James Grove b. c.1769

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James Grove was a sketcher, engraver, carver and silversmith. He is credited with having made the earliest existing example of Australian silver, a small castor with the arms and crest of Lieutenant-Colonel David Collins and an inscription bearing the date 1804.
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associate of
G. P. Harris
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associate of
Reverend Robert Knopwood
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Thomas Bensley
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spouse of
Susannah Grove
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parent of
Daniel Grove
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associate of
Lieutenant-Colonel David Collins
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associate of
John Houston
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Daniel Woodriff
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Benjamin Bensley
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associate of
John Bowen
1769
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)

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References [<ExternalResource: Earnshaw, J. (1966), 'James Grove', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 1, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Nicholls, M. (ed.) (1977), 'The Diary of the Reverend Robert Knopwood 1803-1838', Launceston, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: Tipping, M. (1988), 'Convicts Unbound', Ringwood, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Earnshaw, J. (1959), 'Select letters of James Grove, convict', Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association (THRA) 8/1-2.>]