Mr Harry Strongitharm Wilkinson b. 1845

  • Artist (Painter)
English-born painter and journalist/writer who lived in America in the 1870s then moved to New Zealand where he began professional painting and who moved to Australia in 1885 from New Zealand. Established his professional painting career when he moved to Queensland in 1898 obtaining commissions from the Brisbane Turf Club and Thomas Welsby.
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Name
Mr Harry Strongitharm Wilkinson (Also signed his works "HSW")
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Newspaper Editor (ANZSIC code: 5411) c.1890-1899 - c.1892 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • journalist (ANZSIC code: 5411) c.1890 - c.1898
  • merchant clerk (ANZSIC code: 72) c.1860-1869 - c.1870 England, UK
  • Commercial Agent (ANZSIC code: G) c.1870-1879 - c.1879 United States of America
Birth date
1845
Birth place
London, England
Death date
19 November 1918
Death place
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Death note
Grave 35, compartment 8A
Active Period
  • c.1870-1879 - c.1918
Arrival
  • c.1885 (Arrived in Sydney from New Zealand with family)
Residence
  • c.1845 - c.1870-1879 London, England
  • c.1870 - c.1880 United States of America
  • c.1885 - c.1892 Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • 1892 - 1898 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • 1898 - 1918 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia