Shepherds, usually assigned convicts, were a vital elements in the infant Australian pastoral industry. They protected flocks from bad weather, bushrangers and Aboriginal hunters. The design is based on one of Joseph Lycett’s Views of Australia published in 1824. Details Series: 1989 The Pastoral Era Subject: Shepherds Designer: David Lancashire Printer: Leigh-Mardon…
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Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c Squatters
Squatters were pastoralists who illegally seized vast tracks of unclaimed land to run their sheep and cattle. By the late 1830s and early 1840s growing prosperity enabled many to build substantial homesteads. Details Series: 1989 The Pastoral Era Subject: Squatters Designer: David Lancashire Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Melbourne Press: Process: Photolithography Colours:…
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A simple wattle and daub hut was often the home of pioneers from all strata of society. Watched by Aborigines, a pioneed drives a dray loaded with wool bales. Details Series: 1989 The Pastoral Era Subject: Pioneers Designer: David Lancashire Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Melbourne Press: Process: Photolithography Colours: Red – Yellow…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c PioneersAustralia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c Immigrants
The design shows the arrival of an immigrant ship in the 1830s. It was in this decade that assisted immigration from the British Isles to Australia began. Details Series: 1989 The Pastoral Era Subject: Immigrants Designer: David Lancashire Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Melbourne Press: Process: Photolithography Colours: Red – Yellow – Magenta…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era – 39c ImmigrantsAustralia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era (Pre-stamped Envelopes) – 39c Pioneers in the Pastoral Era
Australia’s pastoral prosperity has its origins in the period 1810-1850 when the land was opened up by explorers and pioneers. In these early times nearly everyone could be called a pioneer, from poor farmers clearing land to politicians trying to establish representative government. In each case a detail from a…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era (Pre-stamped Envelopes) – 39c Pioneers in the Pastoral EraAustralia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era (Pre-stamped Envelopes) – 39c Administrators in the Pastoral Era
Australia’s pastoral prosperity has its origins in the period 1810-1850 when the land was opened up by explorers and pioneers. The Australian colonies were not easy places to administer. Governors and Civil Servants had to deal with factions among the people as well as the difficulties of establishing new settlements.…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era (Pre-stamped Envelopes) – 39c Administrators in the Pastoral EraAustralia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era (Pre-stamped Envelopes) – 39c Aborigines in the Pastoral Era
As the need for more land grew it was inevitable that there would be conflict with the original inhabitants. The pastoralists found ready-made grazing land created by Aboriginal “fire-stick farming”, and the Aborigines fought to protect their hunting grounds and waterholes fenced off by the newcomers. Portraits displayed on the…
View More Australia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era (Pre-stamped Envelopes) – 39c Aborigines in the Pastoral EraAustralia Philately: 1989 The Pastoral Era
The Colonial Collection – a new series of stamp issues – is about to carry Australian historical themes beyond the Bicentenary. The first stamps, a se-tenant strip of five 39c stamps depicting the The Pastoral Era, will be released on 10 May 1989. The period between 1810 and 1850 saw…
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Australia’s pastoral prosperity has its origins in the period 1810-1850 when the land was opened up by explorers and pioneers. The explorers pictured on this envelope are only four of the many who helped expand the horizons of the pioneers. In each case a detail from a larger portrait has…
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Four pre-stamped envelopes will be released on 10 May 1989 in cojunction with the Colonial Collection – Pastoral Era stamps. The special issue depcits scenes an personalities of the era which last broadly between 1810-1850. Details Date of Issue: 10 May 1989 Date Withdrawn: 23 May 1989 (First Day of…
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