W. H. Leigh

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Sketcher, ship's surgeon and author who visited Kangaroo Island in April 1837 on board the vessel 'South Australia'. He later visited Adelaide and Sydney before returning to England in 1838.
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Citations

  • Leigh, W. H. (1847), 'The Emigrant: A Tale of Australia’, London, England, UK.

  • Leigh, W. H. (1839), 'Reconnoitering Voyages and Travels, with Adventures in the New Colonies of South Australia; a Particular Description of the Town of Adelaide, and Kangaroo Island; and an Account of the Present State of Sydney and Parts Adjacent, including Visits to the Nic’, London, England, UK.

Initial data sources

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

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