CHAPTER 19 | 1946–1949 – Return to Normality
1949 A Natural History Vignette. The label depicted Australian flora and fauna with a French château in the background, which belonged to a sheaf of maps catalogued as Terre Napoleon. Accompanying scroll inscribed ‘la nouvelle hollande mieux connue vegetaux utiles naturalises en france’. A collaboration between naturalist François Peron, who joined Baudin’s French Expedition to Australia in 1800–04, and artist and naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur. 1950 Government House, Sydney. A view
of the new Government House from the botanical gardens. Engraving of a sketch by Frederick Terry, a prominent landscape artist of his day. His name appears erroneously as ‘Fleury’ on the original engraving. 1951 Terre Napoleon. A map of the southern coast of Australia, extending from South Australia to Victoria. The engraving was based on a sketch by explorer Louis de Freycinet, a member of Baudin’s French expedition. 1952 Captain James Cook. Taken from a print published in 1800. In 1770, Cook landed at Botany Bay and took possession of the land for Great Britain; New Holland was renamed New South Wales. 1953 Queen Adelaide. The city of Adelaide, founded in 1836, was named after Queen Adelaide, a German princess and consort of William IV. This label was reprised for the highly successful commercial Queen Adelaide brand. 1954 Views in Bathurst Plains (Views in Australia). The most famous of all the Treasure Chest labels. Convict Joseph Lycett became an artist to the governor of New South Wales. The Views in Australia folio was published in 1824 and dedicated to the Earl of Bathurst, secretary of state for war and the colonies. 1955 The Galatea. Taken from the front cover of sheet music ‘The Galatea – Polka Brillante’, by Frederick Ellard (Adelaide, 1867), it celebrates the visit of Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh and second son of Queen Victoria. 1956 Skeleton. A famous Irish racehorse owned by Alexander Riley, an early New South Wales pastoralist and possibly the first importer of shiraz into Australia. Engraving from a painting by BM Chalon, a well-known animal painter of the period.
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