John Clements Wickham b. 21 November 1798

Also known as Captain John Clements Wickham
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
English naval officer and police magistrate who would marry into the Macarthur family after serving on the Beagle for over a decade. In the course of his expedition, Wickham produced detailed drawings of Indigenous rock engravings.
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Name
John Clements Wickham
Also known as Captain John Clements Wickham
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Naval officer (ANZSIC code: 7600) -
  • Police magistrate (ANZSIC code: 7540) -
Birth date
21 November 1798
Birth place
Leith, Scotland, UK
Death date
6 January 1864
Death place
Biarritz, France
Active Period
  • c.1837 - c.1841
Residence
  • c.1855 - c.1864 Biarritz, France
  • 1843 - 1853 Moreton Bay, Brisbane, Qld.
  • c.1842 - c.1843 Parramatta, NSW
  • c.1841 - c.1842 London, England
  • c.1840 - Western Australia
  • c.1838 - Sydney, NSW
  • c.1837 - c.1841 North-west Australia
  • c.1812 - c.1831 South America
  • c.1798 - c.1812 Scotland, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Morrison, A. A. (1967), 'John Clements Wickham', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Hordern, M. (1989), 'Mariners are Warned! John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia 1837-1843', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Wickham, J. C. (cited by Hordern) (1838), 'Proceedings of H.M.S. Beagle', Nautical Magazine, London, England.>, <ExternalResource: Stokes, J. Lort (1846), 'Stokes's Discoveries in Australia', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Wickham, J. C., 'Description of the River Victoria on the N.W. Coast of New Holland', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.>]