Hugh McColl b. 22 January 1819

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Hugh McColl had a diverse CV that included working as a bookseller, as publisher and printer of two Melbourne papers, a stint as a manager of a mine and secretary to a scheme devised by the Grand Victorian North West Canal, Irrigation, Traffic and Motive Power Company. Despite its grandiose title and enthusiastic goal to irrigate 6 million acres in northern Victoria, the company only succeeded in
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Name
Hugh McColl
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Politician
  • Newspaper editor
  • Bookseller
  • Printer
Birth date
22 January 1819
Birth place
Springbank, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Death date
2 April 1885
Death place
St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria
Burial place
Back Creek Cemetery, Bendigo, Victoria
Active Period
  • c.1853 - c.1854
Arrival
  • 2 January 1853
Residence
  • 1854 41 La Trobe Street East, Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1853 28 Little Bourke Street East, Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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