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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Name
George Harris
Also known as George Prideaux Robert Harris
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Magistrate (ANZSIC code: 7540)
  • Editor (ANZSIC code: 5412)
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
1775
Death date
16 October 1810
Death place
Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Death note
Tasmania
Active Period
  • 1807 - 1808
  • c.1804
Arrival
  • 1803 (At Port Phillip, Victoria in the 'Ocean'.)
Residence
  • England, UK
  • 1800 Ceylon, Sri Lanka, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
  • Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
  • 1803 - 1804 Port Phillip (Sorrento), Vic. (One of the original settlers at the Port Phillip settlement, Victoria. )
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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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.>]