George Harris b. 1775

Also known as George Prideaux Robert Harris
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Sketcher and surveyor, he was one of the first settlers of both Port Phillip, Victoria and Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). He made surveys, topographical sketches and watercolours of the areas around Hobart.
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References [<ExternalResource: Pretyman, E.R. (1966), 'George Prideaux Robert Harris', Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 1, Pike, Douglas (ed.), Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Gibbin, R. (1938), 'The Early History of Tasmania', Oxford, England.>, <ExternalResource: Hamilton-Arnold, Barbara (ed.) (1994), 'Letters and Papers of G.P. Harris 1803-1812: Deputy Surveyor-General of New South Wales at Sullivan Bay, Port Phillip and Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land', Sorrento, Vic.: Arden Press.>, <ExternalResource: Nicholls, M. (ed.) (1977), 'The Diary of the Reverend Robert Knopwood 1803-1838', Launceston, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: Paffen, Paul (1999), 'The Art of Memory: Portraiture in Van Diemen's Land', Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Rienits, R. & Rienits, T. (1963), 'Early Artists of Australia', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Tipping, M. (1988), 'Convicts Unbound', Ringwood, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Historical Records of Australia, 1.>, <ExternalResource: 'Walker memorial volume', Royal Society, Calder manuscript, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1807), Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London, volume 9.>, <ExternalResource: Historical Records of Australia, 3.>]