View of Tower Hill by Eugene von Guérard - Tower Hill, Victoria
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S 38° 18.866 E 142° 22.680
54H E 620469 N 5758399
The original painting is on exhibition at the Warrnambool Art Gallery S38° 23.189 E142° 28.920
Waymark Code: WMPK8Y
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 09/12/2015
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Tower Hill has been described as a nested caldera, 'a series of small volcanic cones that formed in depression created by the collapse of a major cone'.
The work was commissioned by James Dawson of 'Kangatong near Warrnambool. In 1966, Mrs E. Thornton, the grand daughter of James Dawson, presented the work to the Victorian Fisheries and Wildlife Division, and since 1978, the work has been on loan to the Warrnambool Art Gallery.
Eugene von Guerard's accuracy and commitment to detail of vegetation in this work, helped restore the vegetation of Tower Hill back to its natural state. It is the classic example of where a painting, by a realist artist, at a time when photography was in its infancy, can be a very valuable conservation resource.
Note in the painting, the Aborigines camping in the foreground.
Tower Hill was the first declared National Park in Victoria. Today, thanks to the replanting of the vegetation natural to this area, there has been a considerable increase in the native wildlife, and many species, long absent from the area, have now returned.
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The original painting is on exhibition at the Warrnambool Art Gallery S38° 23.189 E142° 28.920
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