Captain Robert Gardiner
Maker
Unknown
Production date
1990s: reproduction
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Object Detail
Production date
1990s: reproduction
Description
Framed reproduction of an 1885 photograph of Captain Robert Gardiner. A brass label below the image reads "CAPTAIN ROBERT GARDINER/ BORN DUNBAR SCOTLAND/ 20-5-1812/ Lived during his early life/ in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Eng./ First Settler in Berwick - 1838/ Died in South Yarra - 1889"
The first European settler in the Berwick area is generally regarded to be Terence O’Connor who took up the Cardinia Creek lease in 1838. Some sources credit Captain Robert Gardiner (1812-1889) as being the first European settler.
Gardiner's family connection to Berwick-upon-Tweed, a town in Northumberland, England, gave Berwick District its name. In 1837 Captain Gardiner took on a pastoral lease south of Berwick, on the Cardinia Creek. In 1853 Berwick Perish Plans, his property, Melville Park, was mapped and quantified to be over 1350 hectares (3300 acres).
The first European settler in the Berwick area is generally regarded to be Terence O’Connor who took up the Cardinia Creek lease in 1838. Some sources credit Captain Robert Gardiner (1812-1889) as being the first European settler.
Gardiner's family connection to Berwick-upon-Tweed, a town in Northumberland, England, gave Berwick District its name. In 1837 Captain Gardiner took on a pastoral lease south of Berwick, on the Cardinia Creek. In 1853 Berwick Perish Plans, his property, Melville Park, was mapped and quantified to be over 1350 hectares (3300 acres).
Artist/Maker and role
Unknown
Associated person
Media/Materials description
reproduction print of monotone silver gelatine photograph
Measurements
24.0 x 17.7 cm (image), 44.0 x 35.1 x 1.4 cm (frame)
Signature & date
No marks or inscriptions.
Photography credit (first image)
Photograph: Viki Petherbridge
System ID
1081
