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The initial paintings on this page are by George Hart-Taylor. For the definitive article about him, see Dianne Byrne, 'George Hart-Taylor: rediscovering an important Queensland landscape painter', Australiania, February 2025, 47:1, pp.8-27.

The first painting shown here by George Hart Taylor is of Mt Lindesay which was on Maroon's southern boundary. Unfortunately the painting has been badly damaged by light, with the original colour only showing at the top because of previous poor framing.¹⁾
A romantic view of Queensland home life by George Hart Taylor, January 1862.²⁾ Mt Barney, painted by George Hart Taylor.³⁾

The Murray-Prior papers at the Mitchell Library also include these three watercolours by George Hart Taylor,⁴⁾ presumably of scenes at Maroon:

This watercolour of Maroon by George Hart Taylor in the NLA.⁵⁾

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Provenance: A torn, aging note indicates that it once belonged to Rosa Praed, 'Given to me by my brother' and at Torquay (where Rosa then lived) on 19 June 1092, it was given to Dorothy and Ruth Murray-Prior. After Dorothy died, it belonged solely to her sister Ruth who left it and other family items to her brother ES Murray-Prior who in turn gave it to his daughter J. Godden

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source Dianne Byrne

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email to J. Godden, 12 January 2009 from Dianne Byrne, Librarian Original Materials, Heritage Collections, State Library of Queensland. Painting now owned by Dianne

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ML PXA1403/2

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M-P papers, NLA, MS7801, folder 44.