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S.T. Gill - Subjects

List of articles dealing with some of S.T. Gill's specific artistic subjects.

Through the subject lens, one can see how Gill's representation shifted over time, and sometimes from historic to generic.

S.T. Gill's Sets of South Australian ScenesThumbnail image for NLA NK7063/3

Sets of wash drawings of South Australian scenes, illustrating for an English audience the colony's notable natural characteristics, the Aboriginal people and their practices, and rural life. 1844 to 1849.

S.T. Gill - Subject - ShepherdThumbnail image for SLNSW-DL DL 43

S.T. Gill frequently portrayed the shepherd and his dog with a flock. Showing Gill's shepherd pictures from around 1840 to 1874.

S.T. Gill - Subject - CorroboreeThumbnail image for NLA NK7063/12

Gill frequently portrayed the Aboriginal corroboree. This article places these in context and relates them to corroboree works by W.R. Govett and J.M. Skipper. Pictures range in date from 1844 to 1874.

S.T. Gill - Subject - Extinct CraterThumbnail image for SLNSW-M PX*D 73 f.5

S. T. Gill's subject of an extinct crater is based on a (non-volcanic) rock formation seen on Captain E.C. Frome's 1843 northern expedition. Gill's views were probably based on a sketch by expedition member James Henderson.

S.T. Gill - Subject - Native SepulchreThumbnail image for NLA NK6897/F

Gill portrayed the Aboriginal elevated mortuary platform in his 'Native Sepulchre' images. Also included are works by E.C. Frome, G.F. Angas and W.A. Cawthorne. Date range: 1840 to 1870s.

S.T. Gill - Subject - Sturt's Departure 1844Thumbnail image for AGSA 0.1128

S.T. Gill made several images representing the departure from Adelaide of Charles Sturt's Great Northern Expedition on 10 August 1844. He executed from two distinct view points one city block apart.

S.T. Gill - Subject - Mount GambierThumbnail image for AGSA 20114P25

The Mount Gambier pictures attributed to S.T. Gill and George French Angas. I re-attribute the 'Blue Lake' watercolour from Angas to Gill.

S.T. Gill - Contents - HorrocksThumbnail image for AGSA 0.1253

This project links to several articles on J.A. Horrocks, his 1846 expedition and S.T. Gill's related works (which tended to the generic over time). This article provides a structural overview of their contents.

S.T. Gill - South Australia RetrospectivesThumbnail image for AGNSW 214.1975

S.T. Gill continued to portray South Australia after he left there in early 1852. This article lists works I think are Gill's retrospectives of South Australia, with an emphasis on the works Appleyard dated in the South Australian years.

David Coombe. Original July 2022. Updated 31 July 2025. | text copyright (except where indicated)

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