William Porden Kay b. 1809

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Invited to the position of colonial architect by his uncle, the governor of Tasmania, William Porden Kay designed many of the public buildings in Hobart. He was also an accomplished watercolourist and sketcher, producing many landscape paintings.

Citations

  • Preston, H. (1967), 'William Porden Kay’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, [ed. Pike D., Shaw A., Clark M., Nairn B., Serle G. and Ward R.], Volume 2, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Chapman, B. and Brown, T. (1986), 'Art exhibitions in Tasmania during the nineteenth century-a chronology’, Art Bulletin of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania.

  • Kolenberg, H. and Kolenberg, J. (1988), 'Tasmanian Vision’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery catalogue, Hobart, Tasmania.

  • (1954), 'Priceless Heritage’, National Trust, Hobart, Tasmania.

  • (1846), Hobart, Tas. : Colonial Times, 06-26.

  • (1845), Hobart Town Advertiser, 02-18.

  • (1846), Hobart Town Advertiser, 05-26.

  • (1846), Hobart Town Courier 02-04, p14.

  • (1846), Hobart Town Courier, 06-04, p13.

  • (1847), Hobart Town Courier 06-04, p26.

  • (1856), Hobart, Tas. : Mercury, 04-28.

  • (1862), Hobart, Tas. : Mercury, 01-24.

  • (1876), Hobart, Tas. : Mercury, 09-04.

  • 'Correspondence file’, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

See also

  • 'DAA, p 421'.

Initial data sources

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