A self-confessed adventurer, Lacy 'bade adieu to Old England and sailed for the Antipodes'. As a skilled and amused observer of social foibles and appearances ...
A sketcher, art teacher and publican. He turned to teaching after an unsuccessful business venture. He taught privately, at H.M. Pike's Hobart City Drawing School, ...
The eldest of the Batchelder brothers, Perez was undoubtedly instrumental in prompting his siblings to emigrate to Australia, arriving as he did several years before ...
A skilled sketcher and printer Ferres was appointed government printer of Victoria in 1851 and received a decoration from the French government for his printing ...
Henry Gritten was a painter and professional photographer. He 'enjoyed the favour of Prince Albert, the Duke of Norfolk and the Marquis of Westminster'. Gritten ...
Edward Hulme was a painter, lithographer, art teacher, gold-miner and farmer who came to Melbourne with his family in 1856. On arriving he was soon ...
Photographer and goldsmith of Danish heritage. A resident of Bendigo and in later years Sydney, mainly noted for his design and craftsmanship of commissioned commemorative ...
Charles Rudston Read first visited Australia as a young naval officer in 1838. His career enabled him to travel to China, Brazil, the Pacific Islands ...
John Richardson, painter, professional photographer and teacher, trained at the Royal Academy, London. He painted scenes from British history and literature, as well as copies ...
George Henry Wathen's observations of goldfields' life were recorded in his book 'The Golden Colony or, Victoria in 1854'. This was illustrated, with his own ...
Born into a privileged family, Beauchamp married an heiress after travelling between England, New Zealand and Victoria for a number of years. They finally settled ...
John Shearer Bowman was a Scottish immigrant to Australia. Being both a painter and an art teacher and a regular exhibitor to exhibitions in Sydney ...
A member of architecturally acclaimed Barry family - Cleveland's uncle, Sir Charles Barry, designed the British Houses of Parliament while her cousin, Sir John Wolfe ...