Studio portrait of William Huon, pioneer squatter in the Riverina district. Sydney, March 1866.

A$950 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 62 mm (mount); verso with imprint of W. Hetzer s Photographic Gallery, 287, George Street, Sydney, N.S.W. , and a fully contemporary inscription in ink, identifying the sitter: W. Huon Esq., Wodonga, March 1866 ; both the print and mount are in fine condition. William Huon (Campbelltown 1825 1907 Wodonga) was the son of Paul Huon, one of the first squatters to settle in the Murray River district in the 1830s in the wake of Hume and Hovell s overland journey of exploration in 1824-5. William took over the Wodonga run from his father in 1846, when the Port Phillip district was still part of New South Wales. We can locate no portrait photographs of William Huon in Australia public collections. The following obituary for William Huon includes a great deal of information on the Huon family, their fascinating historical background, and the significant role they played in the colonisation of the Riverina. It was published in the Wodonga and Towong Sentinel , 22 November 1907: DEATH OF MR WILLIAM HUON. A PIONEER SQUATTER. AN AUSTRALIAN BORN OCTOGENARIAN. In the death of Mr William Huon, of de Kerilleau , Wodonga, a prominent landmark in the history of the district has disappeared. Although the sad event, which took place on Saturday afternoon at 2.30, was not unexpected, and in the circumstances was a happy release, so great was the respect in which the deceased gentleman was held that expressions of regret were general. Mr Huon

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