Mark Reid b. 1842

Also known as Mark Watt Reid
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Mark Watt Reid, Scottish sketcher and station manager, arrived in New South Wales in 1858. His drawing of Woodstock, the property he managed in 1865 beside the Haughton River, near Townsville, was bequeathed to the City of Townsville. Interestingly, Reid's River was named after Mark.
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Citations

  • Searle, R & McKay, J. (1991), 'Artist in the Tropics’, Perc Tucker Region Gallery catalogue, Townsville, Qld.

  • 'Artist Files’, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Qld.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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