Henry Kingsley b. 2 January 1830

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Kingsley arrived in Australia in 1853 to try his luck gold-mining. During his travels throughout New South Wales and Victoria he made a number of watercolour sketches and his novel 'The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn' was written while he was staying in Buninyong near the Ballarat goldfields in 1857.

Citations

  • Mellick, J.S.D. (1983), 'The Passing Guest: A Life of Henry Kingsley’, Brisbane, Qld.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, Candice.

  • Kingsley, Henry (1858), 'The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn’, London, England, UK.

Initial data sources

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