After the Hunt

A group after the hunt, Rouse Hill, 18 July 1895.

A group after the hunt, Rouse Hill, 18 July 1895. Bessie Rouse, seen in profile, is seated at centre with her daughters Nina (to her right) and Kathleen (left). Behind them, Nina’s husband George Terry holds his hat. To his right is the poet Andrew Barton (‘Banjo’) Patterson. Sydney Living Museums R85/13

A group after the hunt, Rouse Hill, 18 July 1895. Bessie Rouse, seen in profile, is seated at centre with her daughters Nina (to her right) and Kathleen (left). Behind them, Nina’s husband George Terry holds his hat. To his right is the poet Andrew Barton (‘Banjo’) Patterson, a family friend and who immortalised the Rouse’s ‘crooked R’ brand in his work ‘A bushman’s song’. Sydney Living Museums R85/13