Sketcher, author and merchant, was in Victoria from 1851 to 1857. He wrote 'Australia: or, Notes taken During a Residence in the Colonies from the Gold Discovery in 1851 till 1857' and its chromolithographed frontispiece was based on one of his sketches.
sketcher, author and merchant, was a merchant in Victoria from 1851 to 1857. On board ship returning to Scotland he wrote Australia: or, Notes taken During a Residence in the Colonies from the Gold Discovery in 1851 till 1857 (Dundee, 1859). The chromolithographed frontispiece, Falls of the Yarra Yarra Melbourne, showing Dight’s Mill, is after one of his sketches. In the colony Just published a pamphlet promoting colonial art. After his return, he promoted Scottish emigration to Victoria.
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