Containing "beautiful chromolithographic illustrations " of Australia, including Hawkesbury River, St. James Church (Sydney), Port Jackson, Mount Arapiles, Gladstone, Townsville, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne from St. Kilda Road, Sandridge, Port Phillip Heads, Perth, Ballarat, Broulee, Daylesford, Port Lincoln, the Burke & Wills Monument (Melbourne), Tom Thumb Lagoon, and Hobart ,this circa 1886 photo album is in the latest list from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Melbourne , for $1200.
On the front of the the gilt-tooled black morocco leather album is a depiction of the Melbourne Law Courts . The title leaf has a view of the Yarra with portraits of Lord and Lady Loch , the Victorian governor and wife ; it is imprinted with the initials J.G.M
Another item of interest is a 1972 Sidney Nolan Central Australia landscape , exhibited in his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 1973, listed for $15,000 .
