Henry Pares Venables b. 1830

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Henry Pares Venables was a sketcher who travelled to Victoria from England in 1853 with Henry Kingsley, both lured by the goldrush. Three sketches by Venables are held in the Baillieu Library at the University of Melbourne.

Citations

  • Cowan, P., 'Henry Pares Venables’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. Pike, D., Shaw, A., Clark, M., Nairn, B., Serle, G. and Ward, R. vol 6, Melbourne 1966-1976.

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

Initial data sources

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