Robert Lowes Dibdin

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
The "gentleman artist", Dibdin is considered Rockhampton's first resident painter, also an actor, an estate agent, and a gold buyer. Dibdin was the founding secretary of the Rockhampton Separation Committee, and remained a strong advocate for the creation of a new North Queensland colony.
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associate of
Marcellin Louis Martin
1837
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Louisa Clifton
1843
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
James Coutts Crawford
1843
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Anne Dadswell
1843
Artist (Painter)
parent of
T R Dibdin
1843
Artist (Painter), Artist (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
spouse of
Georgiana Lowe
1843
Artist (Draughtsman)

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Related stub people
  • Dibdin, Thomas Coleman (child of)
  • Cumming, A. J. (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Rockhampton Dramatic Society (associate of)
  • Rockhampton Separation Committee (associate of)
  • [Royal] Queensland Art Society (associate of)
Related people
  • Martin, Marcellin Louis (associate of)
Related works
  • The Irish Emigrant (creator of)
  • Keppel Island (creator of)
  • view of the Central Queensland Meat Export Company's meatworks at Lakes Creek, Rockhampton (creator of)
  • scenic backdrop for 'Nine Points of the Law' (creator of)
  • Death of Troopers Power and Cahill (creator of)
Related events
  • Queensland Art Society (exhibited at)