James Robertson b. 1829

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
James Robertson was a watercolourist and police magistrate. He came to New South Wales in 1842 with his father and at first did not seem to like the place much. He wrote to his brother in Scotland, "[It is] not a country but a wretched hole". He did, though, spend the rest of his life in Victoria.
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Name
James Robertson
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • police magistrate
Birth date
1829
Birth place
Scotland, UK
Death date
1907
Active Period
  • c.1869 - c.1905
Arrival
  • 1842
Residence
  • Studholm (or Homewood), Fellows Street, Kew, Victoria
  • Ashburton Cottage, Blessington Street, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria
  • Victoria
  • Muswellbrook, New South Wales
  • Scotland
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub person groups
  • Victorian Academy of Arts (associate of)
  • Royal Institute (associate of)
  • Victorian Artists' Society (associate of)
  • Christie's (associate of)
Related people
  • Robertson, Thomas (associate of)
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