George Curtis Fawcett Rowe b. 1832

Also known as George Fawcett, George Fawcett Rowe
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, scene-painter, actor and entertainer, George Fawcett entered into a partnership to build Princess Theatre in Dunedin, New Zealand, which opened in 1862. He not only performed in Australia but also appeared in British, American and Canadian theatres.

Citations

  • Gibson-Wilde, Dorothy (1987), 'An Historian’s Update 1987’, prelim. article in facsimile of The Townsville Herald Christmas number 24, December 1887, reprinted Townsville Bicentennial Community Historical and Literary Sub-Committee, Townsville, 1987 (Kerr, Joan add).

  • Blake, S. (1982), 'George Rowe, Artist and Lithographer 1796 1864’, Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museums catalogue, Cheltenham, England.

  • Reynolds, P. (3 October 1973), 'George Rowe on the Bendigo diggings’, La Trobe Library Journal 3.

  • McCulloch, A. (1977), 'Artists of the Australian Gold Rush’, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Ford, W., 'Theatrical reminiscences’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, ms.

  • (1868), Australasian, (Melbourne), 25 Jan, 4 April.

  • (1862), Illustrated Melbourne Post, 30 Aug, 6 Dec.

  • (1863), Illustrated Melbourne Post, 24, 31 Jan, 24 Oct.

  • (1863), Age, 25 May, 31 Aug.

Initial data sources

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