Promise & Prayer

boy and girl having a picnic on the Wellington hill in 1840 awaitng their block to become available
Promise & Prayer

101 x 76cm, Oil on Canvas 2010

Settlers came to this new land of promises and plenty. They were pointed in the direction of their pre-paid plot of land and left to their own devices. With little or no support in place and very little employment, many felt disgruntled and disillusioned about their new situation and of what kind of future lay ahead.

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