Mr Von Rimstadt b.

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Colonial era Dutch cartoonist and horticulturalist who worked for several years in Townsville before settling in Java where he became a notable orchid collector.
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cartoonist and horticulturalist, was a Dutchman who visited Townsville, Queensland, about 1882-84 before settling in Java where he became a notable orchid collector. Gibson-Wilde says that he did a magnificent cartoon at Townsville in 1883 depicting the local members of the separation movement (illustrated North Queensland Herald 16 April 1896).

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Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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References [<ExternalResource: Gibson-Wilde, Dorothy (1997), 'The artists of colonial Townsville', Brisbane, Qld : Griffith University, in Art off Centre : placing Queensland art ed. Glenn R. Cooke and Queensland Studies Centre, p 127.>, <ExternalResource: (1896), North Queensland Herald, 04-16, Townsville, QLD.>]