Byron Drury b.

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Naval officer and sketcher. Served on the Alligator when the ship was at Port Essington (Northern Territory) in 1838-1839. Later drew a pen-and-ink view, 'Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island' (1852), on a page which also includes a pencil sketch of a sailing ship with the edge of Nepean Island (off Norfolk Island) in the right-hand corner.

sketcher and naval officer, son of Rev. Henry Drury, Chaplain of Harrow school, entered the Royal Naval College in 1828. He was serving in the Alligator when the ship was at Port Essington (Northern Territory) in 1838-39. No sketches are known from this time, but Captain Drury later drew a pen-and-ink view, Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island (1852, Dixson Galleries). Included on the page is a pencil sketch of a sailing ship with the edge of Nepean Island (off Norfolk Island) in the right-hand corner.

Drury’s nephews, Albert Victor and Edward Robert, later settled in Queensland.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011