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Biriban, , b. 1800
Biriban or Johnny McGill was best known as a language informant for the Reverend Lancelot Threlkeld a Minister and linguist in the 1830s. Threlkeld thought ...
Atkinson, Charles
Lithographer and architect. Following a ship wreck off South America, Atkinson arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1833. While waiting for a government position, Atkinson ...
Berkeley, Charles
Charles Berkeley emigrated to South Australia where he joined the police ranks after a failed attempt at farming. An occasional sketcher known only for an ...
Adamson, David Beveridge, b. 1823
David Beveridge Adamson emigrated to South Australia in 1839. He designed and produced toys, mechanical appliances and scientific instruments, the latter of which he used ...
Douglass, Alfred D., b. 1820
Alfred D. Douglass was a sketcher, businessman and newspaper proprietor. He came from Scotland to Van Diemen's Land in 1835. Douglass was a proprietor of ...
Duterrau, Benjamin, b. 1767
Duterrau arrived in Australia when he was 65. Already an established artist, he produced many Australian 'firsts' including 'The Conciliation' - the first history painting ...
Earle, Augustus, b. 1793
Augustus Earle travelled extensively during his lifetime, producing paintings and lithographs of his travels in the Mediterranean, North & South America, the Pacific and Atlantic ...
Edgar, Edmund, b. 1800
Edmund Edgar worked in London as a house painter and engraver before being convicted of robbery and sentenced to transportation for life. He used several ...
Barlow, Edward David
Arriving in Sydney in the 1830s, Edward Barlow established himself as a successful printer and lithographer. Barlow was something of an entrepreneur whose work included ...
Boulton, Edward Baker, b. 1812
Edward Baker Boulton was a grazier in northern New South Wales whose artistic practice is said to have enjoyed more attention than his sheep. A ...
Close, Edward Charles, b. 1790
Sketcher, army engineer, landowner and magistrate at Morpeth on the Hunter River, NSW.
Dalton, Edwin
A prominent society photographer, teacher to Queen Victoria and inventor of the 'Biotype'. His talent for portraiture was such 'you could almost speak to' his ...
Brambila, Fernando, b. 1763
Artist appointed to the Spanish expedition(1789/1794) under Alejandro Malaspina. He painted views of the Sydney area during their stay in 1793.
Fowles, Daniel Adey, b.
Colonial Sydney sketcher and medical practitioner. Fowles is known for his detailed diaries, containing both written and sketched representations of Sydney life.
Frome, Edward Charles, b. 1802
A skilled amateur artist, Frome used his talents to create a career as a painter. His works portrayed the country as inherently beautiful and are ...
Findlay, G.
A teacher who advertised in 1835 that he would be opening an 'Academy for young gentlemen' in Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, where drawing would be ...
Garling, Frederick, b. 1806
Earning his living working at Customs House, Frederick Garling only had early mornings and weekends to spend on his painting yet he was regarded as ...
Armstrong, George Fleming, b. 1803
Irish religious instructor, came to Point Puer, Tasmania in the 1830s to be catechist at the outpost for convict boys at the Port Arthur penal ...
Barney, George, b. 1792
George Barney was an English military officer who rose through the ranks of the Royal Engineers to become one of the most regarded and pioneering ...
Bayly, George, b. 1808
George Bayly followed in the family tradition of seafaring and sailed to the far corners of the British Empire. He kept meticulous diaries, including pen-and-ink ...