Jane King

Also known as Jane Mathewson
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Wife of a missionary, Jane King helped establish a school in Fremantle, Western Australia. Her sketches depicted local landscapes and indigenous inhabitants.
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Name
Jane King
Also known as Jane Mathewson
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Missionary teacher (ANZSIC code: 9540)
Death date
1900
Death place
Burwood, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1841 - c.1845
Arrival
  • 15 October 1841 (WA onboard the Ganges)
Residence
  • 1849 - 1900 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1843 - c.December 1848 Albany, WA
  • 15 October 1841 - December 1848 Fremantle, Perth, WA
  • c.1840- Ireland
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 1101/1900'.>, <ExternalResource: King, H. and Cable, K.J. (c.1976), 'Australian Dictionary of Biography', Volume 5, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829/1888', Nedlands, WA.>, <ExternalResource: King, G. (1887), 'Reminiscences', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Mander-Jones, P. (1972), 'Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Robertson, Lorna.>] [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 1101/1900'.>]