William Anderson Cawthorne b. c.25 September 1824

Also known as W. A. C., W. A. Cawthorne
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Sketcher, watercolourist and schoolmaster in Adelaide, Vic. Known for his writings and artworks with a colonial focus.
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Wira Maldira
 
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Churguracoo
 
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A Native from the Darling
 
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Kuraa Palte, Corroborrie of Natives
 
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Mangrove Coast, Gulf St. Vincent
 
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Tekartoo, a Native Beauty
 
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Illustrated lecture : 'Rough notes on the manners and customs of the natives’. Illustrated with ten large views of Aboriginal pursuits. Four showed different methods of catching wallaby and crayfish, while others depicted Aboriginal weapons.

 
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Burra Creek, December 1850
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Series of paintings Made on a trip from Port Adelaide to the Burra.

 

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References [<ExternalResource: Cawthorne, William Anderson (1859), '[Memorial tribute for Johann Menge]'.>, <ExternalResource: Cawthorne, William Anderson (1900), '[The Red Kangaroo]'.>, <ExternalResource: Muir, M. (1982), 'A History of Australian Childrens Book Illustration', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Statton, J. (1986), 'Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: (1980), 'Australian Colonial Art', Melbourne, Vic : Deutscher Fine Art catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: (1953), Adelaide, SA : Pulteney Grammar School Magazine.>, <ExternalResource: (4 August 1864), South Australia : South Australian Register.>, <ExternalResource: '[Newspaper cuttings 1]', Adelaide, SA : South Australian Archives Office.>, <ExternalResource: 'South Australia Historical Pictures Index', Adelaide, SA : Mortlock Library of South Australiana, State Library of South Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Cawthorne, W., 'Diary', Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Cawthorne, William Anderson (c.1855), 'The Islanders', Adelaide, SA : Illustrated Adelaide Post.>, <ExternalResource: (c.1865), Adelaide, SA : Illustrated Adelaide Post.>, <ExternalResource: Cawthorne, William Anderson (c.1870), 'Who Killed Cockatoo?', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Cawthorne, William Anderson (1844), Journal of a Tour in Terra Australis by Markum and Sketchum.>, <ExternalResource: Cawthorne, William Anderson (13 January 1851), 'Journal of a Tour in the North', South Australia : South Australian Register.>, <ExternalResource: Cawthorne, William Anderson (1927), 'Rough notes on the manners and customs of the natives', South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Appleyard, Ron.>] [<ExternalResource: Cawthorne, William Anderson (1859), '[Memorial tribute for Johann Menge]'.>, <ExternalResource: Cawthorne, William Anderson (1900), '[The Red Kangaroo]'.>]