Frederick Needham b. 1840

Also known as Frederick Needham, J. M. Needham, Frederick Miller Needham
  • Artist (Painter)
A watercolourist who mainly painted the surroundings of South Australia. He exhibited several landscapes in South Australia and was commissioned in the 1880s to produce a publication of the Murray River Irrigation Scheme. This included 18 detailed drawings.
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watercolourist, surveyor and shipping agent, was born in Davenport, England, and came to South Australia with his parents in 1857.

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1992
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2011

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Related stub people
  • Needham, R. W. (Rev) (child of)
  • Carruthers, Hannah (spouse of)
  • Chaffey (Messrs) (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • South Australian Survey Department, SA (associate of)
  • [Royal] South Australian Society of Arts, SA (associate of)
Related works
  • Traction Engine Pulling up Timber with Wire Rope at Mildura (creator of)
  • Boekmark Cliffs, Renmark Irrigation Colony (creator of)
  • Site of the Town of Mildura; Pumping Station etc (creator of)
Related collections
  • private collections (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)