sketcher, explorer, journalist, miner and politician, was born in England on 31 March 1835. He had a varied career which encompassed sailing, gold prospecting, participation in the Burke and Wills relief expedition and exploration throughout South Australia, central Australia and Queensland. As a member of the South Australian expedition dispatched for the attempted relief of Burke and Wills, Hodgkinson produced a number of sketches for the Commission of Crown Lands at Adelaide, four of which were subsequently engraved and reproduced in the Illustrated London News . He edited several newspapers in the 1860s and was a member of the Queensland parliament in 1874-75 and 1887-93. Involved in mining ventures in Western Australia and Queensland, he filled an album with pencil and wash views of northern and western Queensland (Dixson Library, SLNSW). Hodgkinson married Kate Robertson, fathered four children, and died on 23 July 1900.
- Writers:
- Staff Writer
- Date written:
- 1992
- Last updated:
- 2011
