Charles Whybrow Ligar b. c.1811

Also known as Charles Ligar, C. L.
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Colonial New Zealand and Victorian sketcher, amateur photographer, lithographer, model-maker, cartographer, architect, surveyor and grazier
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Name
Charles Whybrow Ligar
Also known as:
  • Charles Ligar
  • C. L.
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Other Occupation
  • Surveyor-general of Victoria (ANZSIC code: 6922)
  • Land commissioner (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • Surveyor-general of New Zealand (ANZSIC code: 6922)
  • Model-maker (ANZSIC code: 2599)
  • Cartographer (ANZSIC code: 6922)
  • Architect (ANZSIC code: 6921)
  • Grazier (ANZSIC code: 01)
  • Royal engineer (ANZSIC code: 6923)
Birth date
c.1811
Birth place
Ceylon, Sri Lanka, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Birth note
dates differ in NZDNB, according to Peter Richardson
Death date
c.February 1881
Death place
Texas, USA
Death note
dates differ in NZDNB, according to Peter Richardson
Active Period
  • c.1844 - c.1865
Arrival
  • 1858
Residence
  • Ireland
  • c.1868 - c.1880 Mediterranean coast
  • c.1880 - c.1881 Texas, USA
  • c.1868 Auckland, New Zealand
  • c.1857 - c.1865 Victoria
  • c.1856 - c.1858 South Otago, New Zealand
  • c.1841 - c.1857 New Zealand
Training
  • Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

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References [<ExternalResource: Ligar, C. W., 'Diary', Auckland Public Library, 1845-11-22/1846-11-19.>, <ExternalResource: Powell, J. M. (1976), 'Charles Whybrow Ligar', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Pike, D., Shaw, A., Clark M., Nairn B., Serle, G. and Ward, R. eds. , Volume 5, Melbourne, Biography taken largely from.>, <ExternalResource: Richardson, Peter, Information from.>] [<ExternalResource: Ligar, C. W., 'Diary', Auckland Public Library, 1845-11-22/1846-11-19.>, <ExternalResource: Powell, J. M. (1976), 'Charles Whybrow Ligar', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Pike, D., Shaw, A., Clark M., Nairn B., Serle, G. and Ward, R. eds. , Volume 5, Melbourne, Biography taken largely from.>]