John James Clark b. 23 January 1838

Also known as James Clark, J. J. Clark
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Watercolour painter, photographer, architect and engineer born in Liverpool, England. Resident of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia he was responsible for the designs of many public buildings.

Citations

  • (August 1915), 'Journal’, Royal Victorian Institute of Architects, Volume 13, .

  • Saunders, D. (1969), 'John James Clark’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.

  • Cox, L. (1970), 'The National Gallery of Victoria 1861-1968’, Melbourne, VIC.

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

  • (26 June 1915), '(obituary)’, Argus.

  • (12 June 1917), 'Building’, (Clark Memorial Issue).

  • (12 September 1915), Building News.

  • (8 January 1878), Victoria : Victorian Government Gazette.

  • Clark, J. J., 'Extracts from my daily diary’, Family manuscript.

  • Dynan, K. L. (1962), 'John James Clark’, Victoria : Bachelor of Architecture Thesis, Melbourne University.

  • Handasyde, S. (1948), 'Treasury buildings’, Victoria : Bachelor of Architecture Thesis, Melbourne University.

  • 'Correspondence’, Queensland : Under Secretary Public Works Department, Australian Organisation for Quality.

  • (1853), 'Letter Books’, Melbourne, Vic : Colonial Secretary, Public Records Office.

  • Information sourced from Harris, Helen D.

  • Information sourced from Johnson, Fay.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions