SCIENCE AT THE SHINE DOME canberra 2 - 4 may 2007
Social program
| Thursday 3 May 2007 National Library of Australia |
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JOSEPH LYCETT: CONVICT ARTIST – guided tour by Mr Martin Terry, Exhibitions Curator. Includes afternoon tea.  Joseph Lycett was born in England in 1775. Convicted of forgery in 1811, he was transported for fourteen years to New South Wales. On arrival he was granted a ticket of leave and employed as a clerk in the Police Department. Sadly, he did not take this opportunity to reform and, in 1815, he was again convicted of forgery, being sent to the secondary penal settlement of Newcastle where he worked in the coal mines. Following the arrival of Captain Wallis as commandant there in 1816, he was given another opportunity and by 1820 he was living in Sydney and earning money as a painter through the patronage of its residents. In 1821 Lycett received an absolute pardon and the following year he returned to England where he produced the most extravagantly illustrated account of the colony, published in London in 1824-25. Lycett's works in watercolour and oil are among the most important visual records of early New South Wales and Tasmania, documenting the life of the Aboriginal people, the landscape and its flora, and the towns, houses and properties of colonial Australia when there were few such competent artists in the colony. 54 of Lycett's works in the National Library's pictorial collection will be featured in the exhibition. |
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| Friday 4 May 2007 Tour of historic National Trust Bedervale Homestead in NSW, including lunch |
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Bedervale is a large single storey Georgian home, situated close to Canberra. It houses the National Trust Collection. This privately owned property, built in 1836 on a land grant by Captain John Coghill, is a property of great historic and architectural significance. The homestead reflects a magnificent standard of preservation including original furniture and household utensils circa 1800-1900.
The homestead was designed by Architect John Verge who also designed Camden Park at Menangle and Elizabeth Bay House at Sydney. It is one of the finest colonial homesteads in the state with an interesting collection of outbuildings. Within the homestead are rooms fitted with classically-detailed cedar joinery and a fine collection of furniture, general household utensils and books. |
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