Sketch of the Golden Sheaf Hotel during the 1888 flood

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Thomas Rands

1888

Overview

paper, coloured inks, pencil

Historical information

The Golden Sheaf Hotel was located on the north-east corner of the intersection of Gregory Road (now Brand Highway) and Georgina Road at Greenough.
In 1881 John Stephen Maley commenced building the hotel which opened in 1885.Initially he was to name it the Railway Hotel, in anticipation of the Geraldton-Walkaway railway being built near by. When this didn't occur, the name was changed to The Golden Sheaf Hotel. Locals referred to it as the "Dead Horse."
Although the hotel was built above previous flood levels, 1888 experienced the highest flood levels in recorded history. It is reputed the water was flowing over the hotel's bar counters.
The hotel was demolished in 1922.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-0284

Item type

Paintings

Themes

Art and Design
Environment
Social History

Material

Paper

Width

245 mm

Height or length

190 mm

Inscriptions and markings

signed T. Rands

Contextual Information

Tom Rands worked for J.S. Maley. He is first mentioned in Brasher's Diary 17/08/1887. Then on 14/05/1888 "T. Rands finished his work here going to England," and on 16/05/1888 "T Rands & the Miller started yesterday for the Bay."
Whilst here he drew 2 sketches of the Golden Sheaf Hotel in the 1888 flood. The other sketch is in the National Gallery of Australia collection.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

1888

Statement of significance

This artwork is highly significant to the region as a rare artistic eyewitness account in that depicts a major environmental disaster for Greenough. This artwork is also significant to the State as a rare artistic representation of a colonial environmental disaster and gains national significance with its relationship to a companion artwork now held in the National Gallery of Australia.

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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