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Boyd Town, Twofold Bay, Australia
Boyd Town, Twofold Bay, Australia

Boyd Town, Twofold Bay, Australia

Date1855
Object number00030874
NameLithograph
MediumColour lithographic print on paper
DimensionsOverall: 240 x 330 mm
ClassificationsArt
Credit LineANMM Collection Purchased with USA Bicentennial Gift funds
DescriptionThis is an idyllic view near the settlement of Twofold Bay and depicts a sailing boat, rocky shoreline and surrounding mountains. The print was produced in England from drawings the artist made while visiting a friend at Twofold Bay, New South Wales. The port of Boyd Town was one of two settlements established by the entrepreneur Benjamin Boyd at Twofold Bay.HistoryBenjamin Boyd hoped to build a bustling development in Twofold Bay. He founded two settlements there, first the port at Boyd Town and then the whaling station at East Boyd. During building construction and the establishment of the whaling station the manager in charge of operations was noted marine painter, Oswald Brierly, who observed and recorded the whaling activities. In 1849, Boyd’s investments had financially collapsed and he left Australia with his extensive plans for Twofold Bay not reaching full fruition. Many operations at the settlement stopped but the whaling station continued and became the longest operating shore station in New South Wales, only closing in 1930. SignificanceThis is a fine representation of an early whaling town in Australia and demonstrates European settlement in the colony.
Eden, Twofold Bay, Australia
Elizabeth Hudspeth
1855
Illustrated log of the whaling barque TERROR
Henry William Downes
1846 - 1847
The WANDERER
Oswald Walter Brierly
c 1845
The WANDERER shortening sail entering Sydney Heads
Frederick Garling (1806 - 1873)
1860s
Twofold Bay
Oswald Walter Brierly
1874
Whaling at Twofold Bay
Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier
Saturday 6 October 1872