Sujet

King George's Sound, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

King George's Sound, 1857. View near '...the southwestern extremity of the Australian continent. It consists of an outer sound and two inner basins or harbours, which are perfectly landlocked, and afford every security for ships. The basin, called Princess Royal Harbour...can be entered by vessels of considerable size, which ride at anchor close to the shore, in perfect security. The other basin, called Oyster Harbour, is not so secure. As there is no harbour within a great distance of it, either on the southern or western coast of Australia, which offers such advantages as King George's Sound, colonists were sent there from Sydney as early as 1826; and this settlement has been of great advantage to the colony of Swan River...it is very conveniently situated for the purposes of refreshment and refitting vessels bound to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land...The natives...are friendly to settlers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A76_228

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

21,6Mo (1,6Mo) / 31,8cm x 17,0cm / 3761 x 2006 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river Australia industry harbour ship ships British geography color Western Australia colony industrial settlement location century Colonial empire Britain newspapers press B&W swan river engraved engraving sailing ship sailing ships Colour shipping Industry 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector British Empire colonialism geographical feature Illustrated London News imperialism TGN wood engraving ILN newspaper landscape Swan River Colony Unknown 19th-century King George's Sound Princess Royal Harbour