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| One of a series of three large watercolour views of Crown Ridge by Conrad Martens (Private Collection) |
The London-born artist Conrad Martens (1801-1878) first came to Australia in 1835. Like fellow painter Augustus Earle, Martens had been employed by the pioneer naturalist, Charles Darwin as ship artist on the voyage of the HMS Beagle.
The Crown Ridge peak is now officially known as Blackman’s Crown after an early explorer of the region, John Blackman (c.1792-1868).
Ref: Capertee Heritage
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