This work depicts a scene at Hahndorf. It was painted 16 April, 1910 and is part of a selection of watercolour paintings by amateur artist, Thomas Wood, featuring scenes of Hahndorf, Port Augusta, Salt Creek near Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, Calicalinga (Carrickalinga), Mount Barker, Wallaroo, Willunga and Noarlunga. Despite his amateur status as an artist, Wood has been able to illustrate a scene with conviction and has provided an acurate example of the geography of the Hahndorf area in the early 1900s.

Wood was born in England in 1854, and choose a career in the Church of England. He was curate of St Paul's, Blackburn from 1878 to 1880. From 1880 to 1883 he was Railway Chaplain at Podanur, Madras, then travelled to South Australia where he became the incumbent at Robe (1884-1887). Wood was rector of Wallaroo (1887-1902) and at Willunga (1902-1921). He lived in retirement at Walkerville, and died on 12 November 1937, aged 83.

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