Elizabeth Barsham, Tasmanian Gothic, completed a residency on King Island and has posted her collection on her blog. They also tell some of the treacherous history of shipwrecks, whalers, sealers, and female convict ships falling foul of our jagged coastline in the days before and after the first lighthouse (which is the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere) was built.
I love her work. Here is just one pic and you can see more on the above link.
Gothic flavour to the dangers of the waters around King Island – Men of Business – sealers circa 1799
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