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Glaskin, Frederic
Perth-based goldsmith and soap maker who was a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and exhibited at the Perth International Exhibition of 1881.
Carter, Irene, b. 1900
Irene Carter was born in 1900. She was a painter, musician and teacher who won the watercolour section of the Art Competition in 1951. Carter ...
Backhouse, James, b. 1794
Only in Australia for six years, Backhouse kept extensive records of his experiences, which were then posthumously published in London. His observations have proven to ...
Baines, James Alex, b. 1814
Baines was a cabinetmaker who arrived in 1840 on the Island Queen from London.
Currie, Jane Eliza, b. 1794
Miniature and watercolour painter, born in England, UK. Resident of Western Australia she painted some of earliest known views taken in the area.
Boultbee, John, b. 1799
Leading a peripatetic life, John Boultbee frequented a number of British 19th century outposts throughout his travels, including Australia and kept a journal of his ...
Gresswell, John, b. 1798
Goldsmith and orchardist who was born in England who lived and worked in Perth in mid 1800s.
Clifton, Elinor Katherine, b. 1820
Sketcher born in England. Resident of Western Australia and founder of Australind.
King, Jane
Wife of a missionary, Jane King helped establish a school in Fremantle, Western Australia. Her sketches depicted local landscapes and indigenous inhabitants.
Knight, C.
C. Knight was a painter in Hobart in the early 1840s and is assumed to be also the photographer and photographic showman of the same ...
Lazenby, George, b. 1807
Cabinetmaker, master builder, lay preacher and civil servant. He was born in 1807. A man with a social conscience Lazenby was Chairman of the Swan ...
Clifton, Louisa, b. 1814
Painter, sketcher and diarist. Resident of Western Australia she recorded the first permanent house erected at Port Leschenault.
Clifton, Mary, b. 1822
Sketcher and resident of Western Australia.
McGorman, Margaret
Margaret McGorman won an Agricultural Society Prize for weaving stockings and clothing in 1843.
Kemp,
Possibly the unknown artist who painted 'The Farm of Major William Nairn near York WA' auctioned through Sotheby's in November 1998.
Knight, Nathan Elias, b. 1815
A sketcher, farmer and customs agent, Nathan Knight arrived at the Swan River Colony in Western Australia in 1841. His only recorded works are two ...
Purkis, James, b. 1783
Purkis was primarily a merchant but he worked in the arts as a scene-painter. In 1839 he painted the scenery for 'Love la Militaire', said ...
Clint, Raphael, b. 1797
Lithographer, engraver, printer and surveyor born in England. Resident of Western Australia, Tasmania and NSW he designed and engraved the first signed armorial bookplates produced ...
Meares, Richard Goldsmith, b. 1780
Sketcher, mural painter, army officer and settler at the Swan River Colony (Western Australia). Captain Meares was known for his draughtsmanship and his depictions of ...
Austin, Robert, b. 1825
Surveyor, Austin led an exploring party north-east of Perth in 1854 and consequently published a journal of the expedition which included a couple of his ...