Charles Whitmore Babbage b. 1842

Also known as C. W. Babbage
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
The ink drawings of sketcher C. W. Babbage take particular account of aspects of Aboriginal life in South Australia in the mid-nineteenth century.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
Charles Whitmore Babbage
Also known as C. W. Babbage
Birth date
1842
Death date
c.1869
Death place
None
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Residence
  • c.1851- c.1869 South Australia
  • c.1842- c.1851 England, UK
Other Occupation
  • Bank clerk
Arrival
  • 1851 (Arrived Adelaide, SA aboard the Hydaspes)
Active Period
  • c.1858- c.1862
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

sketcher and clerk, was born in England, a son of Laura and Benjamin Herschel Babbage .

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
1989
child of
Benjamin Herschel Babbage
1815
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Benjamin Herschel Babbage
1815
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer)
child of
Laura Babbage
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
G. F. Angas
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
née Barton Amelia Babbage
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Benjamin Herschel Babbage
1815
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer)
sibling of
E. Babbage
relative of
Zara Babbage
Artist (Painter)
Yelta Church Mission to Aborigines March 1860
Date
March 1860
Native graves, Yelta Murray, March 1860
Date
March 1860
Native grave, lower Murray, Goolwa, December 1858
Date
December 1858
Give me sugar
Date
December 1858
A Locomotive Engine
Date
1858
Collections
South Australian Society of Arts 2nd Annual Exhibition
1858
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Adelaide, SA
Recognitions
Adelaide Educational Institution for boys
1858
Award
2nd prize in Adelaide Educational Institution for boys' drawings for his 'crayon' sketch, A Locomotive Engine
Note: 2nd prize
Citations:
  • (2003), Mura Gadi, (Place: National Library of Australia website)
  • Statton, J., (1986), Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885, (Place: Adelaide, SA)