Eliza Hodgson b. 1820

Also known as Eliza Dowling
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and sketcher, was born in England and came to Sydney in 1828. In 1842 she moved to Queensland with her husband where she became one of the earliest artists to sketch the town of Brisbane and the pastoral properties of the Darling Downs.

Citations

  • Waterson, D. (1972), 'Sir Arthur Hodgson’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, Pike, D. (ed.), Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1925), 'Australian Encyclopaedia’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Durack, N. & King, P. (1985), 'Downs Artists: A Changing Landscape’, Toowoomba, Qld.

  • Evans, S. (1982), 'Historic Brisbane and its Early Artists’, Ascot, Qld.

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

  • Waterson, D. (1968), 'Squatter, Selector and Storekeeper: A History of the Darling Downs’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Sydney Herald, (Index).

  • 'Blaxland Family Papers’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (ms A1322).

  • Dowling, James (Sir ), 'Journal and Family Papers’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, (manuscript A4850).

  • Hodgson, A., 'Family Papers’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, (manuscript A3249).

  • Martens, C., 'Notebooks and Letterbooks’, Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (manuscripts 142-44).

Initial data sources

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