Charles Joseph La Trobe b. 30 March 1801

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A gifted sketcher, colonial administrator and travel writer, he always recorded his travels, and the illustrations in at least two of his four published travel books were based on his sketchbooks. La Trobe was responsible for the development of the Port Phillip area, from a ragged unofficial settlement of 6,000 Europeans to a self-governing colony with a white population of over 80,000.
Name
Charles Joseph La Trobe
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Tutor (ANZSIC code: P)
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102)
  • Lieutenant-governor (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Travel writer (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Colonial administrator (ANZSIC code: 75)
Birth date
30 March 1801
Birth place
London, England, United Kingdom
Death date
4 December 1875
Death place
London, England, United Kingdom
Active Period
  • c.1829 - c.1860
Arrival
  • 24 July 1839 (aboard the Fergusson)
Residence
  • c.1835 - c.1839 Jolimont, Lake Neuchétel, Switzerland
  • c.1832 - c.1834 Mexico (travel)
  • c.1832 - c.1834 United States of America (travel)
  • 1839 - 1854 Sydney, NSW
  • 1837 West Indies
  • c.1824 Switzerland
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870