14 Dec 2012 - 21 Apr 2013 | Open daily 10am-5pm
Free exhibition & program of events
Philip Bacon Gallery | level 4 | State Library of Queensland
19th century pastoral life on the Darling Downs comes alive in this intimate exhibition of treasures at SLQ. Explore the prized possessions as well as photo albums, planting journals, and other records of farm life of the Europeans who settled in the Darling Downs from 1839. Popularly known as the ‘shepherd kings’ and ‘grass dukes’, they lived up to their image as antipodean aristocrats, erecting fine homesteads, grand stables and woolsheds and transforming the landscape with exotic plants and formal gardens. Properties featured include Canning Downs, Glengallan, Maryvale, Westbrook, Yandilla and Talgai stations.
This exhibition welcomes home to Queensland the Archive of Sir Arthur Hodgson, a prominent colonial politician and original owner of Eton Vale station. This unique collection, consisting of manuscripts, photographs, artworks and medals dating from the 1860s, has, until recently, been held in a private collection in England. Grass Dukes and Shepherd Kings provides an insight into the lives of the early ‘squatters’ who grew in pastoral and political power.
Anthony Alder (1838 – 1915), Lincoln sheep, Homeward Laddie, 1895, Oil on canvas, 109 x 135 cm, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. ACC: 28082
Anthony Alder (1838 – 1915), Lincoln sheep, Homeward Laddie (Detail), 1895, Oil on canvas, 109 x 135 cm, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. ACC: 28082
Anthony Alder (1838 – 1915), Lincoln sheep, Homeward Laddie (Detail), 1895, Oil on canvas, 109 x 135 cm, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. ACC: 28082
East Talgai Station, East Talgai Station Garden Book, 1869-1941, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, ACC: 1375; R 1152
East Talgai Station, Detail of spine, East Talgai Station Garden Book, 1869-1941, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, ACC: 1375; R 1152
William Henry Binsted (1835 ? – 1918), Sketch of the Canning Downs Run on the Darling Downs in the Colony of Queensland, c.1865. Indian ink and watercolour on tracing paper, laid down on cotton. Signed lower right, 'W.H. Binsted Licensed Surveyor Warwick', John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, ACC: 6263
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Heinrich Muller, Staff picnic in the Darling Downs area, From Davenport Album, 1877, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. ACC: 9949
Heinrich Muller, Staff picnic in the Darling Downs area (Detail), From Davenport Album, 1877, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. ACC: 9949
Heinrich Muller, Staff picnic in the Darling Downs area (Detail), From Davenport Album, 1877, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. ACC: 9949
Heinrich Muller, Staff picnic in the Darling Downs area (Detail of hand painted birds), From Davenport Album, 1877, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. ACC: 9949
Heinrich Muller, Western Creek Station in the Cecil Plains District of Queensland, From Davenport Album, 1877, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. ACC: 9949
Heinrich Muller, Headington Hill From Davenport Album, 1877, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. ACC: 9949
Mary & Emily Bode, George Carr Clark, Benjamin Leigh, et al, Images from issues of the Maryvale Gazette, 1892 – 1893, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Acc: 28154
Mary & Emily Bode, George Carr Clark, Benjamin Leigh, et al, Images from issues of the Maryvale Gazette, 1892 – 1893, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Acc: 28154
Christian Ludwig Qwist (1818 – 1877), The John Watts necklace, c.1868, 18 carat gold. Length: 40 cm; largest locket: 3.5 cm x 3 cm, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. ACC: 6681
Christian Ludwig Qwist (1818 – 1877), The John Watts necklace, c.1868, 18 carat gold. Length: 40 cm; largest locket: 3.5 cm x 3 cm, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. ACC: 6681
![Freeman Brothers Studio, Arthur Hodgson, c.1855 Daguerreotype photograph, 12.5 x 10 cm [dimensions of image in gilt frame] in leather case stamped ‘Freeman Brothers Sydney’. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Arthur Hodgson Archive. ACC: 28715](http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0017/230831/varieties/w920.jpg)
Freeman Brothers Studio, Arthur Hodgson, c.1855 Daguerreotype photograph, 12.5 x 10 cm [dimensions of image in gilt frame] in leather case stamped ‘Freeman Brothers Sydney’. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Arthur Hodgson Archive. ACC: 28715
![Freeman Brothers Studio, Arthur Hodgson,c.1855 Daguerreotype photograph (Detail), 12.5 x 10 cm [dimensions of image in gilt frame] in leather case stamped ‘Freeman Brothers Sydney’. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Arthur Hodgson Archive. ACC: 28715](http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0005/230837/varieties/w920.jpg)
Freeman Brothers Studio, Arthur Hodgson, c.1855 Daguerreotype photograph (Detail), 12.5 x 10 cm [dimensions of image in gilt frame] in leather case stamped ‘Freeman Brothers Sydney’. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Arthur Hodgson Archive. ACC: 28715
J.W. Buxton (1832-1902), Squatting Map of the Darling Downs District, - Queensland; Shewing the Proposed Line of Railway, Pre-emptive Purchases, Townships, Reserves, Roads & approximate boundaries of Runs, with Head Stations; Brisbane. 1864, 51 x 38cm, Image courtesy of Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying, Department of Natural Resources and Mines.John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland RBM 843.1 1864 00383 E
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![George Knight Erskine Fairholme (1822–1889), Australia. Driving in the herd, c.1845 [No. 1] Hand-coloured lithograph, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland ACC: 5753](http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0014/231044/varieties/w920.jpg)
George Knight Erskine Fairholme (1822–1889), Australia. Driving in the herd, c.1845 [No. 1] Hand-coloured lithograph, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland ACC: 5753
![George Knight Erskine Fairholme (1822–1889), Australia. Driving in the herd (Detail), c.1845 [No. 1] Hand-coloured lithograph, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland ACC: 5753](http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0015/231045/varieties/w920.jpg)
George Knight Erskine Fairholme (1822–1889), Australia. Driving in the herd (Detail), c.1845 [No. 1] Hand-coloured lithograph, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland ACC: 5753
Photographer unknown, The main cottage on Canning Downs Station c.1859, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Negative Number: 45425
Photographer unknown, Front entrance of Glengallan homestead, c.1894, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland ACC: 84-11-1; Negative number: 47292
Photographer unknown, Glengallan House, From “Views of Queensland” Photograph Album, c.1875 John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland APO 26; ACC: 6193; Image No: APO-026-0001-0016
