Artist in Ink and Watercolours
Robert Hoddle is the earliest-known European artist to have depicted the A.C.T. area. Many of his works are held in the National Library of Australia, State Library of Victoria and the State Library of New South Wales.
Some of the paintings he made during this time are held at the National Library of Australia. They include:
- Ginninginderry, i.e. Ginninderra, Plains, New South Wales; watercolour
- Ginninginderry, i.e. Ginninderra, Plains; watercolour
Additional works by Hoddle include:
- View from Limestone Hill called Campbells Hill, New South Wales, March 1832; watercolour
- The seven day's in the Week's Occupation of the Australians, hunting, 1835; ink wash
- Unidentified coastal landscape, New South Wales, 1; watercolour
- Unidentified coastal landscape, New South Wales, 2; watercolour
- View from Illawarra Range en route to Kiama, 1830; watercolour
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