Henry William St Pierre Bunbury b. 1812

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A caricature in his diary of Governor Bourke saw Bunbury demoted from his position as his aide-de-camp. He later volunteered for service in Western Australia, where he was in charge of 150 troops sent to protect settlers from the Aborigines. Lieutenant-Governor Stirling named the town of Bunbury at Port Leschenault after him.

Citations

  • Bunbury, W and Morell, W. P (eds) (1930), 'Early Days in Western Australia: Being the Letters and Journal of Lieut. H. W. St P. Bunbury’, 21st Fusiliers, London, England.

  • Mahood, M (1973), 'The Loaded Line: Australian Political Caricature 1788 1901’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Sanders, T (1975), 'Bunbury’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Information sourced from Dixon, Christine.

  • Cammilleri, C., 'Henry William St Pierre Bunbury’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vols 1-6, Melbourne, Victoria, 1966-76.

Initial data sources

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