John Ramsden Wollaston b. 23 March 1791

Also known as Archdeacon John Ramsden Wollaston, Reverend John Ramsden Wollaston
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Wollaston is known for the copious personal diaries he kept during his Australian years (1841/1856). These were sent to friends in England and later returned to him. They contained the occasional illustrated entry or tiny sketched figure.
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Name
John Ramsden Wollaston
Also known as:
  • Archdeacon John Ramsden Wollaston
  • Reverend John Ramsden Wollaston
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • clergyman (ANZSIC code: 9540) -
  • farmer (ANZSIC code: 01) -
Birth date
23 March 1791
Birth place
England
Death date
3 May 1856
Death place
Albany, Western Australia
Active Period
  • 1841 - 1856
Arrival
  • 1841 (WA, vessel; Henry)
Residence
  • 1848 - 1856 Albany, Western Australia
  • 1843 - 1848 Bunbury, Western Australia
  • 1841 - 1843 Port Leschenault district, Western Australia
  • 1971 - 1841 England
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: 'Colonial Eye biographical file', Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.>, <ExternalResource: Bolton, G. (1968), 'John Ramsden Wollaston', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol. 2, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829 1888', Nedlands, Western Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Green, N. (1988), 'John Ramsden Wollaston and the Aboriginal experience', York, Western Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, E.J. (1978), 'Designing a Colonial Church', British Theses-In-Print, Docter of Philosophy, York, England.>, <ExternalResource: Sanders, T. (1975), 'Bunbury', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Wollaston, J. R. (1948), 'Wollaston's Picton journal (1841-1844): being volume 1 of the Journals and diaries (1841-1856) of Revd John Ramsden Wollaston, M.A./ collected by Canon A. Burton: edited with introduction and notes by Canon Burton and Percy U. Henn', Perth, Western Australia.>, <ExternalResource: (1985), 'John Ramsden Wollaston: the making of a pioneer priest', York, Western Australia.>]