sketcher and army officer, was apparently a brother or half-brother of George Jackson Carey, a son of Thomas Carey and his second wife Barbara, née Jackson, of Rozel, Jersey, Channel Islands. Both served in New Zealand during the Waikato wars, George with the 18th and Robert with the 40th Regiments. As Colonel Carey, Robert left Melbourne for New Zealand in 1860, accompanying Major General Pratt as deputy adjutant-general. He published Narrative of the Late War in New Zealand in 1863. His drawing of Tauranga was the basis of an engraving in the Illustrated London News (reprinted as an illustration in J. Cowan’s History of the New Zealand Wars , 2 vols, Wellington 1922).
When General Sir George Jackson Carey was acting governor of NSW from May to August 1866, Brigadier-General Robert Carey must have visited him. General R. Carey’s watercolour view of Government House, Sydney, with deer in the grounds and a garish blue harbour in the distance, is dated 1866 (ML). Carey added the initials 'R.A.’ after his name — signifying 'Royal Artillery’, not 'Royal Academician’.
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