Charles Rudston Read b. 16 May 1818

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Charles Rudston Read first visited Australia as a young naval officer in 1838. His career enabled him to travel to China, Brazil, the Pacific Islands and New Zealand. He captured the essence of the Victorian goldfields in the 1850s and the gold-digger's life in his illustrated book, "What I Heard, Saw and Did at the Australian Goldfields".
Name
Charles Rudston Read
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Administrator (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • Police Magistrate (ANZSIC code: 7540)
  • Assistant Commissioner (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • Naval officer (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Author (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
16 May 1818
Birth place
Yorkshire, UK
Death date
1854
Death place
London, England, UK
Active Period
  • 1849 - 1853
Arrival
  • 1838 (With the Royal Navy. Returned in 1851 to Newcastle, NSW on board the Halcyon.)
Residence
  • Victoria
  • Turon, NSW
  • Sydney, NSW
  • 1849 - 1851 New Zealand
  • 1853 - 1854 London, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870