Alexander Tolmer b. 1815

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and police officer, was born in England of French parents and moved to South Australia. Sketched military pictures, scenes of the Australian landscape, criminals and bushrangers and Aboriginals.
creator of
The Major O'Halloran Expedition to Encounter Bay
 
creator of
Hadley Park Mount Gambier
 
creator of
Sunset off Kangaroo Island
 
creator of
Sketch of Government Cutter Scudding in a Gale
 
creator of
Charge of the Inneskillen Dragoons, Waterloo
 
creator of
(A native throwing a spear)
 
creator of
(Natives canoeing on the Murray River)
 
creator of
(Aboriginal burial ground beside Lake Alexandrina)
 
creator of
(Blue Lake at Mount Gambier)
 
creator of
(View of the town of Luria)
 
creator of
Robe Town--Embarkation of H.E. Sir James Ferguson, June 12th, 1869
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