William J. ALLOM (1832–1902)

Townsville [painted from Evans Deakin slipway, Ross Creek]  1884
Oil on canvas
61 x 107 cm
Purchased 1995 with the assistance of Mr Paul Martinez of Wilson, Ryan and Grose
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville

Thomas BAINES (1820–75)

Group of explorers with horses, Northern Territory  1857
Oil on canvas
45.1 x 65.5 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Gouty stem tree, Adansonia Gregorii, 58 feet circumference, near a creek south-east of Stokes Range, Victoria River  1868
Oil on canvas 
45.2 x 66.5 cm
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Stampede of the pack-horses on starting for the interior of Australia from the main camp on the Victoria River  1868
Oil on canvas 
45.7 x 66.2 cm
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

The Baines River and its side channel just above Curiosity Peak, Victoria River, North Australia  1868
Oil on canvas 
45.7 x 66 cm
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Watering party of the North Australian Expedition under a clump of pandanus at Quail Island, Paterson’s Bay  1868
Oil on canvas 
45.7 x 66.5 cm
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Ferdinand BAUER (1760–1826)

Anoplocapros inermis  n.d.
Watercolour on paper
15.4 x 20.3 cm  
The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London

Aprosmictus erythropterus  n.d.
Watercolour on paper
30.4 x 38 cm  
The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London

Cycas media  n.d.
Watercolour on paper
52.5 x 35.8 cm
The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London

Eriosema chinense  n.d.
Watercolour on paper
52.4 x 35.3 cm
The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London

Flindersia australis  n.d.
Watercolour on paper
52.1 x 34.8 cm
The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London

Grevillea banksii  n.d.
Watercolour on paper
52.5 x 35.6 cm
The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London

Platycerus adscitus palliceps  n.d.
Watercolour on paper
25.3 x 38 cm  
The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London

E. P. BEDWELL

Somerset, Cape York, Queensland  1872
Watercolour on paper
14.1 x 23.7 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Richard Bridges BEECHEY (1808–95)

Lt. J. Stokes speared in the lungs while discovering the Victoria River, Australia 1839  1863
Oil on canvas
64.6 x 91.6 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Edward BEVAN (1854–98)

Castle Hill  1886
Oil on canvas
52.8 x 82.4 cm
John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane

Sir Oswald Walters BRIERLY (1817–94)

Coral Beach, possibly on an island in the Inner Passage  n.d.
Watercolour on paper 
13.2 x 26.3 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

Lizard Island  1848
Watercolour on paper 
13 x 35.8 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

Native bier, Port Essington  1848
Ink and grey wash, heightened with white on paper 
10.9 x 17.8 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

Watering place — Dunk Island  1848
Pencil on paper 
29.7 x 23.6 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

James EMERY (1794/95–1889)

Barrow Island  1840
Watercolour on paper 
33 x 23 cm
Rare Books Collection, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide

Depuch Island  1840
Watercolour on paper 
33 x 23 cm
Rare Books Collection, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide

Depuch Island  1840
Watercolour on paper 
33 x 23 cm
Rare Books Collection, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide

Turtle Island  1840
Watercolour on paper 
33 x 23 cm
Rare Books Collection, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide

S. T. GILL (1819–80)

(Burke and Wills arrival at the Gulf of Carpentaria)  n.d.
Watercolour on paper 
27.6 x 41.8 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

Graham GORE (?–1847)

Burial Reach, Flinders River, Queensland  c.1841
Oil on canvas
61.2 x 91.9 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Lucy GRAY

An interesting figure in a flowing white dress sailing along the hot sands  1868
Ink on paper
20 x 25 cm
John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane

Isaac Walter JENNER (1836–1902)

Captain Kiddles Pearl Shelling Station, Prince of Wales Island, Torres Strait  1897
Oil on canvas
24.4 x 44.6 cm
Cairns Regional Gallery

Townsville  c.1900
Oil on canvas
20.7 x 40.9 cm
Purchased 1975
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

Phillip Parker KING (1791–1856)

A Malay fleet watering at Sims Island with a distant view of the Tor and Wellington Range in Arnhem’s Land  1818
Watercolour on paper 
18.3 x 23.6 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

Descarte Island, one of the Institute Islands of Capt. Baudin  c.1820
Watercolour on paper
8.5 x 11.5 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Entrance of Endeavour River  n.d.
Ink and wash on paper 
15 x 20.2 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

Melville Island  n.d.
Pen, ink and wash on paper 
14.8 x 23 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

North Coast  n.d.
Watercolour on paper 
7.7 x 11.6 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

Raffles Bay  n.d.
Watercolour on paper 
18.3 x 23.8 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

The “Mermaid” under repair at Careening Bay on the Kimberley coast  1820
W
atercolour and pencil on paper 
14.9 x 20.6 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

Charles Alexandre LESUEUR (1778–1846)
Conus miles  1801–03
Watercolour and pencil on blue tinted paper
10.5 x 11.5 cm
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre

Drupina grossularia  1801–03
Watercolour on blue tinted paper
6 x 13 cm
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre

Pterois volitans  1801–03
Pencil on paper
21.5 x 29 cm
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre

Various gasteropods  1801–03
Watercolour on blue tinted paper
10 x 28 cm
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre

Cassiopea andromeda  1804–06
Watercolour and pencil on vellum
25.5 x 40.5 cm
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre

Charles Alexandre LESUEUR (1778–1846)
or Nicolas PETIT (1777–1804)

Terre de Witt  1801–03
Watercolour on paper
21.5 x 27.5 cm
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre

John MacARTHUR (1791–1862)

General view of Port Essington, N.T., Australia  184-
Watercolour on paper
33.6 x 92 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Annie Pring MARTEN

Somerset — telegraph and naval station — Cape York, Queensland  1872
Watercolour on paper
21.8 x 28.7 cm
Collection of Mackay City Council 

The verandah “Winterbourne”  1873
Watercolour on paper
25.6 x 35.1 cm
Collection of Mackay City Council

Winterbourne — drawing room  1873
Watercolour on paper
17.5 x 25.5 cm
Collection of Mackay City Council

Harriet Jane NEVILLE-ROLFE (1850–1928)

Chinaman’s garden, Frankfield  1884
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper on cardboard
15.3 x 22.8 cm
Gift of the artist’s son in her memory 1964
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

Dam at the water hole  1884
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper
25.3 x 17.7 cm
Gift of the artist’s son in her memory 1964
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

Frederick Polydore NODDER

Clerodendrum floribundum  1778
Watercolour and ink on paper
54.5 x 36 cm
The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London

Passiflora aurantia  1780
Watercolour and ink on paper
54.5 x 36.5 cm
The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London

Velleia pubescens  1780
Watercolour and ink on paper
54.5 x 36.5 cm
The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London

Sydney PARKINSON (1745–71)

Passiflora aurantia  c.1770
Pencil on paper
54 x 36.5 cm
The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London

Nicolas PETIT (1777–1804)

Bust of an Aborigine  1801
Pastel, charcoal, ink and pencil on paper
25.5 x 23 cm
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre

Edwin Augustus PORCHER (?–1878)

Australia, portable observatory at Cape Upstart  1843
Watercolour on paper
20 x 28.7 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Australia, Port Molle on the NE coast, where the remains of a wreck was discovered  1843
Watercolour on paper
17.9 x 35.5 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Australia, wigwams at Gould Island  1843
Watercolour on paper
17.2 x 25.3 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Australia, settlement at Port Essington  1845
Watercolour on paper
17.4 x 28 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Pacific Ocean, a native canoe meeting strangers off the Murray Islands  1845
Watercolour on paper
26 x 36 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Ellis ROWAN (1848–1922)

(Flowers, Somerset, Queensland)  c.1891
Watercolour on paper
53.2 x 38.5 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

(Melaleuca, Cooktown)  c.1891
Watercolour on paper
54.7 x 38 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Mollinedia, Dysoxylon, Herbert River  c.1891
Watercolour on paper
54.8 x 38 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Owen STANLEY (1811–50)

H. M. S. Pelorus at low water  1839
Watercolour on paper 
16 x 23.9 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

Kennedy’s first camp, May 25, 1848  1848
Watercolour on paper 
17.3 x 25.6 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

Native huts, Evans Bay, C[ape] York, Novr. 1849  1849
Watercolour on paper 
18 x 26 cm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

William WESTALL (1781–1850)

Arnhem Land, a view on the north-east coast  1803
Pencil on paper
20 x 29.3 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra

View of Cape Townsend taken from Mount Westall, March 1802  c.1812
Oil on canvas
101.5 x 127 cm
Ministry of Defence Art Collection, London

View of Port Bowen, Queensland, August 1802  c.1812
Oil on canvas
87 x 127.5 cm
Ministry of Defence Art Collection, London

View of Sir Edward Pellew’s group, Northern Territory, December 1802  c.1812
Oil on canvas
61 x 86.5 cm
Ministry of Defence Art Collection, London

Views of the east coast of Australia  c.1805 (3 images)
Watercolour on paper
31.3 x 44.4 cm (overall sheet size)
National Library of Australia, Canberra

Wreck of the Porpoise, Flinders Expedition  1803
Watercolour on paper
31.2 x 46 cm
National Library of Australia, Canberra