Oscar of Cooktown b. c.1877

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
'Oscar of Cooktown' is known only by the one book of drawings which was fortuitously preserved in the collection of the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT. The forty pencil and coloured pencil drawings give a partially biographical account of Oscar's life, and a unique perspective into the colonial frontier in western Queensland.
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Name
Oscar of Cooktown
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Stockman
Birth date
c.1877
Death date
Death place
Rocklands Station, QLD
Death note
Possibly (near Camooweal). Unknown date.
Active Period
  • c.1895 - c.1899
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Rocklands Station, QLD
  • Palmer River, QLD
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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Related works
  • [Book of 40 pencil and coloured pencil drawings] (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related events
  • 70% Urban (exhibited at)
  • Captivating and Curious: Celebrating the Collection at the National Museum of Australia (exhibited at)
  • Gold and Civilisation (exhibited at)