Description
Rare c.19th lithograph of one of Mitchell’s party meeting the chief of the Bogan tribe, New South Wales, by Thomas Mitchell (1792 – 1855).
The river was crossed by John Oxley in 1817, but was named by Charles Sturt in his 1828-9 expedition as New Years Creek on 1 January 1829. It was also called the Bogan River prior to Major Sir Thomas Mitchell reaching it in 1835.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 2811.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney, 1987 : 129.
Collections:
State Library Victoria: SLT 919.44 M69T
State Library New South Wales: MMS ID 991013765779702626
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 1090579
