Edwin Bode b. 1859

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Edwin Bode was a painter and photographer who travelled throughout Queensland painting watercolours of homesteads in exchange for board and lodging. A longtime resident of Canungra, on his death in 1926 the town's residents paid for his sandstone tombstone, which featured a palette and brushes and was inscribed 'Erected by the many friends and admirers of our natural artist, E. Bode, in memory of his glorious work'
Name
Edwin Bode
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1859
Birth place
Birmingham, England, UK
Death date
1926
Death place
Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island, Qld.
Burial place
Wonglepong Cemetery, Canungra, Qld.
Active Period
  • 1882 - 1926
Arrival
  • 1882 (Arrived Queensland aboard the Firth of Clyde)
Residence
  • c.1926 Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island, Qld.
  • c.1913 - c.1926 Canungra, Qld.
  • c.1902 - c.1913 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1886 - c.1902 Canungra, Qld.
  • 1882 - 1886 Queensland
  • Suffolk, England, UK
  • c.1859 - c.1882 Birmingham, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'