Sketches of Australian Life and Scenery Complete in 12 Plates - Plate One: Sunday at the Diggings


Sketches of Australian Life and Scenery Complete in 12 Plates

Plate One: Sunday at the Diggings

Caption: The above is a most striking description of a scene commonly presented on the Sabbath day at a new Digging, or as it is technically termed in colonial parlance a "Rush," as the Rushes sometimes occur miles in the interior of the wild Bush, where in many instances the foot of the white man has never previously intruded, it is not astonishing that some time must lapse before a place of Worship is erected in that imposing style so characteristic among edifices in Australia intended for a temporary use, but still that want of convenience does not sometimes prevail one or two good Samaritans addressing their flocks, sans ceremonie, although we fear, among the numbers composing a flock on a new "Rush" their exist many black sheep.

Artist: Loosely based on drawings by S.T. Gill, including some plates from The Australian sketchbook. 

Provenance: Sketches of Australian Life and Scenery Complete in 12 Plates
Contributor: Paul Jerrard & Son
Contributor: Messrs. Newbold & Co.
Date of Publication: ca. 1865
Published by: Paul Jerrard & Son for the proprietors Messrs. Newbold & Co.
Place of Publishing: London (170 Fleet Street)
Copyright status: This work is out of copyright
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