George Frankland b. 1800

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Described by a contemporary as 'a gentleman of the highest talents but without one atom of common sense', Frankland took part in exploratory missions in Van Diemen's Land and drew the misguided 'comic strip' proclamation to the Tasmanian Aborigines in 1829.

Citations

  • Beattie, J. W. (1919), 'J.W. Beattie to Mitchell Librarian, Letters, 25 April and 26 June 1919’.

  • Eldershaw, P. (1966), 'George Frankland’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, [eds. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward], Melbourne, Vic.

  • Binks, C. (1980), 'Explorers of Western Tasmania’, Launceston, Tas.

  • Bonwick, J. (1870), 'The Last of the Tasmanians’, London, England, UK.

  • Bonyhady, T. (1985), 'Images in Opposition’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Calder, J. (1984), 'Recollections of Sir John & Lady Jane Franklin in Tasmania’, Hobart, Tas., [reprint].

  • Craig, C. (1961), 'The Engravers of Van Diemen’s Land’, Hobart, Tas.

  • Rayner, T. (1982), 'A letter from Jane Franklin to her sister Mary Simpkinson’, Push from the Bush 13, November.

  • (1831), Colonial Times, January 14.

  • (1830), Hobart Town Register, November 26.

  • (1866), Sydney Morning Herald, September 07.

  • Brown, P. L. (1961), 'P.L. Brown to R. Michaelis, Extract from Letter, 7 December 1961’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, [PXn 19].

  • Mander-Jones, P., 'Notes on Tasmanian Aborigines’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, [ A#29/4].

  • Morris, J. R., 'Notes on a message to the Tasmanian Aborigines in 1829 popularly called “Governor Davey’s Proclamation to the Aborigines, 1816”’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, [PXn 704].

  • Information sourced from Morris, John Rothwell.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

Initial data sources

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