203 x 152 mm. A view looking across the Orange River towards the township of Aliwal North with mountains on the horizon. Crossing the river into Aliwal North is the Frere Bridge.

200 x 148 mm. Showing a rowing boat and a small sailing dinghy on the Orange River near Aliwal North.

Landscape format. [A still river with sandbanks and hills in the background].

196 x 122 mm. A view looking along the Orange River at dusk with the bridge silhouetted against the mountains and sky in the background.

The caption reads, 'The first boat that floated on its waters. The left hand shore is the Cape Colony, the right is the great Southern Desert, 1872. The Islands in front are where Sir Walter Currie shelled out the bushmen about 1870-1'. The term Bushmen is a historic term used to describe a group of Khoisan-speaking hunter-gatherers who lived in the Kalahari Desert.

Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

199 x 153 mm. A view looking along the tree-lined Orange River near Aliwal North, with hills in the distance.