Richard Atherton Ffarington b. 23 December 1823

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Ffarington recorded the natural world of Western Australia and its indigenous inhabitants while serving with the 51st Regiment in Western Australia bewteen 1843-47. His sketches and watercolours include competent scenes of the coast, but of far more importance are his drawing and watercolours of the daily activites of the local Aboriginal people.
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Citations

  • Ffarington, R. A., 'Drawings Sent Home from Bangalore by R.A. ffarington 51st Regmt in 1850’. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Acc. No. 1984/00W4.1-.22

  • Dufour, Gary, and Tilbrook, Lois. (1986), 'Ffarington’s Folio: South West Australia 1843-1847’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.

  • Ingram, T. (1984), 'US dealer harpoons log book’, Australian Financial Review, 11-16.

  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (research notes).

  • (1857), Illustrated London News, 02-14.

  • Information sourced from Gooding, Janda.

  • (1999), 'Australian and International Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper’, Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, Victoria 25-26 April, cat.109.

  • Dufour, Gary (1986), “Introduction,” in ‘Ffarington’s Folio: South West Australia 1843-1847’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, pp. 4-6.

  • Tilbrook, Lois (1986), “Ffarington’s Folio,” in ‘Ffarington’s Folio: South West Australia 1843-1847’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, pp. 7-15.

  • Tilbrook, Lois (1991), “Ffarington’s eye,” Aboriginal History, (ANU Press), Vol. 15, no. 1/2 (1991) 16 pages.

  • Tilbrook, Lois, (1983), ‘Nyungar Traditions: Glimpses of Aborigines of South-western Australia’, UWA Press, Perth, 1983.

  • Tilbrook, Lois , (1983), “Shadows in the Archive: an interpretation of European colonisation and Aboriginal Response in the Swan River Area”, PhD thesis, The University of Western Australia, 1988.

  • Snell, T. (2016), “Unknown Land: Mapping and Imagining Western Australia”, The Conversation, 29 Sept. 2016.

Initial data sources

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

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Residences
  • 1855 England
  • 1847 - 1855 Calcutta, India
  • 1841 - 1843 Sydney, NSW ( In 1843 Ffarington returned to London aboard the ‘Trusty', purchased a commission of Lieutenant and set sail for Western Australia via Launceston, Tasmania, aboard the 'Champion' with his wife Ellen Julia Rowes.)
  • 1843 - 1847 Western Australia (Lieutenant Ffarington served as an Ensign with the 51st Regiment in WA. The 51st Regiment maintained stations in south west Australis at the following locations: King George Sound, Kojonup, Bunbury, Williams, Leschenault, Pinjarra, and Rottnest. Ffarington is recorded to have been granted four suburban lots in Perth in 1845. There is also a record of the birth of three children between 1843 and 1847.)
  • 1855 England
  • May 1847 - 1855 Calcutta, India
  • 1841 - 1843 Sydney, NSW ( In 1843 Ffarington returned to London aboard the ‘Trusty', purchased a commission of Lieutenant and set sail for Western Australia via Launceston, Tasmania, aboard the 'Champion' with his wife Ellen Julia Rowes.)
  • July 1843 - 13 March 1847 Western Australia (Lieutenant Ffarington served as an Ensign with the 51st Regiment in WA. The 51st Regiment maintained stations in south west Australis at the following locations: King George Sound, Kojonup, Bunbury, Williams, Leschenault, Pinjarra, and Rottnest. Ffarington is recorded to have been granted four suburban lots in Perth in 1845. There is also a record of the birth of three children between 1843 and 1847.)
Related people
  • Ffarington, William (child of)
  • Ffarington, Frances Ann (child of)
  • Ffarington, Joseph (relative of)
  • Ffarington, Ellen Julia (spouse of)
  • Ffarington, William (child of)
  • Ffarington, Frances Ann (child of)
  • Ffarington, Joseph (relative of)
  • Ffarington, Ellen Julia (spouse of)
Indigenous notes