. Artist: WC Fitler
The Bridge, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 1886. View of the Fitzroy Bridge chain suspension bridge over the Fitzroy River

In The Botanical Gardens, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

Parliament House, Brisbane, Australia, 1886. Parliament House in Brisbane is the seat of the Parliament of Queensland. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

The Queensland Club, Australia, 1886. The Club, founded in 1862, was opposite the botanic gardens in Brisbane. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Queen Street, at the Edward Street Corner, Brisbane, 1860, (1886). Artist: WC Fitler
Queen Street, at the Edward Street Corner, Brisbane, 1860, (1886). View of Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia

Brisbane From Bowen Terrace, 1886. View of steamships in the harbour at Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia

Blackfellow Mending His Net, Australia, 1886. An aboriginal man repairing his net. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

An Aboriginal Woman, 1886. Artist: WA Hirschmann
An Aboriginal Woman, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co)

The First House In Brisbane, Australia, 1886. Artist: Georgius
The First House In Brisbane, Australia, 1886. Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

The Death Of Kennedy, Queensland, Australia, 1848, (1886). British-born explorer Edmund Kennedy (1818-1848) was killed by an aboriginals spear during his attempt to travel from Rockingham Bay to Cape

Native Troopers Dispersing A Camp, Australia, 1886. Artist: Frank P Mahony
Native Troopers Dispersing A Camp, Australia, 1886. An aboriginal man being chased away from his camp during the colonisation of Australia

Captain Cook sighting the Glasshouse Mountains, 1770, (Queensland, Australia, 1886). Artist: Julian Ashton
Captain Cook sighting the Glasshouse Mountains, 1770, (Queensland, Australia, 1886). Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Brisbane Observatory, 1886. Sir Thomas Brisbane established Australias first significant observatory. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

The Queens Statue, Brisbane, Australia, 1886. Sculpture of Queen Victoria in Queensland. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran

Hop Picking near Bairnsdale, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

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