John Bolger b. c.1776

  • Artist (Painter)
A convict, John Bolger's painting of Woolloomooloo is in the collection of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. A pencil note attached to the back states that it was "kept as a curiosity".

watercolourist and ship’s carpenter, was a Sydney convict. He is said to have painted the watercolour Walloomoolloo [sic]. The Seat of Jno. Palmer Esqre. Port Jackson on 3 March 1803 (Mitchell Library). A pencil note on the back states: 'done by one of the prisoners and kept as a curiosity’.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011