'Meeting of Major Mitchell and Edward Henty, Portland Bay, 1836'

'Meeting of Major Mitchell and Edward Henty, Portland Bay, 1836'

Description

This is a photo-engraving, approximately 52.5 cm x 69.0 cm in size, depicting two men in front of a farm greeting a party of visitors. It shows Edward Henty shaking the hand of Major Thomas Mitchell, who is on horseback. They are watched by a man standing on the left-hand side and by four members of Mitchell's party on the right, who are on horseback; one of these is an Indigenous guide. In the background there are five buildings, and a fenced area enclosing a vegetable plot.

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