Donald Sydney Thistlethwayte drawings

Series 1: Works of art (1863-1892)

Series number
1
Series title
Works of art
Date
1863-1892
Scope and content

The collection consists of 5 sketches by Donald Sydney Thistlethwayte, depicting: Distribution of blankets to Aboriginal people Brisbane, 1863 ; Chinese workers on their way to the Ravenswood diggings ; Gold escort, to Townsville ; Wallaby hunt and skinning ; Junction of the Bremer with the Brisbane River ; and 1 sketch [by an unidentified artist] of Aboriginal people, False Bay Cairns.

Author / Creator
Thistlethwayte, Donald Sydney, 1842-1933
Description
6 sketches (pen and ink)
Additional format
Digital copies available
Locate
OMRR Box 14930 O/S
Access restrictions
Restricted access. 24 hours notice required.
Copyright status
Out of copyright
Conditions of use
You are free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.

Items in this series:

Government Bounty (24 May 1863)

Unit ID
6158/1
Item title
Government Bounty
Date
24 May 1863
Scope and content

Full title: 'Government Bounty - distribution of blankets to Brisbane Aborigines on the Queen's birthday, Brisbane, Queensland', 24 May 1863.

Author / Creator
Thistlethwayte, Donald Sydney, 1842-1933
Description
1 sketch
350 x 250 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
Access restrictions
Restricted access. 24 hours notice required.
Copyright status
Out of copyright
Conditions of use
You are free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.

Celestials on the way to the Ravenswood diggings (9 December 1870)

Unit ID
6158/2
Item title
Celestials on the way to the Ravenswood diggings
Date
9 December 1870
Scope and content

Full title 'Celestials on the way to the Ravenswood diggings', 9 December 1870

Author / Creator
Thistlethwayte, Donald Sydney, 1842-1933
Description
1 sketch
235 x 165 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
Access restrictions
Restricted access. 24 hours notice required.
Copyright status
Out of copyright
Conditions of use
You are free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.

Gold escort en route to Townsville (28 November 1870)

Unit ID
6158/3
Item title
Gold escort en route to Townsville
Date
28 November 1870
Scope and content

Full title: 'The Gilbert, Cape River and Ravenswood Gold Escort en route to Townsville, Kennedy District, Queensland'. Showing 7 mounted troopers crossing a stream.

Author / Creator
Thistlethwayte, Donald Sydney, 1842-1933
Description
1 sketch
225 x 140 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
Access restrictions
Restricted access. 24 hours notice required.
Copyright status
Out of copyright
Conditions of use
You are free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.

Wallaby drive Queensland (undated)

Unit ID
6158/4
Item title
Wallaby drive Queensland
Date
undated
Scope and content

Full title: 'A wallaby drive Queensland, skinning the dead'. Depicts a group of Aboriginal people inside a palisade skinning animals.

Author / Creator
Thistlethwayte, Donald Sydney, 1842-1933
Description
1 sketch
235 x 165 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available

Junction of the Bremer with the Brisbane River (4 August 1866)

Unit ID
6158/5
Item title
Junction of the Bremer with the Brisbane River
Date
4 August 1866
Scope and content

Full title: 'Junction of the Bremer with the Brisbane River'. Depicts the confluence of the Brisbane and Bremer Rivers.

Author / Creator
Thistlethwayte, Donald Sydney, 1842-1933
Description
1 sketch
280 x 200 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available

Sunday visitors to our camp (27 November 1892)

Unit ID
6158/6
Item title
Sunday visitors to our camp
Date
27 November 1892
Scope and content

Sketch by another unknown artist titled: 'Sunday visitors to our camp, False Bay Cairns'. Sketches of Aboriginal people (5 half-length portraits, 2 full-length).

Description
1 sketch
220 x 160 mm
Additional format
Digital copy available
Access restrictions
Restricted access. 24 hours notice required.
Copyright status
Out of copyright
Conditions of use
You are free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.
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