Miss Bastow was headmistress of a school in Launceston, Tasmania in 1863 where young ladies were given a proper "English" education, including drawing classes.
A watercolourist who was awarded an honourable mention when her watercolours of native flowers were shown at the 1861 Victoria Exhibition at Melbourne. They were ...
A sketcher, Miss Eckford won the prize for the best watercolour flower painting in the Industrial Exhibition held at the Maitland School of Arts, 1861.
A sketcher who showed a drawing of Windsor Castle at the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition. Miss Freer was living at that time in Geelong, Victoria.