Charles Rudston Read b. 16 May 1818

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Charles Rudston Read first visited Australia as a young naval officer in 1838. His career enabled him to travel to China, Brazil, the Pacific Islands and New Zealand. He captured the essence of the Victorian goldfields in the 1850s and the gold-digger's life in his illustrated book, "What I Heard, Saw and Did at the Australian Goldfields".
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  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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