Edwin Truscott Gill

  • Artist (Carver),
  • Artist (Photographer)
Woodcarver and photographer. In 1874 Gill was working with photographer Alfred Chopin as they toured the country taking photographs.
Tags: Woodcarving

Wood carver who arrived aboard the 'Racehorse’ in August 1865. He had been convicted of receiving stolen goods. He was a wood carver and worked first as a carpenter and joiner in workshop in King Street. In 1874 Gill was working with photographer Alfred Chopin as they toured the country taking photographs. In July 1876 he left for the more lucrative gold fields of California.


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Writers:
Dr Dorothy Erickson
Date written:
2010
Last updated:
2011