Andrew James Learmonth b. 1826

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and squatter who was born in India and migrated to Australia as a child with his family. Known to have sketched on his property in the Riverina District in NSW, Learmonth is best remembered as a highly successful landowner.
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Name
Andrew James Learmonth
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Squatter (ANZSIC code: 01)
  • Army Officer, East India Company (ANZSIC code: 7600)
Birth date
1826
Birth place
India
Death date
1892
Death place
United Kingdom, United Kingdom?
Death note
Uncertain
Active Period
  • c.1868-
Arrival
  • c.1835 (Is known to have been in Tasmania by this time.)
Residence
  • c.1826 - c.1835 India
  • c.1835 - c.1845 Tasmania
  • 1845 - 1850 India
  • c.1850 - c.1868 Ballarat, Vic.
  • c.1868- Riverina District, NSW
Cultural Heritage
  • Scottish
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: (8 December 1956), 'A squatter's lot was not a happy one', Sydney Morning Herald, reprinted from 'Notes on the Murrumbidgee and Riverina squattages', Town and Country Journal c.1868.>, <ExternalResource: Brown, P. L. (1967), 'John Thomas, Somerville and Andrew James Learmonth', Australian Dictionary of Biography, (Volume 2), Pike, D. (ed.), Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Leighton, S. (1868), 'Sketches in Australia with Journal Extracts', London, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1868), 'Australia', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia pictorial (album 1).>] [<ExternalResource: (8 December 1956), 'A squatter's lot was not a happy one', Sydney Morning Herald, reprinted from 'Notes on the Murrumbidgee and Riverina squattages', Town and Country Journal c.1868.>]