John Ramsden Wollaston b. 23 March 1791

Also known as Archdeacon John Ramsden Wollaston, Reverend John Ramsden Wollaston
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Wollaston is known for the copious personal diaries he kept during his Australian years (1841/1856). These were sent to friends in England and later returned to him. They contained the occasional illustrated entry or tiny sketched figure.

Citations

  • 'Colonial Eye biographical file’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.

  • Bolton, G. (1968), 'John Ramsden Wollaston’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol. 2, Melbourne.

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

  • Green, N. (1988), 'John Ramsden Wollaston and the Aboriginal experience’, York, Western Australia.

  • Kerr, E.J. (1978), 'Designing a Colonial Church’, British Theses-In-Print, Docter of Philosophy, York, England.

  • Sanders, T. (1975), 'Bunbury’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Wollaston, J. R. (1948), 'Wollaston’s Picton journal (1841-1844): being volume 1 of the Journals and diaries (1841-1856) of Revd John Ramsden Wollaston, M.A./ collected by Canon A. Burton: edited with introduction and notes by Canon Burton and Percy U. Henn’, Perth, Western Australia.

  • (1985), 'John Ramsden Wollaston: the making of a pioneer priest’, York, Western Australia.

Initial data sources

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