William Adeney b.

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Male colonial sketcher who drew landscapes throughout his migration to Australia. He eventually squatted in the Western District of Victoria where he pursued an anthropological interest in local indigenous culture.

Citations

  • Billis, R. / Kenyon, A. (1974), 'Pastoral Pioneers of Port Phillip’, 2nd edition, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Adeney, W., 'Diary, 19 August 1842-17 March 1843’, La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, manuscript 8520A.

  • (c.1862), Melbourne, Vic. : Yeoman and Acclimatiser.

Initial data sources

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