The painting ‘An Early Meeting of the Legislative Council’ by renowned artist Owen Garde includes, from left to right, Peter Broun, William Mackie, Captain Frederick Irwin, John Septimus Roe, Governor James Stirling and Commander Mark Currie.

The portrait features WA’s first Governor, Sir James Stirling, and the four men he appointed to help him administer the Swan River Colony. The painting shows the first meeting of the Legislative Council on 7 February 1832. It was commissioned by the Parliament to commemorate the 150th anniversary of that meeting.