Title

Plate 12: Lake Illawarra, New South Wales.

Author

Author not identified

Source

[Not applicable]

Publication date

1868

Type

About the work

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

Full text

Plate 12: Lake Illawarra, New South Wales.

This view is taken from a gentle eminence on the northern margin of the Lake, which is in the county of Camden, about sixty miles south of Sydney. The outlet of the Lake is visible towards the spectator's left, as is also the coast of the Pacific in the direction of the port of Kiama. Stretching away to the right is the fertile plain of Dapto; and the background is formed by the long line and grand form of Mount Pleasant or Burrawang. The abundance of wild fowl on the Lake renders it a favorite haunt of sportsmen; while the forests which clothe the sides of the Illawarra, or Merryong Range, likewise teem with game. Few scenes combine so many picturesque elements as this, in which the placid beauty of the Lake, sprinkled with islands, and set in a zone of smiling pastures and umbrageous woods, is contrasted so effectively with the rugged grandeur of the predominating mountains, and the noble expanse of the neighbouring ocean.

Accompanying text, 1868.