From the Barossa, looking over part of Angas Park; and North-west bend of the Gawler

Plate 58: From the Barossa, looking over part of Angas Park; the Gawler plains in the distance (top); and North-west bend of the Gawler (bottom). Part of the text accompanying the illustration for the top sketch reads 'The extensive prospect from the hills of the Barossa Range is terminated to the Southward and Westward by the Gawler plains, forming a blue and level line like that of the sea, along the horizon. The summits of the many hills are rocky, and the entire formation abounds in an almost endless variety of minerals. The two trees in the centre of the foreground are species 'Casuarinae'; that to the right is a gum wattle, with young plants springing near it; and the bushy shrub in the left hand corner is the 'Exocarpus' or native cherry. A grove of silver wattles occupy the valley immediately beyond'. The bottom sketch is described (in part) as 'The bold undulating hills, descending in many places abruptly to the river, and the fine open pastures, are characteristic of this part of the country ... The trees bordering upon the river are all the gum or 'Eucalyptus'.

This is one of 60 coloured lithographs found in the 1847 edition of 'South Australia Illustrated' by colonial artist George French Angas, together with a descriptive passage for each. The lithograph was created by J.W. Giles from Angas' original painting. The date assigned is assumed to be approximately when the lithographs were created; the original paintings were done in earlier years.