William Austin

  • Artist (Painter)
Draughtsman and painter who exhibited his watercolours in Victoria, Queensland and London. Austin witnessed the arrival of the first gold escort and depicted this event in 'Arrival of the First Gold Escort, William Street, Melbourne, June 1852, By an Eye Witness'.

Citations

  • (1853), 'Victorian Blue Books’.

  • Brown, J.K. & Maynard, M. (1980), 'Fine Art Exhibitions in Brisbane 1884 1916’, St Lucia, Qld.

  • Glover, A. (1980), 'Victorian Treasures from the La Trobe Collection’, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, 2nd edn, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1875), Brisbane, Qld. : Telegraph, 07-19.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870