Photograph of Robert Lionel Faithfull and Henry Montague Faithfull, 1880

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Type: Photographs
Date: 1880
Place: Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Materials: Card, Photographic emulsion
Collection: Springfield - Faithfull Family collection
Accession number: 2005.0005.0879

Description

Black and white photograph mounted on cream board with gold edging. Depicts Robert Lionel Faithfull and Henry Montague Faithfull beside their horses with the house buildings of Springfield in the background behind a white picket fence. There are two dogs resting on the ground with two dead kangaroos lying near them and another kangaroo on the back of one of the horses.

About the collection

The Springfield Collection comprises about 1550 artefacts from Springfield station, south of Goulburn. It includes colonial era costume, a bushranger medal, surveying instruments, a late-19th century landau, firearms and edged weapons, wool samples and Joseph Foveaux's pocket watch and bible. The objects are complemented by over 400 photographs. This diverse collection reflects the growth and economic success of the property, responses to changes in the wool market and the daily lives of the people who have lived on Springfield. Springfield has grown from a 518-hectare land grant given to William Pitt Faithfull in 1828 to the current 3183 hectares with ownership remaining in the one family. William Pitt Faithfull established the Springfield Merino Stud in 1838 with ten rams selected from the Macarthur Camden Park stud. The stud evolved slowly over the years until the early 1950s when, under the management of Jim Maple-Brown, a scientific approach to wool-growing was adopted and the stud's name was changed to Fonthill to reflect this.

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