Charles Joseph La Trobe b. 30 March 1801

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A gifted sketcher, colonial administrator and travel writer, he always recorded his travels, and the illustrations in at least two of his four published travel books were based on his sketchbooks. La Trobe was responsible for the development of the Port Phillip area, from a ragged unofficial settlement of 6,000 Europeans to a self-governing colony with a white population of over 80,000.
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child of
Christian Ignatius La Trobe
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child of
Né Sims Hannah
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associate of
Washington Irving
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spouse of
Sophie De Montmollin
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parent of
Agnes Louisa
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spouse of
Rose De Meuron
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associate of
Charles Hubert De Castella
1825
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
relative of
Edward La Trobe Bateman
1801
Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Charles Norton
1801
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Robert Russell
1801
Artist (Sculptor), Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Ferdinand von Mueller
1801
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