Edmund Frederick Du Cane b. 23 March 1830

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Engaged as a Royal Engineer to superintend the works for the proposed convict establishment in Western Australia. Du Cane's sketches and paintings of exploratory expeditions, colonial life and Aborigines engaged in traditional pursuits and communicating with colonialists are valued for being some of the earliest recordings of the penal colony. In 1877, after returning to England, he was knighted f
creator of
Watercolour of the wooden bridge over the Swan River at Guildford
 
creator of
Wannanegaste Tried Guildford, Feby. 21st for Spearing Commeyatoe
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creator of
The Governor's Mercy Extended to Dallaga, Sheep Stealer, Champion Bay
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