Title

View of Roseneath Ferry, taken from the Eastside, Van Diemen's Land. [by Joseph Lycett].

Author

Author not identified

Source

[Not applicable]

Publication date

1825

Type

About the work

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

Full text

View of Roseneath Ferry, taken from the Eastside, Van Diemen's Land.

THIS interesting View universally commands the admiration of every traveller in the Colony of VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. Having detailed the little history of ROSENEATH FERRY, and its worthy owners, in our description of the other View of this place taken from the opposite side of the River, it is unnecessary to repeat these particulars.

The present View was taken from the east side of the River DERWENT, near the top of a very high hill, nearly opposite the front of the Ferry-house, but rather to the left hand of the boundary of the other View, and more backward than at the house at the Landing-place on the east side of the water.

The former View was taken from the hill seen a little to the right above the Ferry-house, and at the top of the ground that has been cultivated. If these two Views, therefore, are placed opposite to each other, they will form a species of Panorama of this interesting part of the country. Although the Present View is a more mountainous scene than the former one, yet it more fully exhibits the cultivated lands in the vicinity.

At the left extremity of the View is seen the top of MOUNT WELLINGTON; and the still more distant object above the hills to the right hand, is called COLLIN'S BONNET.

The contiguity of this delightful spot to the Road leading to HOBART TOWN, and the general fertility of the surrounding country, render the property of the land in the neighbourhood of ROSENEATH FERRY extremely valuable; and, consequently, every year brings a considerable addition to the respectable Settlers already domiciliated in this part of VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

A sail up the River from HOBART TOWN to ROSENEATH FERRY-HOUSE, on a fine day, is one of the most delightful excursions afforded to the inhabitants of the Capital of this Island; as the frequent turns of the River give a constant variety to the striking beauty of the natural scenery on each side, where the land rises in a luxuriant state of cultivation, embellished and enriched at every point by clusters of the noblest and largest trees.

Accompanying text, 1825.