Jane King

Also known as Jane Mathewson
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Wife of a missionary, Jane King helped establish a school in Fremantle, Western Australia. Her sketches depicted local landscapes and indigenous inhabitants.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 1101/1900’.

  • King, H. and Cable, K.J. (c.1976), 'Australian Dictionary of Biography’, Volume 5, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829/1888’, Nedlands, WA.

  • King, G. (1887), 'Reminiscences’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Mander-Jones, P. (1972), 'Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Information sourced from Robertson, Lorna.

See also

  • 'DAA, page 427'.

Initial data sources

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