Charles Archer b. 1813

  • Artist (Painter)
Charles Archer made numerous maps and drawings of Queensland and is considered one of its major early artists. A member of the enterprising colonial Archer family, Charles built a number of buildings on the family properties and is credited with inventing what is now known as the Queensland squatter's chair.
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Name
Charles Archer
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Squatter (ANZSIC code: 01)
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
1813
Birth place
Scotland, UK
Death date
c.1862
Death place
Norway
Active Period
  • c.1843 - c.1853
Arrival
  • 1840 (Arrived Sydney, NSW)
Residence
  • c.1857 - c.1862 Norway
  • c.1854 - c.1857 Rockhampton, Qld.
  • c.1843 - c.1854 Durandur, near Woodford, Qld.
  • c.1840 - c.1843 Sydney, NSW
  • England, UK
  • c.July 1830- Tobago, West Indies
  • 1825 - 1830 Larvik, Norway
  • c.1813 - c.1825 Scotland, UK
Training
  • Laurvig Grammar School, Larvik, Norway
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: O'Keeffe, M. (1966), ''Charles Archer' et al.', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol 1, Melbourne 1966-1976.>, <ExternalResource: Archer, T. (1897), 'Recollections of a Rambling Life', Yokohama.>, <ExternalResource: Russell, H. (1888), 'The Genesis of Queensland', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Steelel, J.G. (1975), 'Brisbane Town in Convict Days 1824 1842', Brisbane, Qld.>, <ExternalResource: Archer Brothers, 'Durandur Diary 1843 44', John Oxley Library, Queensland State Library, Brisbane, Qld.>, <ExternalResource: 'Archer Family Correspondence', Fryer Library, Queensland University, Brisbane, Qld.>, <ExternalResource: NSW Commissioner for Crown Lands (2001), 'Darling Downs Record Books', 08, 30, John Oxley Library, Queensland State Library, Brisbane, Qld.>, <ExternalResource: McDonald, Lorna (1999), 'Over Earth and Ocean: The Archers of Tolderodden and Gracemere', University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, Qld.>]