Charles Archer b. 1813

  • Artist (Painter)
Charles Archer made numerous maps and drawings of Queensland and is considered one of its major early artists. A member of the enterprising colonial Archer family, Charles built a number of buildings on the family properties and is credited with inventing what is now known as the Queensland squatter's chair.

Citations

  • O’Keeffe, M. (1966), ''Charles Archer’ et al.’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol 1, Melbourne 1966-1976.

  • Archer, T. (1897), 'Recollections of a Rambling Life’, Yokohama.

  • Russell, H. (1888), 'The Genesis of Queensland’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Steelel, J.G. (1975), 'Brisbane Town in Convict Days 1824 1842’, Brisbane, Qld.

  • Archer Brothers, 'Durandur Diary 1843 44’, John Oxley Library, Queensland State Library, Brisbane, Qld.

  • 'Archer Family Correspondence’, Fryer Library, Queensland University, Brisbane, Qld.

  • NSW Commissioner for Crown Lands (2001), 'Darling Downs Record Books’, 08, 30, John Oxley Library, Queensland State Library, Brisbane, Qld.

  • McDonald, Lorna (1999), 'Over Earth and Ocean: The Archers of Tolderodden and Gracemere’, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, Qld.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870