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Gresswell, John, b. 1798
Goldsmith and orchardist who was born in England who lived and worked in Perth in mid 1800s.
Cetta, Lawrence, b. 1803
LAWRENCE CITTA (Cetta), alias LORENZO CITTE, aged 32, born Italy about 1802, tried 1834 in Sheffield, and transported on “Mary Ann” to New South Wales ...
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Devereux, John, b. 1810
Brown, James Davie, b. 1816
Flavelle, John, b. 1816
Although he trained as an optician, John Flavelle apparently had the aptitude to earn his living as a photographer, watchmaker, jeweller and general importer. Flavelle ...
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Edwards, William, b. 1819
Hogarth, Julius, b. 1820
Professional jeweller, smith, sculptor, engraver and diesinker of Danish origin. Resided and worked in Sydney and later Melbourne, is distinguished for his incorporation of Australian ...
Kosvitz, Augustus John, b. 1831
Queensland-based watchmaker, jeweller and metalsmith who produced presentation pieces and jewellery in gold and silver. A former employee of Hogarth, Erichsen & Co., Kosvitz introduced ...
Ebenston, Joshua, b. 1835
Joshua Ebenston was a skilled cabinet-maker in colonial Brisbane. However, because furniture from his workshop was unmarked we know of the quality of his work ...
Howitt, William, b. 1846
William Howitt was a woodcarver. He lived and worked in Western Australia and exhibited his carvings at international exhibitions.
Brown, Charles Allen, b. 1850
Charles Allen Brown was the pre-eminent manufacturing jeweller active in Brisbane during the last Quarter of the nineteenth century. An apprentice of Christian Ludwig Qwist, ...
Henry, Lucien Félix, b. 1850
A painter, sculptor and designer who was exiled to New Caledonia for his part in the siege of Paris before arriving in Australia in 1879. ...
Campbell, John , b. 1857
Campbell was a commercial potter working in Launceston as John Campbell and Sons. The pottery began in 1880 and remained in operation until 1975.
Tarrant, Harley, b. 1860
Tarrant was amongst the first to design and build a motor car in Australia, the "Tarrant". Beginning as an automobile importer, he developed his first ...
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Linton, James W R, b. 1869
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Harcourt, Clewin, b. 1870
Clewin Harcourt had a successful early career as an artist, both in Australia and in Europe. In his later years he lived a life of ...
Gerstl, Josef , b. 1871
Upholsterer, retailer who ran three furniture stores in Vienna's 7th district. Son Michael worked with him at Mobel Haus Josef Gerstl as a furniture designer ...
Lee, Meung , b. 1875
Quong Lee and Co., Furniture manufacturers were located at 38-40 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. They have identified by Michael Lech, curator at the Caroline Simpson Library ...
Rosenstengel, Edmund, b. 1887
Rosenstengel is the principal of Rosenstengel Brisbane, a designer and maker of domestic furniture. He began his career at Rosenstengel & Kleimeyer, Toowoomba QLD, later ...
Fels, Charles Schija, b. 1889
Proprietor of the Germaine Rocher dress salon in Sydney.