William Oswald Hodgkinson b. 1835 England, UK

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, explorer, journalist, miner and politician. Hodgkinson had a varied career encompassing sailing, gold prospecting, participation in the Burke and Wills relief expedition and exploration throughout South Australia, central Australia and Queensland.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
William Oswald Hodgkinson
Birth date
31 March 1835
Birth place
England, UK
Death date
23 July 1900
Death place
None
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Residence
  • Western Australia
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
Other Occupation
  • Politician
  • Miner
  • Journalist
  • Explorer
Active Period
  • c.1860
  • 1887- 1893
  • 1874- 1875
  • c.1860- c.1869
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

sketcher, explorer, journalist, miner and politician, was born in England on 31 March 1835. He had a varied career which encompassed sailing, gold prospecting, participation in the Burke and Wills relief expedition and exploration throughout South Australia, central Australia and Queensland. As a member of the South Australian expedition dispatched for the attempted relief of Burke and Wills, Hodgkinson produced a number of sketches for the Commission of Crown Lands at Adelaide, four of which were subsequently engraved and reproduced in the Illustrated London News . He edited several newspapers in the 1860s and was a member of the Queensland parliament in 1874-75 and 1887-93. Involved in mining ventures in Western Australia and Queensland, he filled an album with pencil and wash views of northern and western Queensland (Dixson Library, SLNSW). Hodgkinson married Kate Robertson, fathered four children, and died on 23 July 1900.

Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
spouse of
née Robertson Kate Hodgkinson
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Eliza Younghusband
1840
Artist, Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
Collections
Citations:
  • Stoodley, J., (1972), William Oswald Hodgkinson, (Place: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.)