Harden Sidney Melville b. 8 May 1824

Also known as H. S. Melville
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
A painter of English origin, he conducted the first official hydrographic survey of the north-east coast of Australia in 1842-46. He regretted this time given up from the regular practice of painting profession.

Citations

  • Bonyhady, T. (1986), 'Australian Colonial Paintings in the Australian National Gallery’, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Dixson, W. (1923), 'Notes on Australian artists’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 9.

  • Graves, A. (1875), 'The British Institution 1806-1867’, London, England, UK.

  • Johnson, J. (1975), 'Works Exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists 1824 1893…’, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, U.K.

  • Spillett, P. (1972), 'Forsaken Settlement’, Dee Why West, NSW.

  • Wantrup, J. (1987), 'Australian Rare Books 1788-1900’, Potts Point, NSW.

  • Wood, C. (1978), 'The Dictionary of Victorian Painters’, 2nd edn, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, U.K.

  • (1847), 'Low’s Directory’, Sydney.

  • (1864), Sydney Morning Herald, November, 11.

  • Macarthur-Onslow, Annette (2000), 'Letter to Dictionary of Australian Artists’, July, 18.

  • Bonyhady, T. (1987), 'The Colonial Image, Australian Painting 1800-1880’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Graves, A. (1905), 'The Royal Academy of Arts’, London, England, U.K.

  • (1847), Sydney Morning Herald, July, 3.

  • (1847), Sydney Morning Herald, July, 14.

  • (1847), Sydney Morning Herald, July, 20.

  • (1847), Sydney Morning Herald, July, 24.

  • (1849), Sydney Morning Herald, June, 2.

  • Information sourced from Wickham, Shirley.

  • Melville, Harden Sidney (1867), 'The Adventures of a Griffin on a Voyage of Discovery’, London, England, UK.

  • 'John Sweatman’s journal’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.

  • Jukes, Joseph Beete (1847), 'Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly..’, London.

  • Leichhardt, Ludwig (1847), 'Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia from Moreton Bay to Port Essington…1844 1845’, London, England, UK.

  • Greenwood, James (1864), 'Curiosities of Savage Life’, London.

  • Brees, S.C. (1848), 'Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand’, London, England, UK.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870