Charles H. Allen b. 13 April 1824

Also known as C. H. Allan, Chas. H. Allen, Charles Harris Allen
  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial male watercolourist who travelled around South Australia and Queensland in 1868 as part of a world tour. Allen painted landscapes as he went and on returning to London wrote an unillustrated memoir about the Queensland goldfields.
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watercolourist and traveller, sailed around the world in 1862-69 and spent several months in Queensland in 1868. Sketches signed 'C.H. Allen’ (NLA) reveal that South Australia was also on his itinerary ( Adelaide Hills ). The Queensland sketches Gracemere Jany/68 – the Archer family property near Rockhampton – Port Bowen, Qld and Townsville . Charles H. Allen subsequently published A Visit to Queensland and her Goldfields (London, 1870). His book, however, was not illustrated.

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Residences
  • c.1824 - c.1904 London, England, UK
  • c.1868 Adelaide, SA
  • c.1868 Port Bowen, Qld
  • c.1868 Townsville, Qld
  • c.1870 London, England, UK
  • c.1868 Adelaide, SA
  • c.1868 Port Bowen, Qld
  • c.1868 Townsville, Qld
Other occupations
  • Underwriter, traveller, Secretary and Hon Secretary, Anti-Slavery Society, London, 1879 -1902 c.1861 - 1902 London, England, UK
  • Traveller
Alternative names
  • C. H. Allan
  • Chas. H. Allen
  • Charles Harris Allen
  • C. H. Allan
  • C. H. Allen
  • Charles Harris Allen
Arrivals
  • c.1868 (arrived Australia 19 April 1868 according to his comment in a paper 'The goldfiedls of Australia' given to the Ordianry general Meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute,England, 19 April 1869 )
  • c.1868
Trainings
  • -
Related people
  • Archer, (associate of)
  • Archer, (associate of)
Related works
  • Port Bowen, Qld (creator of)
  • Adelaide Hills (creator of)
  • Townsville (creator of)
  • Gracemere Jany/68 (creator of)
  • Port Bowen, Qld (creator of)
  • Adelaide Hills (creator of)
  • Townsville (creator of)
  • Gracemere Jany/68 (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
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Place 17 Well Walk, Hampstead, London, England
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