Charles Dirck Wittenoom b.

Also known as Esq. C. D. Wittenoom
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and newspaperman from England, brother of John Burdett Wittenoom, the first clergyman appointed to Western Australia. He produced sketches of WA, representing the countryside before convict labour altered the landscape. The drawings were turned into engravings for Nathaniel Ogle's influential book, 'The Colony of Western Australia: A Manual for Emigrants 1839'.
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Name
Charles Dirck Wittenoom
Also known as Esq. C. D. Wittenoom
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • newspaperman (ANZSIC code: 5411)
Birth date
Birth place
England, UK
Active Period
  • c.1836 - c.1837
Arrival
  • c.1836
Residence
  • c.1837- England, UK
  • c.November 1836 - c.April 1837 Perth, WA
  • c.1836- Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

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Related collections
  • Dixson Gallery, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Dixson Gallery, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)