Alfred Ronalds b. 1802 UK

  • Artist (Printmaker)
In 1849 Alfred Ronalds became one of Victoria's first lithographic printers. His brother Francis invented the electric telegraph in England.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
Alfred Ronalds
Birth date
1802
Birth place
UK
Death date
April 1860
Death place
None
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Residence
  • c.1853 Ballarat, Victoria
  • 1853 Creswick, Victoria
  • 1852 Eagle Hawk, Bendigo, Victoria
  • 1851 Adelaide Hills, Forest Creek, Victoria
  • 1849- 1851 Moorabool Street, New Town, Geelong, Victoria
  • 1844- 1848 Dolfany, North Wales, UK
  • Northumberland, England, UK
Other Occupation
  • Surveyor
Arrival
  • 1848
Active Period
  • 1836- 1857
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

lithographer, engraver, printer and surveyor, was the sixth son of Francis Ronalds and Jane, née Field.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Francis Wilson Niven
1831
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman)
child of
Francis Ronalds
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
sibling of
Francis Ronalds
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
née Field Jane Ronalds
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
née Bond Margaret Ronalds
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
née Hurlow Mary Ann Ronalds
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
family Martineau
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Mr Rev Potter
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
C. A. Abbott
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Edward Charles Moore
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Horticultural Society, VIC
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Fly Fisher's Entomology (book)
Date
1836
Collections
Citations:
  • Ronalds, Alfred, (1836), Fly Fisher's Entomology, (Place: London, England)
  • Withers, W. B., (1887), History of Ballarat, ((facsimile reprint, 1980) Place: Ballarat, Victoria, revised edn.)
  • Darragh, T.A., (1990), The Establishment and Development of Engraving and Lithography in Melbourne to the Time of the Gold Rush, (Place: Willow Bend, New South Wales)
  • Bate, W., (1978), Lucky City: The First Generation at Ballarat 1851 1901, (Place: Melbourne, Victoria)
  • (1905), F.W. Niven, (Place: Cyclopedia of Victoria, vol.3, Melbourne, Victoria)