John Helder Wedge b. 1793

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and surveyor. During his survey Wedge made many sketches of the countryside and the Aboriginal people, some of which were later reproduced in James Bonwick's Discovery and Settlement of Port Phillip (Melbourne 1856).

Citations

  • Stancombe, G.H. (1967), 'John Helder Wedge’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2 [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.

  • Bride, T.F. (1898), 'Letters from Victorian Pioneers’, Melbourne, Vic : (reprint, 1983).

  • Dixson, W. (1923), 'Notes on Australian artists’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 9.

  • Downer, C.; & Phipps, J. (1985), 'Victorian Vision: 1834 Onwards’, Melbourne, Vic : National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne catalogue.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson, (facsimile reprint, 1980), 2 volumes.

  • Walker, A., 'Family traditions and personal recollections’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, (manuscript C195).

Initial data sources

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