Richard Atherton Ffarington b. 23 December 1823

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Ffarington recorded the natural world of Western Australia and its indigenous inhabitants while serving with the 51st Regiment in Western Australia bewteen 1843-47. His sketches and watercolours include competent scenes of the coast, but of far more importance are his drawing and watercolours of the daily activites of the local Aboriginal people.
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child of
William Ffarington
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child of
née Green Frances Ann Ffarington
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relative of
Joseph Ffarington
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née Rowes Ellen Julia Ffarington
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References [<ExternalResource: Ffarington, R. A., 'Drawings Sent Home from Bangalore by R.A. ffarington 51st Regmt in 1850'. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Acc. No. 1984/00W4.1-.22>, <ExternalResource: Dufour, Gary, and Tilbrook, Lois. (1986), 'Ffarington's Folio: South West Australia 1843-1847', Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.>, <ExternalResource: Ingram, T. (1984), 'US dealer harpoons log book', Australian Financial Review, 11-16.>, <ExternalResource: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (research notes).>, <ExternalResource: (1857), Illustrated London News, 02-14.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Gooding, Janda.>, <ExternalResource: (1999), 'Australian and International Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper', Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, Victoria 25-26 April, cat.109.>, <ExternalResource: Dufour, Gary (1986), "Introduction," in ‘Ffarington's Folio: South West Australia 1843-1847’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, pp. 4-6.>, <ExternalResource: Tilbrook, Lois (1986), "Ffarington's Folio," in ‘Ffarington's Folio: South West Australia 1843-1847’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, pp. 7-15.>, <ExternalResource: Tilbrook, Lois (1991), "Ffarington's eye," Aboriginal History, (ANU Press), Vol. 15, no. 1/2 (1991) 16 pages.>, <ExternalResource: Tilbrook, Lois, (1983), ‘Nyungar Traditions: Glimpses of Aborigines of South-western Australia’, UWA Press, Perth, 1983.>, <ExternalResource: Tilbrook, Lois , (1983), “Shadows in the Archive: an interpretation of European colonisation and Aboriginal Response in the Swan River Area”, PhD thesis, The University of Western Australia, 1988. >, <ExternalResource: Snell, T. (2016), “Unknown Land: Mapping and Imagining Western Australia”, The Conversation, 29 Sept. 2016.>] [<ExternalResource: Ffarington, R. A., 'Drawings Sent Home from Bangalore by R.A. ffarington 51st Regmt in 1850'. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Acc. No. 1984/00W4.1-.22>, <ExternalResource: Dufour, Gary, and Tilbrook, Lois. (1986), 'Ffarington's Folio: South West Australia 1843-1847', Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.>, <ExternalResource: Ingram, T. (1984), 'US dealer harpoons log book', Australian Financial Review, 11-16.>, <ExternalResource: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (research notes).>, <ExternalResource: (1857), Illustrated London News, 02-14.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Gooding, Janda.>, <ExternalResource: (1999), 'Australian and International Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper', Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, Victoria 25-26 April, cat.109.>, <ExternalResource: Dufour, Gary (1986), "Introduction," in ‘Ffarington's Folio: South West Australia 1843-1847’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, pp. 4-6.>, <ExternalResource: Tilbrook, Lois (1986), "Ffarington's Folio," in ‘Ffarington's Folio: South West Australia 1843-1847’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, pp. 7-15.>, <ExternalResource: Tilbrook, Lois (1991), "Ffarington's eye," Aboriginal History, (ANU Press), Vol. 15, no. 1/2 (1991) 16 pages.>, <ExternalResource: Tilbrook, Lois, (1983), ‘Nyungar Traditions: Glimpses of Aborigines of South-western Australia’, UWA Press, Perth, 1983.>, <ExternalResource: Tilbrook, Lois , (1983), “Shadows in the Archive: an interpretation of European colonisation and Aboriginal Response in the Swan River Area”, PhD thesis, The University of Western Australia, 1988. >]