Russell Young b. 1838 Hobart, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)

  • Artist (Draughtsman), (Photographer)
Mid 19th century painter, amateur photographer and lawyer of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania).
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
Russell Young
Birth date
9 June 1838
Birth place
Hobart, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Birth note
(Tasmania)
Death date
29 June 1913
Death place
Hobart, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Death note
Tasmania
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Photographer)
Residence
  • c.1838- Hobart, Tasmania
Other Occupation
  • member of parliment
  • lawyer
Active Period
  • c.1855- c.1865
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

sketcher, amateur photographer and lawyer, was born on 9 June 1838 in Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land, son of Thomas Young, a lawyer, and Janet, née Campbell. In 1855 Master Russell Young won a prize at the Hobart Town Academy for his drawing of the Cascades, Launceston. Articled to his father in 1857, Young was called to the Bar in March 1862 and practised as Russell Young & Butler in Hobart Town. On 3 December 1863, at Sunbury, Victoria, the home of (Sir) William John ('Big’) Clarke and his first wife Mary, Young married Sarah Hopkins Walker, Mary’s sister. They had three sons and a daughter. By the 1860s Young had become an enthusiastic amateur photographer. Descendants still hold many of his photographs, including one of William Clarke.

Young had a distinguished public career. The various public offices he held included being a trustee of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. He was member for Hobart Town in the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1871 and for Franklin in 1872-77. He died at Hobart on 29 June 1913.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
1989
child of
Thomas Young
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
née Campbell Janet Young
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
Sir William John Clarke
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
Mary Clarke
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
née Walker Sarah Hopkins Young
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
William Clarke
photograph of Young's brother-in-law
Tasmanian Art Association Exhibition
1885
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Hobart, Tasmania
Three oil copies of English pictures
Hobart Town Academy exhibition
1855
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Hobart, Tasmania
Recognitions
prize for his drawing of the Cascades, Launceston, Hobart Town Academy , 1855
1855
Award
Prize for his drawing of the Cascades, Hobart Town Academy
Citations:
  • Bennett, S.; and Bennett, B., (1980), Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament 1851 1960, (Place: Canberra, ACT)