James Aikenhead b. 3 June 1815

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Scottish male colonial sketcher and founder of the Launceston Examiner, Aikenhead's journal recording his emigration from London to Tasmania, with his only known drawings, has since been lost.

Citations

  • Robson, l. (1966), 'James Aikenhead’, ed. Pike, D., Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne, Vic, vol. 1.

  • Bennett, S. & Bennett, B. (1980), 'Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament: 1851-1960’, Canberra, ACT.

  • (1887), Tasmanian News, 07-12.

  • Information sourced from Stlwell, G. T.

  • (1887), Launceston Examiner, 07-12.

Initial data sources

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