ca. 1868
Description
Contents: "This work depicts the departure of H.M.S. Galatea from Sydney (presumably April 1868). There are two steamers following the Galatea, which are the Emu and the Pelican. At the left of the work is North Head coastline. The South Head Old Macquarie Lighthouse is visible on the right, with the South Head Congregational Chapel, constructed in 1839 and demolished in 1910. There are several spectator boats viewing the departure, which are filled with people, in addition to small human figures on the South Head coast."
Biographical History: Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, was given command of the wooden steam frigate H.M.S. Galatea in 1866. He visited Australia as part of a world tour, going to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Tasmania. On 21 January 1868, the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in Sydney. His stay in Sydney lasted four months, departing in April 1868. On 12 March 1868 while attending a picnic at Clontarf, he was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt by Fenian sympathiser Henry James O'Farrell. The Duke of Edinburgh was the first royal visitor to arrive on Australian shores.
Image Licence
Out of copyright
Image Credit
Courtesy of Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Location
Hornby Lighthouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Country
Australia
Tags
Category
Travel & Transport
