[[Arts/index.html|File:Freotopia arts .. fhs fs 9 img currie.jpg]]

Freotopia > arts > artists >

Jane Currie

Jane Currie arrived 2 June 1829 on Parmelia, the first ship to bring settlers to the colony, with her husband Mark Currie, the first harbour master. He started work in a tent at Perth, but soon moved to the wreck of Marquis of Anglesea. Jane Currie painted in watercolour a panorama of Fremantle south of Arthur Head which includes the wreck where her husband had his office.

[[Arts/fhs/fs/9/img/currie.jpg|File:Freotopia arts .. fhs fs 9 img currie.jpg]]

File:Freotopia arts .. ships img currie1832.jpg

Photograph of the image on an interpretive plaque at Bathers Bay, showing the location of the wreck on Anglesea Point, with South Bay (now filled in and become the Esplanade) to this (southern) side of it. 

File:Freotopia arts .. ships img curriedetail.jpg

References and Links

Errington, Steve 2017, 'Fremantle 1829-1832: an illustrated history', Fremantle Studies, 9: 15-29 (from which the topmost image comes).


Freotopia

This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 6 February, 2018 and hosted at freotopia.org/arts/artists/curriejane.html (it was last updated on 19 April, 2024), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.