Phil Goatcher b. 23 November 1851

Also known as Phillip William Goatcher
  • Artist (Theatre / Film Designer)
Phillip William Goatcher, a theatrical scene painter, was born in England in 1851, trained in 1867 as an apprentice scene painter in Melbourne, where he returned as a star scenic artist in 1890, after a long career in New York. In 1903 he left the eastern states with his son James Goatcher for Perth, WA, where they went into business as "Phil W. Goatcher & Son", shop and house decorators.
Tags: set design, decorator
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Captain John A. Gordon
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George Gordon
1839
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John Hennings
1835
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Walter Brookes Spong
1851
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John Brunton
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nee Stone Emma Goatcher
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Philip W. junior Goatcher
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Philip W. junior Goatcher
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James Goatcher
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James Goatcher
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nee Little Alice Goatcher
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Charles Massey
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