Lake Albert

Plate 44: Part of the text accompanying the illustration reads 'The view from this spot, which is situated on the South Eastern shore of Lake Albert upon the borders of the extensive scrub that is known as the "Desert", commands a prospect of the greatest portion of the Lake, with the distant country beyond, and Mount Barker visible above the horizon. To the right, where the Lake sweeps, round to the N.W., are situated Bonney's Wells ... The Scrub forming the foreground of this illustration, stretches along inland from the Coorung for a distance of from forty to fifty miles, and consists of dwarf eucalypts, xantharaea, and a great variety of small shrubs and other plants that delight in a sandy soil'.

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.