Edward La Trobe Bateman b. 1816

  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Although seeking his fortune in the Victorian goldfields, Edward La Trobe Bateman instead drifted into work as an illustrator and landscape designer. One of his most notable commissions was the layout of the grounds of the University of Melbourne.
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Name
Edward La Trobe Bateman
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Landscape designer (ANZSIC code: 6921)
  • Illustrator (ANZSIC code: 6924)
Birth date
1816
Birth place
Yorkshire, England, UK
Death date
30 December 1897
Death place
Rothesay, Scotland, UK
Active Period
  • c.1848 - c.1897
Arrival
  • 1852 (Arrived Vic. Vessel; the Windsor)
Residence
  • 1870 - 1897 Rothesay, Scotland, UK
  • 1852 - 1869 Victoria
  • 1816 - 1852 England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

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References [<ExternalResource: Meredith, Mary Anne (1891), 'Waratah Rhymes', London, England, UK, Bateman thought to be responsible for the binding designs.>, <ExternalResource: Meredith, Mary Anne (1860), 'Loved and Lost!', London, England, UK, Bateman thought to be responsible for the binding designs.>, <ExternalResource: Bacon, Mary Ann (1851), 'Winged Thoughts', London, England, UK, Illustrations by Bateman.>, <ExternalResource: Bacon, Mary Ann (1850), 'Fruits from the Garden and Field', London, England, UK, Illustrations by Bateman.>, <ExternalResource: Bacon, Mary Ann (1848), 'Flowers and their Kindred Thoughts', London, England, UK, Illustrations by Bateman.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel, 'Edward La Trobe Bateman', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol. 3, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Campbell, J. (1983), 'Australian Watercolour Painters', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Howitt, W. (1855), 'Land Labour and Gold', London, England (reprint Kilmore 1972).>, <ExternalResource: Lee, A. (1955), 'Laurels and Rosemary', Oxford, England.>, <ExternalResource: Sayers, A. (1989), 'Drawing in Australia', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Whitelaw, B. (1976), 'Australian Landscape Drawing', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Tibbits, G., et al., 'Directory of Victorian architects', University of Melbourne manuscript, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', 2nd edition, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Neale, Anna (2001), 'Illuminating Nature: the Art and Design of E.L. Bateman', University of Melbourne, Fine Arts Ph.D.>, <ExternalResource: Neale, Anna (2003), 'Flora Australis: Native Plants in the Art, Design and Gardens of E.L. Bateman', Studies in Australian Garden History, 1/1.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Dixon, Christine.>, <ExternalResource: Meredith, Louisa Anne (1860), 'Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania', London, England, UK. vol. 1.>, <ExternalResource: Meredith, Louisa Anne (1891), 'Last Series: Bush Friends', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Neale, Anne, 2001, Illuminating nature: the art and design of E.L. Bateman (1816-1897),Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Melbourne.>] [<ExternalResource: Meredith, Mary Anne (1891), 'Waratah Rhymes', London, England, UK, Bateman thought to be responsible for the binding designs.>, <ExternalResource: Meredith, Mary Anne (1860), 'Loved and Lost!', London, England, UK, Bateman thought to be responsible for the binding designs.>, <ExternalResource: Bacon, Mary Ann (1851), 'Winged Thoughts', London, England, UK, Illustrations by Bateman.>, <ExternalResource: Bacon, Mary Ann (1850), 'Fruits from the Garden and Field', London, England, UK, Illustrations by Bateman.>, <ExternalResource: Bacon, Mary Ann (1848), 'Flowers and their Kindred Thoughts', London, England, UK, Illustrations by Bateman.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel, 'Edward La Trobe Bateman', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol. 3, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Campbell, J. (1983), 'Australian Watercolour Painters', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Howitt, W. (1855), 'Land Labour and Gold', London, England (reprint Kilmore 1972).>, <ExternalResource: Lee, A. (1955), 'Laurels and Rosemary', Oxford, England.>, <ExternalResource: Sayers, A. (1989), 'Drawing in Australia', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Whitelaw, B. (1976), 'Australian Landscape Drawing', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Tibbits, G., et al., 'Directory of Victorian architects', University of Melbourne manuscript, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', 2nd edition, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Neale, Anna (2001), 'Illuminating Nature: the Art and Design of E.L. Bateman', University of Melbourne, Fine Arts Ph.D.>, <ExternalResource: Neale, Anna (2003), 'Flora Australis: Native Plants in the Art, Design and Gardens of E.L. Bateman', Studies in Australian Garden History, 1/1.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Dixon, Christine.>, <ExternalResource: Meredith, Louisa Anne (1860), 'Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania', London, England, UK. vol. 1.>, <ExternalResource: Meredith, Louisa Anne (1891), 'Last Series: Bush Friends', London, England, UK.>]