Brisbane Ipswich Coochin Coochin Cunninghams Gap Glengallan Westbrook Drayton Pilton Goomburra Gladfield Franklyn Vale Cressbrook Rosalie Plains Cecil Plains Yandilla Canning Downs Killarney Warwick Ballandean to New England The Pyramids (Terrawambella) Complete List of Works in the Exhibition		Coochin Coochin The Coochin Coochin run was briefly leased by George Leslie to rest his stock as they moved between Brisbane and the Darling Downs. When Martens visited the property it was occupied by George Fairholme, a pioneer settler and close friend of the Leslies. Martens stayed at Coochin Coochin for nine days. ‘Coochin’ means red in the Jagera language, for the red bill of the black swans that frequented the area. Martens sketched remarkably accurate topographical outlines of the mountains in the area and the nearby Great Dividing Range and the Macpherson Range. Detail 1 Detail 2 Martens, Conrad England/Australia 1801–78 Coochin Run 1854 Watercolour 29.5 x 42.8cm Collection: Queensland Art Gallery Purchased 1998 with funds raised through The Conrad Martens Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal and with the assistance of the Queensland Government's special Centenary Fund Martens stayed at the head station at Bunjurgen, between Boonah and Mount Alford, for nine days in November 1851, and made many field excursions in the district from this base. Full screen Detail Photo 2001 Martens, Conrad England/Australia 1801–78 Coochin 1851 Pencil 17.5 x 25.7cm Collection: Queensland Art Gallery Acquired before 1954 Martens made many sketches and watercolours in the Coochin district. This view of Mt Moon from the plain gives some sense of the vast expanses which the squatters had claimed. Full screen Martens, Conrad England/Australia 1801–78 Coochin 27 Nov. 1851 1851 Watercolour 16.1 x 24.7cm Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales Unusually, this watercolour was executed on the spot. It is also the only known Queensland watercolour that is fully dated. An Indigenous family group with their weapons and dogs is seen close to a shepherd’s hut. Some are wearing European clothing. Full screen Photo 2001 Martens, Conrad England/Australia 1801–78 Minto Crags in Coochin, Nov 28, 1851 1851 Pencil 19.7 x 30.5cm Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales This study was made about 3km south-west of the present Coochin Coochin homestead. It looks south-west towards Wilson's Peak (at left), not south-east as Martens marked the drawing. Print friendly version