Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson b. 19 April 1821

  • Artist (Painter)
Watercolour painter, architect, engineer, administrator and police commissioner, between 1850 and 1863 he worked in Fremantle WA where he designed some significant buildings. He also sketched the changing colonial scene.
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Name
Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Police commissioner (ANZSIC code: 7711)
  • Administrator (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • Engineer (ANZSIC code: 6923)
  • Architect (ANZSIC code: 6921)
Birth date
19 April 1821
Birth place
Muddiford, Hampshire, England, UK
Death date
8 December 1896
Active Period
  • c.1863 - c.1869
  • 1869 - 1886
  • c.1854 - c.1858
  • 1861 - 1865
  • 1850 - 1863
Arrival
  • 1 June 1850 (Arrived at Fremantle in the 'Scindian'.)
Residence
  • 1850 - 1863 Fremantle, WA (With regular trips to back to England. )
Training
  • Royal Military Academy, England, UK
  • King's School, Somerset, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: 'British Parliamentary Papers 1850 1863: Correspondence on convict discipline and transportation'.>, <ExternalResource: Birman, W. (1974), 'Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson', Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 4, Pike, Douglas (ed.), Melbourne, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Campbell, R. (1975), 'The Fremantle Prison', Fremantle, WA.>, <ExternalResource: Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye', Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA.>, <ExternalResource: Hutchison, D. (c.1970), 'The Making of the Fremantle Museum', Perth, WA.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, J. S. (1988), 'Out of Sight, Out of Mind', National Trust , Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Reece, R. & Pascoe, R. (1983), 'A Place of Consequence: A Pictorial History of Fremantle', Fremantle, WA.>] [<ExternalResource: 'British Parliamentary Papers 1850 1863: Correspondence on convict discipline and transportation'.>]