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".

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : V1839130 23A/1839’.

  • 'NSW Marriage Records : V1805620 3A/1805; V1805323 4/1805’.

  • 'NSW Birth Records : V18061621 1A/1806; V1806938 4/1806’.

  • Dyster, B. (1988), 'Servant and Master’, Kensington, NSW.

  • McCormick, T. (ed.) (1987), 'First Views of Australia 1788-1825’, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

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